N. 0. EBENACEjE. 
757 
Bide. Staminodea 4. Ovary glabrous, 8-celled. Fruit, bitter, not 
edible, f-lin. diam., yellow when ripe, supported by the enlarged 
foliacious Calyx-lobes. Albumen uniform (Brandis). 
Use The fruit is supposed to be poisonous. The bhistis 
apply it to boils which generally appear on their hands and 
give them much pain and trouble (Stewart). 
728. D. Embryopteris, Pers., h.f.b.i., iii. 556. 
Syn. D. glutinosa, Keen ; Roxb. 413. 
Sans : — Tinduka. 
Vern. : — Gab, makur-kendi (Beng. and Hind.); Abnos-e-hindi 
(Arab.;; Tendu (Ass.) ; Tumbika, pani-chika (Tam.); Tumik 
(Tel.) ; Timboree, temburni, (Mar) ; Kusharta, hagna, huli 
tumri, gavandu (Kan). 
Habitat : — Very common throughout India t abundant in 
Bengal. 
A much-branched, dense, evergreen tree, of middle size. Buds 
silky, with appressed hairs. Branchlets glabrous. Bark smooth, 
dark-grey, almost black, with green tinge, exfoliating in large 
pieces. Wood grey, with darker streaks and darker, irregular 
patch in the centre (heartwood ?), moderately close-grained 
(Gamble). Leaves distichous, 5£ by 2in., coriaceous, glabrous, 
shining, oblong, obtuse at the base, subacuminate, primary nerves 
oblique ; reticulating nerves distinctly, slightly, elevated on both 
sides; petiole £-|in long, wrinkled when dry. Flowers as a rule 
4-inerous, white, cream-coloured, sweet scented. Maleflowers in 
short axillary pedunculate cymes, l-jin., of 3-6 flowers. Calyx 
hairy, cup-shaped, lobes |-iin , triangular. Corolla tubular- 
campanulate, nearly glabrous without, f by ^in., lobes x^in. 
Stamens 24-64 in pairs, at the base of the corolla tube or on the 
receptacle beneath, subequal ; filaments short, hairy, anthers 
hairy, linear, much longer than the filaments. Female flowers 
larger, usually solitary sometimes in pairs (Brandis), 1-5 
together, says C. B. Clarke subsessile or cymose, resembling 
the male ” Calyx-lobes cordate, wider, subauriculate at base. 
Ovary hairy when young, glabrous when maturing, 8-celled. 
Styles 4, lobed at the tips; stigmas lohed. Fruit usually solitary, 
