side. Staminodes 4. Ovary glabrous, 8-celled. Fruit bitter, not edible, ½-1in, 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, Kœn ; Roxb. 413.
Sans : — Tinduka.
Vern. : — Gáb, makur-kendi (Beng. and Hind.) ; Abnos-e-hindi (Arab.) ; Tendu (Ass.) ; Tumbika, pani-chika (Tam.) ; Tumik (Tel.) ; Timboree, temburni, (Mar) ; Kusharta, hagna, huli tumri, gavaudu (Kan).
Habitat :— Very common throughout India; 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). Leases distichous, 5½ by 2in., coriaceous, glabrous, shining, oblong, obtuse at the base, subacuminate, primary nerves oblique ; reticulating nerves distinctly, slightly, elevated on both sides ; petiole ¼-½in long, wrinkled when dry. Flowers as a rule 4-merous, white, cream-coloured, sweet scented. Maleflowers in short axillary pedunculate cymes, 1-¼in., of 3-6 flowers. Calyx hairy, cup-shaped, lobes ⅛-1/6in., triangular. Corolla tubular-campanulate, nearly glabrous without, ⅓ by 1/5in., lobes 1/10in. 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,
