ACONITK I.KAVKD 





PHASEOLUS 



ACONITIFOLIUS 



Suniiitni, Silvi-r Li-jlit, p.-r case, Rs. 4-1S-8. The prices of American 



( 'luster ( Ml, tin- stiuiihinl illiiiiiiiiiint , are shown to h.-\\ 1 i. v.Ty steady 



for the last ten years. In !*'.<; 7 tin- avenge pn< < p.-r cane was Rs. 4-S-S, 

 mill in l!t(r> ;. I 



PEUCEDANUM GRAVEOLENS, l.v///. . Ind. ii., DAP^ 



ke. h'l. l',,s. Hnmh., I'.HI". ...; Duthie, /'/. V f . I. jj Pf- 



7V<m, I'.Mt.'i. .'V.i'i ; lY.nn. />'./(/. 7'/<I/*. i Dill 



Dill or Sou a, xoim, sulpha, baluntshe.p, samyeit, > misreyd, 



00. 



lalirous herli t'oiuiil t hrou L 'hout tropii-al ami suli t r.ipirul linliu. and often 

 -iilti\ uted fur use us a \'KI;KTAIII.K and for it \i (in. '1 he fruit yield* 



on (list illation with \\ .HIT '.\ to I p.-r n-nt . of an es>-nt ial oil, u Inch has well-known 

 MKl'U l\ vi properties ami is also employed for perfumin:.' soap. Hoth fruit and 



i are used to impart a lla\our to (Mirries. \('f. 7'A. 



(Ho.Tule. tranal.), ls'.t:i 7, 170; Pharmacog. Ind., ii., 12s . ; iii., app., i 

 \\oodr.iw. Card, in In<l., 1 !(>:t, :U4.] 



PHASEOLUS, /,//*/*.; Fl. Br. Ind., ii., i^H) I ; (',,, k-, /'/. l>re*. Kidney 

 lt,nnb.. 1902, 374 9 : Dnthie. /'/. l'ii-per Gang. Plain, 1903, 223-7 ; Prain, Beans. 



Plants, 19o:i. i., 385-8; LEOUMINOS^:. A genus of twining plants, 

 usually herbaceous, of which some If) species are indigenous to India. 



P. aconit itolius, Jacq. ; Duthie and Fuller, Field, and Garden Crops, 

 1882, i., 41-2, t. xi. The Aconite-leaved Kidney Bean, moth (math), bhringga, 

 banmudya kheri, bir mung, matti-kalai, tulka-pyre, kuncuma-pesalu, madki, 

 etc. A perennial or annual herb, found throughout India from the Himalaya 

 to Ceylon, ascending the hills to 4,000 feet in altitude, especially in the 

 north-west. 



Generally cultivated in the plains as a hot-weather crop (June-July) 

 and reaped in autumn (kharif, October-November), and specially suited to 

 dry. lijzht sandy soils and for green-manuring (Watt, Pests and Blights of 

 tin Tea Plant, 1898, 175, 177). In some localities it is an important crop, as 

 in the United Provinces, where in 1904-5, together with urd (/*. Mtint/n. 

 Linn.), mung (I*. r<t<fi(ittts.Linn.),&ndlobia ( \ ii/iut f'at/(nif/)M occupied 

 an area of 1 ,062,783 acres ; and in Bombay (including Sind), where it alone 

 occupied in 1905-6, 299,701 acres. Of the United Provinces, Duthie and 

 Fuller state that it grows on the worst land that can be made to bear a -i < >p. 

 It is sometimes sown alone, but more often in millet fields, especially of the 

 spiked or bulrush millet (bdjra). Its cultivation is very haphazard. Two 

 or three ploughings are held sufficient, and the seed is sown broadcast at 

 the rate of 4 seers to the acre. The highest outturn which could be taken 

 as an average is 8 maunds to the acre with rather less than double that 

 amount of fodder. Of Bombay, Mollison (Textbook Ind. Agri., 1901, iii.. 

 85-6) states that this pulse is fourth in importance, and is grown to a 

 considerable extent in all districts except the Konkan. It is rarely sown 

 alone, and is a common subordinate crop with bdjra. The best outturn is 

 obtained on the deep alluvium sands or sandy loams of Ahmadabad and 

 Kaira. Heavy rain is harmful, and it is most successfully grown with a 

 well-distributed rainfall of about 30 inches. It ripens after the bdjra 

 and is reaped in November-December. A fair yield in an average season 

 may be 120 Ib. pulse per acre from a seed-rate of 1J Ib. with the value of 

 the pulse at 40 to 45 Ib. per rupee. 



The beans are used to a considerable extent in certain parts of India, 



879 



D.E.P., 



vi., pt. i., 

 182-6. 

 Aconite- 

 leaved. 



lam. 



Yield. 



Mixed 



Cultivation. 



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