Hymenodictyon
(from hymen, a membrane, and dictyon, a net; seeds girded by a reticulated membrane). SYN. Kurria. ORD. Rubiaceae. A genus comprising four or five species of stove trees, natives of Asia and tropical Africa. Flowers small, racemosely panicled. Leaves opposite, petiolate, glabrous or pubescent, deciduous. For culture, see Cinchona.
H. excelsum (tall). fl., panicles axillary and terminal, large. Summer. l. oblong and downy; floral ones coloured and blistered. h. 30ft. India, 1820. The bark of this species is very astringent, and is largely used for tanning purposes. (B. F. S. 219A, under name of H. utile.)