on ura chm, 
Beso; aes, &c.—The Wood ‘apple, or itlephanld 
pple, so called because the fruit is like an elephant’s skin, in” 
Sanskrit Kapittha (on which monkeys dwell) and Kapipriya— 
he (dear to monkeys), is met with throughout India, and is culti- 
and dysentery, and prescribe the ripe fruit in affections of the 
ms and throat. It is called Dadhiphala in Sanskrit, as its” # 
is compared with that of Dadhi or coagulated milk. — 
leaves are aromatic and carminative. The author of the 
_ Makhzan-el- Adwiya says that the leaves are very astringent, — 
1 have the taste and odour of Tarragon. He dese the 
aby cardiacal and tonic, a useful remedy in piv tio etl 
sore throat, strengthening the gums and acting as an astrin- 
lace of gum Arabic in Lower India, and is prescribed by 
ol practitioners to relieve tenesmus in bowel affections. 
nia elephantum i is the Balong of the Portuguese. It 
Biaiaotst of four inches. The gum forms part of the 
gum | which i is sold in the bazaérs. It is the Dadhittha- 
