16 COMBRETACEZ. 
The plants of minor importance belonging to this Order, 
which are sometimes used medicinally, are:— 
Terminalia tomentosa, Bedd. Fl. Sylv., t. 17, and 
its variety, T. glabra, Vern.—Asan (Hind.), Ain (Mar.), Kur- 
rupu-maruta-maram (Tam.), Piasal (Beng.), Nalla-maddi- — 
chettu (Tel.), Tembavu (Mal.), trees common in most parts of 
‘India, have an astringent bark which is used for tanning, and 
has been recommended for medicinal use by Dr. Al. Ross. 
Powdered and mixed with oil it is used for aphthe. The ash of 
the bark contains much potash and is eaten by the natives, and 
the leaves are used for manuring rice fields. (Bourdillon.) 
Paul found 5°97 per cent. of tannin in the bark, and Hummel 
40 per cent. We find that the bark of the variety glabra 
contains moisture 9°59, ash 14°94, and tannin 7°2 per cent. 
"Phe alcoholic extract contained 13°9 per cent. of tannin and 
colouring matters precipitated by lead. The tannin gave @ 
blue-black precipitate with ferric salts. 
The flowers of Terminalia paniculata, Roth. Bedd. — 
Fl. Sylw., t. 20, Maruthu (Tam., Mal.), a tree of Malabar, the — 
Nilgiris and Coorg, are used medicinally by the country people, 
pounded with the root of Cissampelos Paretra, as a remedy in 
cholera. The juice of the flowers along with that of Guava 
bark is administered as an antidote in poisoning by opium. If 
the flowers are not obtainable the bark may be used. Th 
juice of the flowers or bark, with melted butter and rock salt, 
is applied externally in parotitis. The Marathi name for thi 
tree is Kinjal, the Tamils call it Maruthu and Vella-maruthu o 
Ola-maruthu. 
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Terminalia Catappa, lann., Bot. Mag. 3004; Bedd 
Fl. Sylw., t. 18, the Catappa of the Malays, is now cultivate 
all over India, and is known as the almond tree (Badam) to 
both natives and Europeans. The fruit is an oval, compressed 
smooth drupe, with two elevated grooved margins; it is about 
2 inches long and of a dull purple colour when ripe, the pul a 
being bright purple. The nut is rough, hard and thick, and 
