148 MANUAL OP THE NILAGIRI DISTRICT. 



CHAP. VII. N.O. VERBENACE^. 



Useful Vitex negundo. Eng. Five-leaved Chaste tree. Diik. Shambali. 



Plants. Tarn. Vellai-nochchi. Ka?i. Lakki-gida. 



Heated leaves applied to swellings. Internally said to be anodyne 

 and diuretic. 



Clerodendron serratum. Dulc. Gand-baha-rangi. Tarn. Shirutek. 



Used by natives in fevers and colds . 



N.O. SOLANACE^. 



Datura alba. Indian or White-flowered Datura. Duh. Ujla- 



dhaturah. Tarn. Umattai. Kan. Ummatte-gida. 

 Anodyne and antispasmodic, used in medical practice. 



N.O. LABIATE. 

 OciMUM SANCTUM. Eng. Holy Basil, Duh. Tulsi, Tarn. Tulashi. 



Kan. Tulashi-gida. 

 One of the sacred plants, the tulste, said to be expectorant and 

 diaphoretic. 



N.O. AMAEANTHACE^. 

 AcHYEANTHES AsPERA. DuJc, Aghara. Tarn. Nay-ui*ivi. Kan. Utrani- 



gida. 

 Astringent and diuretic. 



N.O. LAURACE^. 

 CiNNAMOMUM Zetlanicum. Eng. Cinnamon. Dulc. Dal-chini. Tarn. 



Lavangap-pattai. Kan. Dala-chinni. 

 The bark is the cinnamon of commerce. 



N.O. SANTALACE^. 

 Santalum ALBUM. Eng. Sandal- wood. Duh. Sandal. Tarn. Shandanak- 



kattai. Kan. Grandhada-chekke. 

 Powder of wood used as a local application, essential oil used as a 

 perfume, &c. 



N.O. EUPHOEBIACE.^. 



Mallotus Philippinensis. Eng. Kamela. Tam. Kamela-mavu. 

 Yields a red powder Jcamela, used as a dye and anthelmintic. 

 RiciNus COMMUNIS. Eng. Castor-oil seeds. Did-. Yarandi. Tam. 



Amauakkan-kottai. Kan. Haralu. 

 Castor-oil plant. 



Euphorbia antiquorum. Duk. Tin-dhari-send. Tam. Shadurak-kalli. 

 Euphorbia tirucalli. Eng. Milk-hedge or Indian Tree-spurge. Duk. 



Bar-ki-send. Tam. KalU. Kan. Bonta-kalli. 

 Juice very acrid. 

 Phtllanthus emblica. Duk. Anvulah. Tam. Nelli-kai. Kayi. 



Nelli-kai. 

 Fruit astringent and antiscorbutic. Used also as a condiment. 



