CAREYA ARBOREA. Roth.
Bakoomba of . BOMBAY. Ave-mavo, Ayma, Tem.' Ban or bambhooai, BURN. Puta-tanni maram, „ Baubwai, . . . „ Pails) maram ? . . „ Kaaba, HIND. Kumbhi, . . TEL.
Koombha, . . MAI1R. Buda-darmee, . . „ Peloa, . . . . MaLEAL. Dud-Ippi, . • • „ Kahaatta, . . . SINGH.
Flowers—Vakhumba; Fruit—Gugaira, Kuhni, HIND.
This large tree grows in most parts of British India, Burma, and Tenasserim, and also in N. Australia and Queensland. It rises to 20 feet. Dr. M'Clelland says that in Pegu the timber is large, the wood red and equivalent to mahogany, and there forms the chief material of which the carts of the country are made ; Dr. Mason adding that it is a useful timber for house-building ; and Dr. Brandis mentions that it is used for gun stocks, house posts, planks, etc. A cubic foot of the Pegu wood weighs 55 lbs. It sells in Pegu at 12 alums per cubic foot. Dr. Gibson tells us that it is not much used on the Bombay side, but that the timber stands the action of water well. As it
is generally crooked, he thinks it merits trial for the crooks of boats, corners of carriages, etc. In Ceylon it is used for the axles of bullock carts and in buildings. Its fibrous bark is used as matches for matchlocks, guns, etc. ; and in Ganjam, according to Capt. Macdonald, the-scant clothing of the•Byragi and other Hindus affecting peculiar sanctity, is made of the fibrous bark of this tree. The bark is astringent, and in Ceylon used in tanning . and. medicinally. Its large greenish flowers are given by Hindus after childbirth.
Careya sphtcrica, Roxb., is almost identical with C. arborea. It grows in the Northern Circars, in the mountains at Chittagong, and at Moulmein. Its bark serves as cordage, and is used as a slow match for guns. It has large greenish-white flowers, with some deep red filaments.—Roxb. ii. 636.