332 FOREST TEEBS. 



tlie various parts of tlie tree are put. But except 

 in a few localities in the warmer districts the tree is 

 seldom met with in Mysore nor does it attain its 

 normal size and utility above the Eastern Ghats. 



Trunk 60 — 70 feet, often swollen in the middle 

 and carrying a rather small crown of rigidly-coria- 

 ceous, fan -shaped leaves of variable size. In fine 

 specimens the leaves are 8 — 10 feet in diameter, 

 but usually much smaller when the tree is yielding 

 economic products in quantity. The more promi- 

 nent of the latter consist of gum, fibre, saccharine 

 juice — convertible into vinegar, toddy, spirituous 

 liquor, sugar, and medicinal products — fruit, seed, 

 and timber. The palmyra palm requires tropical 

 heat, and is reproductive from seed. 

 606 COCOS nucifera, Linn, Kan. Tengu, Tengina mara. 



References-— Dici. of Econ. Prod, of hid.; 

 Pharm. Ind. ; Fl. of Brit. Ind. 



The cocoa-nut palm. This valuable tree attains 

 greatest perfection near the sea-shores of tropical 

 countries, while in an insular position like that of 

 Mysore, the cultivation is neither so extensive nor 

 so productive as it usually is in maritime situations. 

 There are, however, certain localities in the province 

 where the extensive cultivation of the tree is a long 

 established and highly profitable industry, the best 

 known being Gubbi, Chiknayakanhalli, Honnali, 

 and Turuvekere in.the Tumkur District; Barmasagar, 

 Davangere, Budihal and Mattod in Chitaldroog, 

 Harnhalli Taluk in Hassan, and Chaimapatna in the 

 Bangalore District. Under the best cultivation, the 

 tree begins to fruit in the sixth or seventh year, 

 and on its attaining mature growth will yield '80— 

 100 nuts annually. In Mysore, the tree is almost 

 exclusively grown for its fruit, of which there are 

 four established varieties described by Mr. Rice aa 

 follows ; — 



