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503 Antidesma Bunius, Speeng. 



Fig-Wight Ic. t. 819. 



References.— i^Z. of Brit. Ind.; Diet, of Econ. 

 Prod, of Ind. 



A small evergreen tree of the Western GMts, 

 where it is partial to the moist looalities. Culti- 

 vated in the Botanical Gardens, and in the nursery 

 of Messrs. Munisami & Co. at Bangalore. Leaves 

 alternate, ovate-lanceolate to elliptic, glabrous and 

 shining. Pistillate flowers in simple spikes ; male 

 flowers not seen in local trees, although fruit is 

 plentifully produced upon thejn. Fruit the size of a 

 large currant, greenish-yellow, changing to red in the 

 ripening stage, and when changing colour very like a 

 miniature apple, produced in clusters or small 

 bunches. Not unpleasant when ripe, but improved 

 in a tarfc, and possibly as a preserve. The unde- 

 termined species of Antidesma likely to be found 

 in the forests of the Malnad are A. Alemteria, Linn. 

 A. diandrum, Eoth. and A. Menasu, Miquel. Speci- 

 mens should be collected for herbaria with the object 

 of identifying the above, and perhaps one or two 

 additional species, the names of which are withheld 

 for the present. 



Cultivatioii-— As seeds are not produced by the 

 local trees, the latter are wholly increased from 

 layers. No doubt seeds are plentiful in the forests 

 when both sexes are represented. It is also proba- 

 ble that several varieties exist in addition to the 

 species suggested in this paragraph. 



Plant in a position where the land is deep and 

 comparatively moist all the year round, as under the 

 bund of a tank or the bank of a channel. Distance 

 from tree to tree 1 5 — 20 feet. 



504 Jatropha glandulifera, Koxb. Kan. Kari turuka 



harala gida. 



"Wig,— Bat. Plates LaUBagh Collection, 



