USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LAKHIMPUR 
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Dibrugarh. No. 85. 
Local name.- — Kathal. “Jack Fruit.” 
Distrib. — Cultivated throughout the hotter parts of India and East- 
ern Asia. 
The jack fruit tree with its bark variegated with red and white lichens, its dense crown 
of dark shining leaves and its gigantic fruit is familiar to all dwellers in India. It is nearly 
as common in Lakkimpur as it is in Bengal. The fruit is a favourite food with coolies who 
often go on eating it till they are incapable of work. 
43. A. Lakoocha R)xb. F. B. I. v, 543; Beng. PI. 971 ; D. E. P. 
i, 333; Pharmacog. Ind. iii, 355. 
Dibrugarh and Sadiya. Nos. 14S and 365 
Local name.— Barha barhat. 
Distrib. — Tropical Himalaya, from Kumaun eastwards to Burma, 
and southwards to Tvavancore and Ceylon, also Malacca. 
This species grows into a large tree and has small yellow velvety fruits. It is grown 
here and there. The leaves are very variable. The fruits are used in curries. The bark 
which is known as dewd sali is chewed with pan. 
44. A. incisa Linn. f. F. B. I. v, 539 ; D. E. P. i, 330. 
A. incisa Forst. Eng. & Prantl iii, 1, 82. 
Ledo. No. 106. 
Local name. — Sam kathal. “Bread Fruit Tree.” 
Distrib. — A native of the Pacific Islands. Occasionally cultivated 
in the hottest parts of India. 
A tree with very rough, pinnately lobed leaves. Only one example was seen and that in 
a village near Ledo. The villagers said that the fruits were red, as large as the lirst, ami 
very good to eat. 
38. Ficos Linn. 
45. F. erininervia Miq. F. B. I. v, 529 ; King. Ann. R. B. Card, i, 
2, 138 and fig. 173. 
Sadiya. No. 373. 
Local name. — Tapar sail. 
Distrib. — Assam and Chittagong, also Malay Islands. 
A creeper abounding in yellow jnice. Its bark is ebewed with part. 
XVII. URTICACEAE. 
39. Laportea Gaud 
46. L. crenuJata Gaud. F. B. I. v, 550 ; Eng. & Prantl iii, 1, 106 ; 
D, E. P. iv, 587. 
