Biichanania^ 



34. ANACARDlACEvE. 



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2. MANGIPERA, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, entire. Flowers small^, polyga- 

 mous, in terminal panicles. Calyx 4-5-partite, segments imbricate, 

 deciduous. Petals 4-5, free or adnate to the disk, imbricate. Sta- 

 mens 4-5, inserted on the disk, one only perfecfc, much larger than the 

 others. Ovary sessile, 1-celled, oblique ; style simple, lateral, ovule 1, 

 pendulous, attached to the side of the cell above the base. Fruit a 

 large fleshy drupe ; stone compressed, fibrous, testa papery ; cotyledons 

 plano-convex often unequal and lobed ; radicle inferior. 



M indica, Linn. Fl. Br. L 2. 13 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 51 ; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 125 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 162. The Mango Tree. Mavina 

 mara^ K. ; Amhaj M. 



Tropical Himalaya alt. 1 — 3000 ft. from Kumaon to Bhutan, Behar, 

 Khasia Mts., Burma, Oudh and the Wes^-ern Peninsula from KhJindesh 

 southwards. In the evergreen forests of the Konkan and N. Kanara 

 ghats, usually cultivated throughout the Presidency and Sind for its 

 fruit. Bark thick, brown or blackish, rough. Wood dull-grey, with 

 darker patches, soft, open grained. Weighs 38 — 44 lbs. to the cub. ft. 

 Used for planking, canoes &c. The bark, leaves and seeds are astrin- 

 gent and contain tannin, used in native medicine. 



3. BUCHANANIA, Roxb. 



Trees. Leaves simple, coriaceous, villous or glaucous. Panicles 

 terminal. Flowers small, hermaphrodite. Calyx 3-5-lobed, persistent. 

 Petals 4-5, oblong, imbricate in bud. Disk between the ovaries and the 

 stamens, orbicular, 5-lobed. Stamens 10, inserted outside the disk at 

 its base ; anthers basi-fixed. Carpels 5-6, distinct, in cavity of disk, 

 only 1 fertile, 1-celled, 1 ovule, attached to a funicle proceeding from 

 the base of the ovary. Drupe with a bony stone, 2 valved. 



Leaves and panicles villous 1, B, latifoUa. 



Leaves and panicles glabrous ... 2,. B. angustifolia* 



1. B. latifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 385 ; Fl. Br. 1. 2. 23 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 165; Brandis For. Fl. 127; Dalz, & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 52. Ohar. 

 chirauU, M. ; Nurkal, K. ; Fayal, Yern. 



Dry forests throughout India and Burma, Central and Southern 

 India and the Western Peninsnla. Fl. Jan.-Mch. Fr. Apl.-May. A 

 moderate-sized tree. Trunk straight. Bark black, rough, tesselated 

 with deeper regular cracks. Wood greyish- brown, even-grained, mode- 

 rately hard, seasons well. Weighs about 33 lbs. to the cub. ft. Used for 

 boxes, door and window frames, tables, and other furniture. The bark 

 is used for tanning. The fruit is edible and the kernels resemble pis- 

 tachio nuts and are used extensively in the manufacture of sweetmeats. 



2. B. angustifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 386 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 23 ; Grah. 

 Cat. Bomb. PI. 41. ; Wight Ic. t. 101. 



Western Peninsula, Konkan from the Adjunta jungles, southwards 

 to Ceylon. This seems to be a distinct species, but does not appear to 



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