Terminalia^ 



4»0. COMBRET.VClCiR. 



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A largo tree with a characteristic dark coloured, deeply fissured bark. 

 Sapvvood reddish white : heartwood dark brown, hard, variegated with 

 darker streaks of colour. Pores moderate sized, enclosed in light coloured 

 tissue, distinct or joined by lines. Med. rays very fine, equally dist ributed, 

 crossed by fine concentric lines at unequal distances. Weighs about 64 

 lbs, to the cub. ft. Durable; seasons well ; decays slowly on exposure to 

 the weather in open depot. Used for house building, ships and boats* 

 A valuable and well known timber : yields an excellent fuel. 



5. T. paniculata, Roth, ^^^o v. Sp. 383; Fl. Br. I. 2. 448; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fi. 92 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv, t. 20; Brandis Fo^r. Fl. 226. Kin- 

 dalj kinjalj M, ; Eonal) ulvi, hongal hitnab, bilimatti, K. ; Kirijuh Vern. 



Western peninsula from Bombay southwards. Throughout the presi- 

 dency in mixed deciduous forests : one of the most common trees in North. 

 Kdnara. Fl. Aug.-Sept. Fr. ripe D'CC-May. 



A large tree. Bark rough, brownish black, with numerous shallow, 

 longitudinal and transverse fissures ; inner bark red, mottled, '25 in, 

 thick; very distinct from that of kari matti* Heartwood light brown^ 

 smooth, very hard. Pores moderate sized and small, enclosed in whitish, 

 tissue, sometimes joined by concentric broken lines of light tissue 

 somewhat faint. Med. rays fine, uniform, distinct. Weighs 60 lbs. to 

 the cub. ft., fairly durable. Makes good planking and might be tried for 

 railway sleepers in damp localities. Bark contains much tannin. 



T. Oatappa, Linn. ; WiUd. Sp. PI. IV. 967 ; FI. Br. I. 2". ; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 18 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 33. Bengali badam, H. 

 Planted in the Konkan and North Kanara, a native of the MoHaccas. 

 FL C. S. Fr. R. S. 



2. CALYCOPTERIS, Lamk. 



A large diffuse or scandent shrub. Leaves opposite^ ovate^ 

 entire. Racemes dense, forming large panicles. Mowers small, 

 greenish, bracteate. Calyx-tube 5-striate, constricted abo^e the 

 ovary, limb 5-fid, much enlaiged in- fruit. Petals 0. Stamens 10- 

 Ovary 1-celled, inferior ; ovules 3, pendulous from the top of the 

 cell. Fruit 6-i;ibbed, villous, 1-seeded, crowned by the enlarged 

 calyx. 



C. floribunda, Lam. Diet. Supp, II. 41 ; Fl. Br. L 2. 449 ; Brandis 

 For. Fl. 220. Getonia ftoribunda, Roxb. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 91. 

 Ukshi, M. ; Wuksey, baguU, Vern. ; Biliyadiy K. Central and Southern 

 India. Throughout the presidency in deciduous forests. Fl. Mch.-Apl. 

 Fr. Apl.-May. 



Stems 6 — -12 in. in diam. Bark grey with a thin layer of corky tissue, 

 nearly smooth ; inner bark white, not fibrous. Wood yellowish, light^ 

 moderately hard. Pores small or large, numerous. Medullary rays very 

 fine, numerous. Numerous small medullary masses of soft tissue, appear- 

 ing crescent-shaped on a cross section, afford a very distinctive character. 

 Weighs 30 lbs. to the cub. ft. Used for making tool-handles. Bai'k used, 

 in native medicine. 



