N. O. ANAOARDIAOE^E. 
393 
than the leaves. Flowers crowded minute ; males 4' n - diam., 
enveloped in tomentum. Drupe 1 in., oblique oblong, rounded 
at the top, quite glabrbus, long pedicelled. 
Use : — The fruit and bark are employed medicinally 
(Beddome ; Lisboa). 
333. H. longifolia, Roxb. h.f.b.i., ii. 37, Roxb. 
267. 
Vern. : — Barola (B.) ; Sudra bibo (Mar.) ; Holeger (Kan.) ; 
Khreik (Magh.). 
Habitat : — Chittagong. 
A large, evergreen tree, with black acrid, resinous juice, 
young shoots rusty-tomentose, branches stout. Wood light 
grey, soft, light. Leaves quite glabrous, reticulated beneath, 
shining above, coriaceous, cuneate, obtuse or acute, 6-9 by 2-3in.; 
harrowed into petiole, |-lin. long, secondary nerves 10-20 
pair. Petiolar spurs early deciduous. Panicles of compound 
racemes, axillary and terminal, shorter or longer than the 
leaves. Flowers £in. long, rusty .tomentose within and with- 
out, crowded ; anthers red. Drupe glabrous, 1 in., obliquely 
oblong, rounded at the top. 
Use : — Morton states that the fruit and bark are employed 
medicinally, but require to be prescribed with caution, as they 
are apt io give rise to dangerous symptoms. The tree exudes 
a black, resinous, acrid, and poisonous juice from the trunk 
and rind of the fruit. The secretion is of a powerfully 
caustic nature and blisters the skin. The blistering principle 
is due to Anacardic Acid. 
331. Spondias mangifera, Willd , h.f.b.i., ii. 42, 
Roxb. 387. 
Sans.- Amrataka. 
Hers. — Darakhte-moryam. 
Vern . — Amra, amara, ambodha (H.) ; Amra (B.; ; Tangrong 
(Garo.) ; Katmaa (Tam.); Aravi mamadi (Tel.); Jangli am, am- 
bfida (B )inb.) ; Amra, amara, ambodha, ambra (Hind.) ; Amra, 
ambra (Beng.) ; Amburri (Kol.) ; Amara (Assam); Tongrong; 
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