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37. LEGUMINOSiE. 



\_Acacia. 



2. A. arabica, Willd. ; W. & A. Prod. 277 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 293 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 95 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 86 ; Brandis For. Fl. 180. Indian 

 Gnm Arabic Tree. Jali, K. ; Balnd^ M., Kikar, ramakanta, Yern. ; Bahbai-, 

 kdlikihar^ Sind. 



PuDjab to Behar, Western Peninsula and Ceylon. Throughout the dry 

 districts of the presidency, forms extensive forests along the Indus in Sind 

 and also in the black soil country of the presidency proper. It is an 

 excellent roadside tree wherever there is a scanty rainfall. Fl. R. S. Fr. 

 C. S. The bark yields one of the most extensively used tans in India. 

 Wood reddish-brown, hard, mottled, with dark streaks ; weighs about 54 

 lbs. to the cubic foot. The timber is very valuable for many purposes. 

 In Sind it is used for boat building, rafters and fuel ; elsewhere for oil 

 presses, wheels, agricultural implements, etc. 



3. A, eburnea, Willd. ; DC. Prod. II. 461 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 293 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl, 85 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 95 ; Brandis For. Fl. 183. Marmat, M. 



Eastern Himalayas to W. Peninsula and Ceylon. Throughout the dry 

 Deccan districts and Sind, common in the Southern Mahratta Country 

 in stony places. Fl. Nov.-Jan. Fr. May-June. A small tree. Wood hard, 

 yellowish : weighs 52 lbs. to the cubic foot. Gamble. 



4. A. Jacquemontii, Benth. in Hook. Jour. Bot. 1. 490 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 



293 ; Brandis For. FL 183. Ratohauli, Guz. 



l^T. W. Provinces and Punjab. Plains of Sind, Guzerat and Rajputana. 

 Fl. Feb. -May. A small, bushy, thorny shrub with polished stems and 

 straight polished slender spines. The bark gives a brown or black colour, 

 also used as a tan. 



5. A. tomentosa, Willd. ; DO. Prod. II. 462 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 294 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 86 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 48. Anjar, Yern, 



Western Peninsula and Ceylon, common in the Panch. Mahals and 

 Guzerat, rare in the Deccan and Khandesh jungles, Dalz. 



6. A. leucophlc9a, Willd ; DC. Prod. II. 462 : Fl. Br. I. 2. 294 ; Dalz. 

 &Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 86 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 49. Hewar, Yern. ; Ear ibdval, 

 Guz. ; Panharya, M. ; Bili-jali, hellada, K. 



Plains of the Punjab and ISTorth-We&t Provinces to Ceylon and Burma. 

 Throughout th.e dry Deccan districts, common in the Southern Maratha 

 Countiy in dry open forests. Fl. Aug. -Sept. Fr. C. S. A moderate sized, 

 deciduous tree. The inflorescence in large terminal panicles is very 

 ch.aracteristic. Bark white. Heartwood reddish. -brown, very hard, strong 

 and tough. An excellent fuel. 



7. A. Suma, Kurz. in Brandis For. Fl. 187 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 294. Kamtiya, 

 M. ; Banni mara^ mugli, K. 



Bengal, Behar, Western Peninsula and Ceylon. In North. Kanara near 

 the Dharwar frontier and in the Southern Maratha Country ; usually in 

 moist places, along nalas ; not common. Fl. H. S. Fr. Sept. -Oct. A 

 moderate sized tree with white bark. Spines hooked, short, in pairs. The 

 wood is very similar to that of Acacia Gatechu, with more numerous pores 

 and finer medullary rays. Bark used as a tan. 



