MYRTACEZA. 19 
CAREYA ARBOREA, Rozb. 
) Fig.—Rowb. Cor. Pl. iié., 14, t. 218; Wight Ill., 99, 100; 
_. Bedd. Fl. Sylv., t. 205. Pera brava (Port. ), Wild Guave. 
— (Eng.). 
Hab -—Throughout India. 
Vernacular.—Kumbhi (Hind., Beng.), Kumbha (Mar., Gut. ‘' 
Putai-tanni-maram, Arjama (J'am.), Kumbhia, Gonju (Can.), 
Kumbhi, Dudippi, Gavuldu ray Pern (Mal.). The dried 
calices, Vékumbha (Guz.), Bakumbka (Beng.). 
History, Uses, &c.—0. arborea is a large deciduous 
_ tree, the leaves of which turn red in the cold season. Itis 
_ the Kumbhi of Sanskrit writers, and appears to have been so 
_ named on account of the hollow on the top of the fruit giving 
it somewhat the appearance of a water-pot. The bark of the 
_ tree and the calices of the flowers are well known Indian 
4 remedies, and are valued on account of their astringent and 
 mucilaginous properties, being administered internally in 
coughs and colds and applied externally as an embrocation.’ 
| Rheede (Hort. Mal. iii., 36,) states that wild pigs are very 
_ fond of the bark, and that it is used by hunters to attract 
Z them. An astringent gum exudes from the fruit and stem, 
_ and the bark is made into coarse cordage. (Bourdillon.) 
, The Tamil name Puta-tanni-maram signifies “ water-bark-tree,” 
in allusion to the exudation trickling down the bark in dry 
j weather. 
Bes 
Description -—Calyx ? to 1 inch, terete, campanulate, 
4 obscurely pubescent, lobes ovate, obtuse, ovules in two rows 
. in each cell of the ovary. Fruit 24 by 2 inches, globose, sur- 
q “mounted by an enlarged mouth having a depressed pit at the 
vertex within the calyx teeth. Bark thick, fibrous, externally 
abounds with thick mucilage, 
Chemical com position.—The thick red bark from old | sees e! 
ontain ee eee a blue-black | 
_ash-coloured, internally reddish when dry, the whole ane. — 
