n. o. combretacetE. 539 



from the seeds. The seeds are eaten, and so is the luscious and 

 delicious sweet acid pericarp, greedily by children and even 

 grown up persons. 



Uses: — The kernels yield upwards of 50 per cent, of a pure 

 bland oil, which may be substituted for almond oil. Kept for 

 a long time, it deposits a large quantity of stearine. The bark 

 is said to be astringent (Ph. Ind.). 



The juice of the young leaves is employed in Southern India 

 to prepare an ointment for scabies, leprosy, and other cuta- 

 neous diseases, and is also believed to be useful internally for 

 headache and colic (Lisboa). 



The seeds yield 63*43 p. c. of oil, which in odour, taste and color 

 closely resemble true almond oil. The oil does not readily become rancid, 

 but becomes thick on standing, and yields an abundant deposit of stearine.— J. 

 Ch. I. for 31st August, 1910, page 1020. 



Grimme obtained the following constants : Specific gravity at 15°, 0*9195 ; 

 solidifyiug point, + 7° ; n T) at 20°, 1*4682 ; acid value, 4*1 ; saponification value, 

 185*7 ; iodine value, 77. Insoluble acids and unsaponifiable, 93*95 ; unsaponi- 

 fiable, 1*87. Fatty acids : Melting point, 48*49° ; neutralization value, 198*6 ; 

 iodine value, 73*5 ; mean molecular weight, 282*8. 



491. T. belerica, Boxb. h.f.b.l, ti. 445, Roxb. 

 380. 



Sans. : — Vibhitaki, 



Vern : — Bahera, bhairah (H.) ; Bohera (B.) ; Behada (Bomb.) ; 

 Tanrik-kay, Tani, Kattu elupay (Tam.) ; Tani, tandi, toandi 

 (Tel.). 



Habitat : — Throughout India, common in the plains and 

 lower hills. 



A very large tree, with rusty pubescence on young branch- 

 lets and calyx ; attains a height of 60-100ft. ; trunk tall, erect, 

 regularly shaped ; branches spreading, forming a coppery-tinted, 

 bright, broad-massive crown when young, bright-green when 

 old. Youngest off-shoots beautifully crimson. Bark Jin. thick, 

 dark or bluish grey, uneven and tessellated by broad longitu- 

 dinal furrows, crossed by short, narrow, transverse wrinkles, the 

 old bark exfoliating in dry corky scabs. Wood light grey or 

 yellowish, open and coarse-grained, easily Worked, but not 



