ALBIZZIA ODORATISSIMA. (Nat. ord. LeguminosEe, Sub-order Mimosese, Tribe Ingeae.) 



For Gen Char, see under " Albizzia Lebbek," 



-A.LBIZZIA ODORATISSIMA. (Willd.) A large tree, unarmed, branches glabrous,, leaves bipinnate, pinnas 3-4 pair with a 

 gland on the petiole and between the uppermost pair : leaflets 10-14 pair, narrow oval obtuse oblique glabrous pale on the under side : 

 panicle terminal and axillary, the ultimate divisions cymose or somewhat umbellate, flowers in small globose heads, corol tubular 4 cleft 

 to the middle, stamens monadelphous, legume flat broadly linear, thin, thick- margined, about 10 seeded. Willd, Sp. iv- p. 1063. 

 Mimosa odoratissima, Roxb. Fl. Ind, ii. 546. Acacia odoratissima, w . A. Prod, p. 275. A- lomatocarpa, D. C. Prod. ii. 467. Mimosa 

 marginata, Lam. 



This is one of our most valuable jungle timbers ; it is abundant throughout the Madras Presidency, in Mysore, Bombay, Bengal, 

 Birmah, and Ceylon, its Tamil name is Kar Vdghe ; and in Teligoo it is called Shindagu, and Telsu, and in Ceylon Hoore mara ; it does not 

 ascend the mountains much above 3000 feet. The wood is hard, coarse grained, equal to Teak in strength, of a dark reddish brown or brown 

 color, and takes a good polish ; it is much used for building and cabinet purposes, naves and felloes of wheels, die., its specific gravity is -736 and 

 when seasoned it weighs 46 lb. the cubic foot. The tree flowers in the hot season ; the juice of the bark is used medicinally by the natives. 



