298 FOREST TEEES. 



moval either from seed-beds or pots is fraught with 

 considerable risk. All this is avoided, therefore, 

 by carefully planting one or more seeds in the 

 position "where the tree is required. In some p&rtS 

 of the country, it is not unusual to plant in a 

 single pit a whole fruit containing 50 or more 

 seeds, the best seedling of the lot being siibsequently 

 left to form the tree. The species requires a deep 

 moist soil, and seldom acquires any size, or mueh 

 utility, when the soil is dry and shallow. Wheii. tiles, 

 baskets, or flower pots are employed to raise seed- 

 lings in, the bottoms should be removed at an early 

 stage of growth so that the tap-root may not be 

 twisted. 



566 Artocarpus Lakoocha, Eoxb. Kan. Vonte mara. 

 mgr-Wiglit Ic. t. 681. 



'References.— Brand. For. Fl. 426 ; Bid. of Econ. 

 Prod, of Ind. 



In the Malnad,. this attains to a large tree. Dahu 

 and Lakoocha are its Sanskrit names. 



Leaves deciduous, shortly -petiolate, oyal; to 

 oblong-elliptic, full and round at the base, slightly 

 pubescent underneath, especially when young, upper 

 side dark green, glabrous and shining; average 

 blade 5 x 9 in. Fruit roundish or irregular iu form, 

 velvet^y, the size of a tomato, yellow when ripe, not 

 known to be eaten in the south of India. Wppd'used 

 in the north for furniture and canoes. In B engal, ti^e 

 juice of the tree— milk-sap— or a seed, is a comnioji 

 purge. Two specimens may be seen in the Daria 

 Dowlet Bagh, at Seringapatam, where they fruit 

 freely every year. "Mr. Mann says the bark' ia 

 chewed in Assam as a substitute for betelnut." 



Diet, of Econ. Prod, of Ind. 



Cultivation.— Although doing fairly well in the 

 garden at Seringapatam, the species is stunted cpm- 



