N. 0. ANAOARDUCE^. 383 



The present investigation has proved with the aid of the method outlined 

 above that the most important and main constituent of the Burmese natural 

 v mish is urushic acid, which amounts to about 85 per cent, in the pure 

 unadulterated specimens. (Mr. Puran Singh's paper in the Indian Forest 

 Records, Vol. I. part IV.) 



330. — Odina wodier, Roxb., h.f.b.l, ii. 29, 

 Roxb. 336. 



Sans : — Jingini. 



Vern. : — Jingan, kashmala, kaimul, mowen H.) ; Jival, 

 bohar, ghadi (B.) ; Odiya-maram, wodier, Odi, (Tarn.) ; Odai- 

 manu (Tel.) ; Shimti ; Miii [Bomb, and Sind] ; Mooi, indramai 

 [Uriya]. 



(Porebunder) Mavedo ; (Guj.) Mavedi ; (Mara tin) Sbimti, 

 Mewa, Moyini ; (Hind.) Jingan, Mayini ; 



Habitat : — Tbrougbout tbe hotter parts of India. Ceylon. 

 Burma, Andaman Isles. 



A moderate-sized or large, deciduous tree. Bark Jin. thick, 

 compact, grey, smooth, exfoliating in small irregular plates. 

 Tbe stem affords gum. Wood moderately bard, close-grained. 

 Sapwood large white ; heart-wood scanty, light red when fresh 

 cut, turning reddish brown on exposure. Leaves imparipinnate. 

 Rachis 6-10in., cylindric, glabrous, swollen at base. Leaflets 

 3-4 pair, opposite ; 2-6 pair, says Trirnen, and a terminal one, 

 shortly stalked or nearly sessile, 3-5in., lanceolate, acute or 

 rounded, often unequal at base, more or less caudate-acuminate, 

 entire or faintly crenate, glabrous, shining and deeply tinged 

 with pink when young. Pinkish yellow. Flowers small, nearly 

 sessile, pinkish yellow, appearing when the tree is bare of 

 leaves. Inflorescence : the flowers are in small clusters, laxly 

 arranged on elongated, slightly branched, stellate, pubescent, 

 axillary panicles, appearing with the young leaves on the new 

 shoots. Calyx minute, hairy. Petals oblong-oval, obtuse, 

 reflexed in female flowers. Ovary oblong, large, glabrous. 

 Styles very stout, divaricate. Drupe about ^-in., reniform, 

 ovoid, obtuse, compressed, smooth. Stone reniform, very hard. 

 Parts used : — The bark, gum and leaves. The bark yields 

 a gum. 



