EUGENIA 



COCAINE LEGISLATION Jamm Plum 



Trade and Cocaine Legl*latioa.The records of the traffic in the drug are very Trade. 



h win-Id's supply comes chiofly from South America, but recently 

 < 'cvl-'u has (..vim LI c\ p.H-i a small amount. India is thus mainly interested in the 



lie, mid the repressive measures of the Government. Tin- .juantity import*. 

 imported u.i returned in the official statistics for the first time in 1903, when 

 it mummied I" 1.1"" o*., \aluod at Rs. 18,442. In 1904-5 it was 5.431 <>/.. 

 i.'.Mti). and in I'.Mir, -7, 1.771 o/.. (Ks. l!i,'.'.!i). Hooper lias published a 

 i;i-aphic sL"t<-h of th Drouth of tint Indian habit of cocaine indulu'cncn. Thin 

 [so lieen fiill\ di -cussed by Dr. K. C. Bose and other writers (Ind. Med. 

 id. I '.in i ; M.irch 1903). The Bengal habit seems to have originated 

 Bhagnlpur, and spread to Calcutta. Shortly after it was carried to Bombay 

 and Rangoon. So rapidly and alarmingly was this new vice being taken 

 up that tho Government of Bengal, with most praiseworthy zeal, in which it 

 was also followed by the other Governments and Administrations, adopted 

 ive measures. In a notification of October 24, 1900, cocaine was in- 

 cluded in the definition of "intoxicating drugs." In February 1902 the sale ".Intoxicating 

 .i' the driiL' without a license became illegal. A further enactment of Drug*." 

 December 1, 1903, limited the amount that could be held or sold at one time, 

 consequence importations that would have exceeded the limits of possession 

 r ere seized by the Customs authorities, and returned to the countries from 

 whfiii-o procured. It can thus be affirmed that a wholesome check has been given 

 which it is hoped may in time completely repress this most pernicious utilisation 

 if an otherwise valuable medicinal agent. 



E. monog-ynum, Roxb., Fl. Ind., ii., 449; Fl. Br. Ind., i., 414; D.E.P., 

 'albot, List Trees, etc., 53; Gamble, Man. Ind. Timbs., 116-7. iii., 277-8. 

 he Bastard Sandal or Red Cedar, devaddram, ndt-kd-deoddr, simpuliccai, Bastard 

 mmanathi, thasadaram, chembulichan, bendde, hull, kuruvakumara, 

 jivadali, kumbulukay, devaddru, adavigordnta, gathiri. A shrub or small 

 e found in the dry forests of the Deccan, Karnatak and Ceylon. 

 The wood is said to yield an OIL, used as a preservative for Native boats. Oil. 

 it resembles tar, and is known in Ceylon under the name of dummele. It is 

 extracted by packing pieces of the wood in an earthen pot inverted over a 

 similar pot which is surrounded by fire. 



As a MEDICINE, Moodeen Sheriff (Mat. Med. Mad., 73) describes the Medicine, 

 plant as possessing stomachic, diaphoretic and stimulant diuretic properties. 

 In several parts of India the leaves and fruits are used as food in times of famine ; Famine Food. 

 in fact they might almost be said to be regularly eaten as a green vegetable. 

 It is reported (Ind. For., 1900, xxvi., 619) that during a recent famine in the 

 Mysore Province the leaves had been largely eaten by the poorer classes. The 

 time for gathering varies from June to December. They are boiled and mixed 

 with salt and chillies. Dr. Bidie suggested that " probably the leaves contain 

 some principle like that of E. ror," but specimens analysed by the Govern- 

 ment Quinologist in Madras were proved to have no anaesthetic property, but 

 to possess a bitter tonic principle which might serve to mitigate the pangs 

 of hunger. [Cf. Cameron, For. Trees. Mysore and Coorg, 1894, 44 ; Biscoe, 

 ^yderabad Trees, 1895, 6; Ind. Pharmacol, 1896, 55.] 



EUGENIA, Li n n. This genus of MYRTACE^; embraces over 700 

 species, 120 of which are trees met with fairly plentifully in India. A 

 few (such as the Clove, the Rose-apple and the Jaman-plum) are of 

 considerable importance. Most modern botanical writers break up that 

 vast assemblage of plants into three genera (or sub-genera) under the 



imes Jnntbosu, Zi/zi/i/inni and r,n<-ni/<'ni<i. The less important 

 [ndian species may be dispose'd of at once and the major portion of 



le available space devoted to the clove, which although not a native 

 of India, is nevertheless traded in all over the country so universally 

 as to make it one of , the most important of spices, and one which 

 the future may see produced very much more largely by Indian 

 >lanters. 



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