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320. Rhus yarviflora, Roxb. h.f.b.l, ii. 9, 

 Roxb, 274. 



Habitat : — Western Himalaya, from Kumaon to Nepal. 

 Central India on the Pachmarhi Hills. 



Vern. : — Tung, rai tiing, tumra (Ph. and H.) ; Tunga, 

 tungla, diingla, tumra, rannel (N. W. P.); Samak (Kashmir). 



A large shrub or small tree, unarmed, often gregarious. 

 "Bark thin, rough, reddish-brown. Wood dark, reddish- 

 brown, streaked, very hard, close-grained ; sapwood light 

 brown. Annual rings marked by a line and rather more numer- 

 ous pores. Pores small, scattered, sometimes in short radial 

 strings. Medullary rays fine, numerous, the distance between 

 them about equal to diameter" (Gamble). Branchlets, petioles, 

 underside of leaves and inflorescence clothed with dense 

 tomentum. Leaves trifoliate. Leaflets obovate, the lower por- 

 tion entire, the upper irregular, crenale. Terminal leaflets 

 2-3in. long, narrowed into a short marginate petiole, the lateral 

 sessile, smaller. Panicle large terminal, the lower branches 

 from the axils of leaves, bracts linear, minute, pedicels shorter 

 than the flower. Sepals ovate, two narrower than the others ; 

 petals oblong, more than twice the length of the sepals. Disk 

 five-lobed. Drupe glabrous, brown, shining, Jin. diam. 

 (Brandis). 



Part used : — The fruit. 



Use : — Used in Hindu medicine, and, mixed with salt, is 

 said to act like tamarind (Stewart.) 



321. R. semialata, Murray, h.f.b.l, ii. 10. 

 Syn. : — R. bucki amela, Roxb. 273. 



Habitat :— Temperate Himalaya, from Banahal to Sikkim, 

 and the Khasi Mountains. 



Vern. : — Tatri, arkhar, arkol (Pb.); Dakhmila, daswila 

 (N. W. P.); Bakkiawela (Nepal) ; Takhril (Lepclia). 



A middle-sized, deciduous tree. Young parts covered 

 with dark grey pubescence. Resinous canal in the bark filled 

 with white milk which is sticky, but does not turn black. 

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