FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS. 
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A tree, up to 50 feet high ;^wood white, turning yellow on exposure, hard, but 
liable to attack by insects ; bark yields a gum ; seed yields an oil {Karanj-ka-tel) 
used for burning and greatly used in native medicine for skin-diseases. 
Distrib.— -Mascarenes; coasts of S.-E. Asia; Polynesia; elsewhere often 
planted. 
51 . Denis Lour. 
Vexillary stamen free ; sutures of pod sinuate between the seeds 
sinuaia, 
Vexillary stamen more or less united with the others ; pod not 
sinuate between the seeds : — 
Pod narrow, pointed at both ends, several-seeded scandens. 
Pod suborbicular, obtuse ; seeds solitary . . uligino^a> 
62o Denis sinuata Thw. ; F. B. I. ii. 246 \ 
Sea-face, at Tiger Point, Heinig ! 
Vernac. Sundri-lata ; Mahajanf-lata. 
A large climber ; stems twisted into ropes for tying logs. 
Distrib.— India ; Indo-China ; Malaya : in coast forests. 
63. Denis scandens Benth. ; F. B. I. ii. 241. Dalhergia scan- 
dens F. I. iii. 232. E. D, D 330. 
General. 
Vernac. Nioisha, Noa-lata, 
A large climber ; properties uramportant. 
Distrib. --S.'E. Asia; N. Australia : not confined to the coasts. 
64. Denis nliginosa Benth.; F. B. I. ii. 241. Galedupa uli- 
ginosa F. I. iii. 243. 
General. - 
Vernac. Kelia-lata ; Pan-lata, 
A large evergreen scandent shrub ; stems tw‘lsted into ropes for tying logs. 
Distrib.— E. Africa ; Mascarenes; S.-E. Asia; Polynesia: on coasts and 
on muddy banks of tidal rivers. / 
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53. Caesalpinia Linn^ 
Pod covered with wiry prickles ; petals narrow . Bonducella. 
Pod smooth ; petals broad . , , . " . Nuga. 
65. Caesalpinia Bondueella Flem. ; F. i. iii, 357 ; F. B. I. ii. 254. 
E. D. c6. 
Sea-face ; on skirts of forests ; also in clearings for cultivation, 
Calcutta Garden Collectors ! Heinig ! 
Vernac. Ndtd ; Ndtd Karanj. 
A large thorny climber ; seeds, ground and mi.xed with pepper, are taken in 
cases of fever ; also worn as necklaces. 
Distrib.— Cosmopolitan in the Tropics. 
