176 BOTANY 



SESAMUM. 



The sesamum plant is largely cultivated by the Ka- 

 rens, who bring the seeds to market and sell them 

 to the Burmese, and they express the oil. The seeds are 

 said to have the same property as linseed, and the oil 

 to be a good substitute for olive oil. The natives use it 

 in curries, and also burn it for lights. 

 Sesamum indicum. 



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OLIVE. 



Wallich found a species of olive tree on the banks of 

 the Salwen, but from which no oil is made, that he called 

 Olea attenuata. 



karung. 



According to Wallich, the karung oil tree is indigen- 

 ous in Amherst Province. The Burmese make an oii 

 from a tree with which 1 have never met, that may be the 

 tree referred to by Wallich. 

 Pongamia glabra. 



COUNTRY MALLOW-LEAF. 



The Burmese raise a species of abutilon, which is con- 

 sidered all over India a very good substitute for marsh- 

 mallows. 



Abutilon indicum. 



SESBANIA. 



A species of sesbania may be seen in culture for the 

 sake of its leaves, which the Burmese use for poultices to 

 promote suppuration. Owing to this characteristic they 

 call the tree " water-chief. 

 Sesbania agyptiaca. 



