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structure to the wood of A. procera. Yields an excellent timber used for 

 furniture, picture frames, house building, canoes, &c. 



2. A. odoratissima. Benth. in Hook. Jour. Bot. 1844, 88 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 

 2!)9 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 88 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 54 ; Brandis For. Fl. 

 175. Godhunclii^ hilkumhi^ K. ; Siris, M. ; Kalo-sarasio Guz, ; Kali saras 

 or harreri, Panch Mahals, 



Sub-Himalayan region from the Indus eastwards, ascending to 3000 

 ft. ; Burma, A ssam, Central and Southern India. Common in the moist 

 forests of North Kanara and the Konkan, also -in the dry Deccan. Fl. 

 Apl.-June. Fr. C. S. A large deciduous tree. Bark rough, grey, with 

 irregular cracks, inner bark purple, fibrous, "5 in. thick. Pores containing 

 a dark gum, large, single or double, suiTOunded with a very narrow ring 

 of white tissue. Medullary rays fine. Wood : sapwood large, white ; 

 heartwood dark-brown, very hard. Weighs about 50 lbs. to the cub. foot 

 Yields a fairly durable timber which is in. considerable request in North 

 Kdnara for oil-mills, wheels and furniture, 



3. A. procera, Benth. in Hook. Jour, 1844. 89 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 229 ; 

 Bedd, Fl, Sylv. 98. Acacia procera, Willd. ; Dalz & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 8? ; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 175, Bellati, hilli haagej K,; Kinhai, M. ; Karalla, kilaiy 

 tihiri, gurar, Vem, 



Central and Eastern Himalayas, Burma, Western Peninsula, and Malay 

 Archipelago. Throughout the presidency ; common in the North Kanara 

 and Konkan moist forests. In the dry districts along ravines and nalas, 

 Fl. May, Fr. Jan. -Feb. A large tree with white, smooth bark. Sapwood 

 large, yellowish-white ; heartwood dark-brown, shining, hard, with 

 alternate bands of darker and Jighter coloured tissue. Pores equally 

 distributed, of different sizes, large and medium, single or in groups 

 of 2 each, surrounded by a ring of soft tissue. Medullary rays fine, 

 numerous, weighs about 45 lbs. to the cub, foot. Yields a timber much 

 used in North Kanara for house-posts, &c. 



4. A. stipulata, Boiv., Benth, in Hook. Jour. Bot. 1844, 92 ; Fl. Br. 

 I. 2. 300 ; Brandis For. Fl. 178 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 65 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 88. Bagana, kalbage, K. ; Laeli, udul, kasir, M. ; Phalari^ 

 Thana ; Shamhar, Fanch Mahals, 



Tropical Himalayas ascending to 5000 feet in Sikkim, to Ceylon and 

 Burma. Common in the evergreen forests of the Konkan and North 

 Kanara ghdts. FL Apl.-June, Fr. C. S. A large deciduous tree. Bark 

 grey, rough. Wood : sapwood large, white ; heartwood brown, soft, 

 shining, not durable. Weighs about 35 lbs. to the cub. ft. 



5. A. amara, Boiv , Benth. in Hook. Jonr. Bot. 1844, 90 ; Fl, Br. 1. 2. 

 301 ; Brandis For. Fl. 178 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 61. ; Dalz, & Gibs, Bomb. 

 Fl. 88. Tugli, K. ; LuUei, Vern. 



Southern and Western India and Ceylon. Throughout the presidency in 

 dry forests. Fl. ApL- J une. Fr. cold season. A moderate sized deciduous 

 tree. Bark dark coloured, smooth, thin, scaly. Green cell layer close to 

 surface.^ Sapwood large; heartwood purplish-brown, mottled, extremely 

 hard, with alternate, concentric light and dark bands. Weighs about 

 €0 lbs. to the cubic foot. Used for carts, house-building, ploughs, etc. 

 also for fuel. 



