n. o. ebenacejE. 757 



side. Staminodes 4. Ovary glabrous, 8-celled. Fruit bitter, not 

 edible, J-iin, diam., yellow when ripe, supported by the enlarged 

 foliacions Calyx-lobes. Albumen uniform (Brandis). 



Use :— The fruit is supposed to be poisonous. The bhistis 

 apply it to boils which generally appear on their hands and 

 give them much pain and trouble (Stewart). 



728. D. Embryopteris, Pers., h.f.b.i., hi. 556. 



Syn. : — D. glutinosa, Keen ; Roxb. 413. 



Sans : — Tinduka. 



Vern. : — Gab, makur-kendi (Beng. and Hind.) ; Abnos-e-hindi 

 (Arab.) ; Tendu (Ass.) ; Tumbika, pani-chika (Tarn.) ; Tumik 

 (Tel.) ; Timboree, temburni, (Mar) ; Kusharta, hagna, huli 

 tumri, gavaudu (Kan). 



Habitat :— Very common throughout India; abundant in 

 Bengal. 



A much-branched, dense, evergreen tree, of middle size. Buds 

 silky, with appressed hairs. Branchlets glabrous. Bark smooth, 

 dark-grey, almost black, with green tinge, exfoliating in large 

 pieces. Wood grey, with darker streaks and darker, irregular 

 patch in the centre (heartwood ?), moderately close-grained 

 (Gamble). Leases distichous, 5J by 2in., coriaceous, glabrous, 

 shining, oblong, obtuse at the base, subacuminate, primary nerves 

 oblique ; reticulating nerves distinctly, slightly, elevated on both 

 sides ; petiole J-Jin long, wrinkled when dry. Flowers as a rule 

 4-merous, white, cream-coloured, sweet scented. Maleflowers in 

 short axillary pedunculate cymes, 1-Jin., of 3-6 flowers. Calyx 

 hairy, cup-shaped, lobes i-^in., triangular. Corolla tubular- 

 campanulate, nearly glabrous without, j by ^in., lobes T \>m- 

 Stamens 24-64 in pairs, at the base of the corolla tube or on the 

 receptacle beneath, subequal ; filaments short, hairy, anthers 

 hairy, linear, much longer than the filaments. Female flowers 

 larger, usually solitary sometimes in pairs (Brandis), 1-5 

 together, says C. B. Clarke subsessile or cymose, resembling 

 the male " Calyx-lobes cordate, wider, subauriculate at base. 

 Ovary hairy when young, glabrous when maturing, 8-celled. 

 Styles 4, lobed at the tips; stigmas lohed. Fruit usually solitary, 



