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Vernacular.—Kurkur-jihwa (Beng., Hind.), Ankados (Tel.), 
Karkani (Mar.), Dino (Goa.). 
History, Uses, &c.—This plant is the Nélugu of 
Rheede, who gives Dino as the Brahminic name, and says that 
a decoction of the root is given in colic, and that it is cooling 
and relieves thirst. 
The roasted leaves are applied to the head in vertigo; the — : 
juice of the young leaves is digestive. In Goa it is called 
Dino by the natives and Ratanhia by the Portuguese, and is 
much used in diarrhoea and chronic dysentery. In Réunion 
the root is called Bois de Sur eal and. is = to be used asa 
sudorific. 
Description.—Stems shrubby, with straight branches, 
leaves pinnate or tripinnate, often 3} by 4 feet, leaflets stalked, 
very variable in size and shape, nerves arcuate; flowers 
greenish-white, anthers connate, Fruit the size of a small 
cherry, dry. Grows in patches in thick jungle, looking some- 
thing like Elder. The root is woody, porous and tough, and — 
covered with a striated, dark brown slightly scabrous bark, the 
internal surface of which is of a deep red colour. The bark 
has an astringent and rather agreeable flavour; the wood 
appears to be inert. 
Leea macrophylla, fozxb., Wight Ic., t. 1154; Grif, 
Tc. Pl. As 645, f. 1. Dinda (Mar.), Dholsa-mudra (Beng.), 
Dholasa-mudrika (Sans.), is a native of the hotter parts of 
India. The tuberous root is employed in the cure of Guinea- 
worm, and when pounded is applied to obstinate sores to E 
promote cicatrization; according to Roxburgh the root is — 
astringent and a reputed remedy for ringworm. The young 
shoots are eaten as a vegetable. 
Description.—Stem herbaceous, erect, flexuose jointed ; 
leaves very large, simple, broad cordate, toothed, smooth on 
‘ both sides ; cymes terminal,. large ; ; flowers numerous, small, : = 
white ; berry depressed, size of a small cherry, smooth, black 
= a succulent wie ripe; root tuberous. ‘The tubers are of 1 
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