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a A. Catechu, WiUd. Sp. PI. IV. 1070 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 295 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 49 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 86. Catechu, Cutch Catechu Nigrum, 

 Pegu Catechu. Khair, kadcri, M. 



Himalayas ascending to 5000 feet in Sikkim, Burma and Pegu, Central 

 Provinces and. the Madias Presidency. In the Bombay Presidency is 

 abundant in the Ahmedabad, Broach, Panch Mahals and Surat Districts, is 

 common Tilong the coasts of the Konkan and North Kanara, often on 

 laterite; also scattered throughout the presidency in dry or moist forests. 

 Fl. July-Sept. Fr, 0. S. A moderate sized, deciduous tree. Bark dark- 

 brown, fissured. Stipulary spines short, hooked in pairs. Sapwood yellow, 

 heartwood usually bright-red, smooth, extremely hard. Weighs about 

 70 lbs. to the cubic foot. Yields the catechu of commerce. 



9. A. Sundra, DO. Prod, II. 458 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 295 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb, Fl. 86; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 50. A. Gatechu, Brandis For. Fl. 186. 



Khair, Idlkhair, M. ; Shemi, K. 



W. Peninsula, Ceylon and Burma, throughout the driest parts of the 

 presidency. Also yields catechu. Fl. Aug .-Sept. Fr. Dec. Wood dark- 

 red, close-grained, durable, scarcely more than a variety of A, Oatechu, from 

 which it differs by the total absence of pubescence and fewer leaflets and 

 pinnae. 



10. A. ferruginea, DC. Prod. II. 458 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv, t. 51 ; Brandis 

 For. Fl, 185. Pdndhra khair, M.; Kaiger, Vern, 



Western Peninsula, North Bengal and Central India, Panch Mahals, 

 Konkan, and Guzerat. Fl. R. S. Fr. Jany.-Feb. A large deciduous tree. 

 Bark rough. Heartwood olive brown, extremely hard, weighs about 70 lbs. 

 to the cubic foot. Yields a gum similar to gum arabic, 



11. A. Senegal, Willd. DC. Prod, II. 459 ; Fl, Br. I. 2. 295. A, rupes- 

 iris. Stocks. Brandis For. Fl. 184. Khor, Sind. 



Sind and Ajmere, Western Africa, north of the river Senegal. Dry 

 rocky hills of Sind, Fl. Fr. Dec. Bark grey. Spines short, sharp, hooked. 

 One of the principal sources of the commercial gum arabic. 



12. A. Latronum, Willd. ; DC. Prod. II. 460 ; Fl. Br, T. 2. 296 ; Bedd, 

 Fl. Sjlv. 95 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 87 ; Brandis For. Fl. 180. Bonn 

 mullina, hod jali, K. ; Dev babul, bhes, M. ; Tumbuti in Dh^rw^r, 



Western Peninsula and Southern India. Common in the dry plains of 

 the Deccan. Fl. Jany.-Mch. A small tree with a flattened umbrella-like 

 top, often gregarious. The spines are of two kinds, one large, white, conical 

 and hollow, the other slender and shorter. 



13. A. concinna, DC. Prod. II. 464 ; Fl. Br, 1. 2, 296 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 87 ; Brandis For. Fl. 188. Sigekai, shige, K. 



Tropical jungles throughout India. Common in the Konkan and North 

 Kanara moist forests. Fl. Mch.-July. Fr. ripe C. S. The stems are very 

 prickly when young, but most of the sharp prickles soon disappear. Stems 

 sometimes somewhat angled and 8 in. or more in diameter. Bark smooth, 

 grey, mottled, reddish within, 25 in. thick. Wood reddish-^rey, smooth, 



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