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176. Bornbax Malabaricum D.C., h.f.b.i., 
i. 349. Roxb. 514. 
Syn. B. heptapliylla, Roxb. 
Sans. : — Shalmali ; mocha. Rakta Shalmali. .Main! vriksha, 
Panch-parni, kalpa vriksa. 
Vern. : — Semul or Sernal, shembal, semur, pagun, somr, 
ragat-seubal, ragat-semar, kanti-seubal ( H. ) ; Rokto-simu], simul 
(B.) ; simbal, shivlan (Pb.) Del (Kol); Edel (Santal); Bouro, 
(Uriya) ; Boiclm, panchu (Naro) ; Sunglu (Lepchaj ; Sanvari 
Kantesava saer, somr, semuel, shembal, (Bom.) ; Lavara, Simbo, 
samar, kante-savar, kanteri samar, shevari, tamari savari, (Mar.) ; 
Rato-shemalo, shemolo, shimlo, shimul shimar, (Guz.); Kanton- 
Ka-Khatyan, kanto-ka-semul, lal-katyan (Dek) ; Mundlabfiraga- 
chettu (Tel.); Pula, Mul-ilava-maram, mulilaun (Tam.) ; Pula- 
maram, mul-lilava, mullia-pflla (Mai) ; Mullu-buragam-ara, burla, 
(Kan.) ; Wallaiki (Gond.); Katseori ' v Bhil.). 
Habitat : — Tropical Eastern Himalaya, and throughout the 
hotter forest regions of India, Ceylon, Burma, Sumatra. 
A very large deciduous tree, with branches in whorls, 5-7, 
spreading horizontally, and stem with buttresses at base. Bark 
grey, when young, with conical prickles, with corky base, when 
old with long irregular vertical cracks. Wood white when 
freslv cut, turning dark on exposure, very soft, perishable. 
No heartwood, no annual rings. Leaves digitate, glabrous. 
Leaflets 5 or 7, lanceolate, 4-8 in. long, common petiole as long as 
or longer than the leaflets. Flowers appearing before the leaves, 
large, scarlet, occasionally white ; Calyx inside silky — tomentose. 
Petals 2-3 in. long, stellate-tomentose on both faces. Filaments 
numerous, pluri-seriate, much longer than the staminal 
column ; 5 innermost forked at the top, each with an anther, 10 
intermediate shorter, outer very numerous (Maxwell T. Masters). 
Brandis says the filaments are about 70 ; the numerous outer 
ones united in 5 clusters. Anthers long, afterwaids twisted. 
Petals 5, oblong, recurved, fleshy, twice the length of the 
stamens. Style longer than the stamens. Capsule 6-7 in., 
oblong, hard, woody, downy, 5-valved. Valves silky within. 
