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Rh 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).

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,