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lobes uniting round the radicle; above the radicle they are 
often entirely divided by the large cotyledons, which extend to, 
or rather through its margins; embryo erect; cotyledons large, 
oval; plumule minute; radicle inferior, linear oblong. (Row- 
burgh.) 
Chemical composition.—A decoction of the bark afforded 
20°3 per cent. of extract containing 6°8 percent. of tannin, 
Some caoutchouc, wax, colouring matter (probably oxidized tan- 
nin), starch, and 9:4 per cent. of ash were also obtained from 
the bark. 
Mimusops hexandra, Rozb., Cor. Pl. é., t. 15; Wight 
Ic., t. 1587; a native of the Deccan Peninsula and Ceylon, 
- cultivated in Northern India, has much the same properties 
as M. Elengi. The vernacular names are Kshiri (Hind.), 
_ Khirkhejur (Beng.), Rajana, Kerni (Mar.), Rayan (Guz.), Palla : 
am.). 
The Sanskrit name is R4jidani. The dried fruit. is known 
as Kakadia in Guzerat, and the fresh fruit is sold in the 
streets in Bombay under the name of Ahmaddbadi-mewa. 
It is a handsome tree, with rigid branches and broad wedge- 
shaped leaves, and is often found planted in groves near 
~ Mahometan towns and buildings. The wood is tough, and is 
much used for making sugar mill beams, well-frames, &c. The 
ripe fruit is eaten both fresh and dried, and the bark which 
ae resembles that of M. Hlengi is used medicinally on account 
ts astringent properties. In the Concan the white’ milky 
ves which exudes when the tree is wounded, is made 
into a paste with the leaves of Cassia Fistula and seeds of 
Calophyllum inophyllum, and applied as a maturant to boils. 
The seeds yield an oil which, according to Dr. Mootooswamy, 
is used as a demulcent, emollient, tonic and alterative in 
South India, 
Chemical composition —The tee in Gas bark was iden- 
tical with that found in the bark of M, Elengi. The bark 
examined was younger and afforded ware pantol ening 
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