NO. 53. — 1902.] TREES AND FLOWERING PLANTS. 



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A N AC A RDI AC E/E . 



The Order is perhaps best known as that to which the 

 Mango and Caju-nut belong. It is represented in Ceylon 

 by trees, and includes seven Genera : Buchanania, Mangifera, 

 Odina, Semecarpus, Nothopegia, Campnosperma, and Spon- 

 dias, which, with the exception of the first, are all familiar 

 plants. 



116.-— Mangifera zeylanica (Wild Mango). 



Etamba, S. qgjQ® ; Kaddu-mariga, T. «/rtL<y Loirik<sir. 

 Trim. Cey. Flor., vol. I., p. 317. 



A tall handsome tree with straight erect cylindrical stem, 

 pale grayish thickish bark, and broad head. Leaves rather 

 large, tapering towards stalk, rather rounded at apex, glossy 

 above. Flowers small, pale yellow, and occasionally making 

 the whole crown of the tree look pale yellow when in 

 abundant crop. 



Yery common up to about 3,000 feet, and occurs in both 

 wet and dry forests. Abundant in forests of the Pasdun 

 Korale and Sinha Raja. 



Wood pale, grayish- white, soft, and loose-grained, attaining 

 a very large size. 



The timber is in great demand for tea boxes, and is 

 suitable, if well seasoned, for their manufacture, but scarcely 

 for any other purpose, except for backs to pictures, almirahs, 

 and the like. 



Weight, 32 lb. per cubic foot. 



The fruit, which is like a small mango, is often eaten by 

 natives, but is much too acid to be nice. 



[Jaffna, Haldummulla, Morowak Korale, Hantane.] 



117. — Mangifera indica (Mango). 



Amba, S. qp® ; Manga, T. u3/rra*/r. 

 Trim. Cey. Flor., vol. I., p. 318. 



