362 SAPOTACEZ, 
The oil and seeds are exported to some extent for candle 
making. The value of the oil in Europe has been estimated at 
about £35 per ton. 
MIMUSOPS ELENGI, Linn. 
- Fig,—Wight Ic., ¢. 1586; Bedd. F.Sylv., t. 40. 
Hab.—Deccan Peninsula. Cultivated elsewhere. The 
bark, flowers, fruit, and oil of the seeds. 
Vernacular.—Maulsiri (Hind.), Ovali (Mar.), Bakul (Beng.), 
Bolsiri (Guz.), Mogadam (Tam.), Pogada-ménu (Tel.), 
Halmadhu (Can,), Taindu (Central Prov.). 
History, Uses, &c.—This highly ornamental tree, with 
dark green, oblong, alternate leaves and small white fragrant 
flowers, which turn to a tawny yellow colour before they fall, 
is very common in gardens in India. It is the Vakula, Kesara 
and Sinha-kesara, “‘lion’s mane” of Sanskrit writers. Chakra- 
datta mentions the astringent properties of the unripe fruit, 
and recommends it to be chewed for the purpose of fixing 
loose teeth. He also mentions a decoction of the astringent 
bark as a useful gargle:in diseases of the gums and teeth. In 
the Concan a similar use is made of the unripe fruit, and the 
fruit and flowers along with other astringonts are used to pre= 
pare a lotion for sores and wounds. Mir Muhammad Husain 
notices the practice of planting this tree on account of its 
