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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
(AUGUST 1982
APPENDIX XI.*
LIST OF SOME OF THE TREES AND PLANTS IN THE ANDAMAN JUNGLES.
Andamanese name.
Botanical name.
Remarks
bela
abnga- (a) 1
Dillenis pilosa aiñaDipterocarpus alatus.
(Burm.) Kanyin ngi. alabaMelochia velutina.
(See App. XIII, item 66). dm- (a) (e)
Calamus, sp. No. 1. dparu- (d) (k) also abad. 3 Ptychosperma Kuhlii.
Sl(Hindi) Palawa. draga
(Burm.) Bebia. drain- (m) Dipterocarpus laevis
(Burm.) Kanyin byr Gurjon-oil
tree.
(Burm.) Byüma. (See App. XNI, bada- (o) Rhizophora conjugata
item 1.) badamabadar- (a)
Sometia tomentosa (?) baila- (a) (6) Terminalia procera
(Burm.) Bambway byu. baja- (y) Stercalia (1 villosa)
(Burm.) Sabu-bani.
(See Journ. R.Anthrop. Inst., balak
vol. XII, p. 161). balyabdrata- (c)
Caryota sobolifera båtaga- (a) Ceriops Candolleana
(Burm.) Madama. Natsatium herpestes bemaAlbizzia Lebbek ()
(Burm.) Kukko. bêrekad
Glycosinis pentaphylls bérewi
Claoxylon affine (3) bibi
Terminalia ( citrina) birigaPlanchonia valida
(Burm.) Bambway ngi. birtätbitim
Sophora sp. ból (o) Calsmus sp.
Ground Rattan. bômaClaoxylon sp.
S (Hindi) Jaiphal.. bórowa- (u) Myristica longifolia
2(Burm.) Zadipho. botokölco- (P)
Sabia (1) bab
Ancistrocladus extensus (1) bukura (6) Diospyros (?) nigricans
Bastard ebony, or marble wood
(superior variety). See picha-.
Extensively used in making arrows. chdb(a)
(Hindi) Badam. chadak
Rubiaceae chage
Paratropia venulosa chai
Bows are generally made from
this tree. chaij- (a) (6) Semecarpus anacardium
(Hindi) Bildwa. chakan (0)
Entada pursoetha chalanga- (a) Pterocarpus dalbergioides
S|(Hindi) Sisu.
(Burm.) Padauk. 'It was chiefly owing to the kind aneistance afforded by the late Bir George King. wbon Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens at Howrah (Caloutta), that I have been ablo to Acertain tho scientibe names of many of the trece in this list.
1 Sne Notes at and of this Appendix
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