Diospi/ros.] 



55. EBENAOEiB. 



211 



Bark very thin, ratlior smooth or ronr^h, lenticular, cincroiis. Only- 

 old trcos prodaco any obony. Sapwood whito compact, heavy ; 

 hoartwood ebony black, sometimes a little streaky. Pores small, in a 

 few Bcattered radial lines. Medullary rays wavy, very fine, numerous, 

 crossed by fine wavy lines of light tissue, not distinct in the ebony. Weighs 

 60 lbs. to the cub. ft. Wounds in growing trees turn quickly an ebony 

 colour. This moderate-sized tree yields the ebony used for wood-carving 

 in Kumta and Honavar, North Kanara District. The quality of the 

 North Kanara ebony is good, but large pieces are rare. 



4 B. montana, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 538 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 142 ; Brandis For. Fl. 29G ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 143 ; D. cordifoUa, Willd. 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 143; D. Goindu, Dalz. & Gibs- Bomb. Fl. 141. Tendu, 

 h'ldguni, kalagundap K. ; Tembhumi, govindu, lohari, M. ; Hadru^ Vern. ; 

 Temra, Panch Mahals. 



From the Himalayas to Ceylon and Tenasserim, common. Throughout 

 the deciduous forests of the presidency, common on the North Kanara 

 ghats. FL Mch.-Apl. Fr. ripe R. S. A small or moderate-sized very 

 thorny tree. Spines branched or simple. Periderm smooth or scaly at 

 base of stem. Liber turning bright yellow on exposure. Wood yellowish- 

 grey smooth, moderately hard, durable. Pores small, in short radial lines. 

 Medullary rays very fine, numerous, equidistant ; with white streaks 

 parallel. Weighs about 64 lbs. to the cub. ft. Timber not much used 

 in North Kanara. Fruit yellow. Calyx 4-lobed, lobes flat, enlarged, 

 foliaceous in fruit. 



5. D. Embryopteris, Pers. Syn. II. 624 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 556 ; Brandis 

 For. Fl. 298 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 69. Timburi, tembumh M. ; Gab, husi, 

 tendu, zeeberwo^ Vern. ; Kusharta^ hagnaf Tiuli tumri, gavandu, K. 



India from the Himalayas to Ceylon and Tenasserim, common in 

 Bengal. Near creeks and back-waters along the coast of North Kanara 

 and the Konkan, also in the evergreen forests of the ghats and in the beds 

 of rivers and streams. Fl. Mch.-May. Fr. Dec. A small tree. Bark smooth, 

 dark-coloured. Wood grey or brown, moderately hard, compact, close- 

 grained. Pores small, scanty. Medullary rays very fine ; distinct, 

 numerous, equidistant. Weighs 54 lbs. to the cub. ft. Used for building 

 purposes in Madras and for masts and yards of country vessels in Ceylon. 

 An excellent glue is obtained from the fruit. Leaves very coriaceous. 

 Fruit globose, with deciduous, rusty tomentum ; seeds 8, in viscid pulp. 

 Calyx lobes large accrescent, cup-shaped. 



• 6. D. sylvatica, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 537 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 559 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Syl. 143. Kurnal, K. 



Western ghdts from Bombay to Ceylon, ascending to 3,000 ft. alti- 

 tude. In the evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kanara^ com- 

 mon in the evergreen forests of the Yellapur and Siddaporo sub-divisions. 

 Fl. Jany.-Feb. Fr. ripe Sept.-Oct. A medium-sized tree, 60 ft. high 

 by 1| ft. in diam., sometimes buttressed, with dark-coloured thin, 

 smoDth-bark, inner bark yellow. Wood whito, with a small black heart- 



