FLORA OF THE INDIAN DESERT, r>51 



BiGNONICAEiE. 



Tecomella Seem. 

 TecmnelUt undulata, Seem, in Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, X (1862) 30, 

 Vern. N. : llohera (Macadam). 

 Loc. : Frequent in the plains of Jodhpur (Macadam), W. Rajputana, 



found on some of the drier ridges of Jodhpur (King). 

 Distrib .: India, Baluchistan, Arabia. 



Uses : The wood is used for Persian wheels, furniture, lacquered 

 toys etc. The seeds are used against abscesses. — In Godwar the 

 term "Rohera ke phul " is applied to a pretentious good for nothing 



person (Macadam). 



Pedaliace^. 



Sesamum L. 



Sesamum indiqum, L. Sp. PI. (1753) 634. 



Vern. N. : Til. ^ ^ . , 



Loc- Jodhpur: Osian (No. 10347 !), Balarwa (No. 10349 !), Jaisal- 

 mer- Between Phalodi and Bap (No. 103-54!), Bap (No. 10350!), 

 near Lokarki (No. 10352 !), Shihad (No. 10353!), N. of Jaisamer 

 (No. 10351 !), Vinjorai (No. 10348). According to Adams, til is cul- 

 tivated in the following parganas of Jodhpur :— Jalore, Jaswant- 

 pura, Mallani ,Jodhpur, Nagare, Merta, Parbatsar, Pali, Bali, Sojat, 

 Jaitaran. 



Distrib. : Trop. Africa ? cultivated throughout India. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



