78 THE MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE PHILIPPINES 



Padre Mercado compares it very appropriately to the quince. 

 The root of the santol is aromatic, stomachic and astringent, by 

 virtue of which latter property it is used in Java in the treat- 

 ment of leucorrhoea. 



BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION. A tree, 30-40 high, well known 

 in the islands. Leaves ternate ; leaflets 4-5' long, half-ovate, 

 obtuse, entire, stiif and downy, the middle one elliptical. 

 Flowers in panicles. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla much longer 

 than the calyx, 5 greenish petals, linear and curved downwards. 

 Nectary a cylindrical tube attached to the corolla for half its 

 length, mouth 10-toothed, containing 10 sessile anthers. Style 

 somewhat longer than the stamens. Stigma 5-parted. Fruit 

 about size and form of a small apple, thick, brown, pericarp 

 indehiscent, 5 or more one-seeded compartments. 



HABITAT. Grows in all parts of the islands, commonly 

 along the roads. 



Carapa Moluccensis, Lam. (Xylocarpus granatum, Blanco.) 



NOM. VULG. Tabigi, Nigi, Kalumpag sa lati, Tag.; Migi, 

 Pam. 



USES. The seeds contain a yellow oil, bitter and astringent, 

 with a characteristic odor, having a taste somewhat resembling 

 the odor. In decoction they are used for diarrhoea and dysen- 

 tery, on account, doubtless, of the tannin they contain. The 

 dose is 12 seeds dried, pounded and infused with 200 grams 

 of sweetened water. 



The bark, also bitter, is said to be useful in fevers. 



In America they extract an oil from the species of the C. 

 Guianensis, Aubl., with which the negroes anoint themselves to 

 keep away stinging insects. Wood soaked in this oil is also 

 proof against insects. 



BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION. This tree, 20 high, grows in 

 swampy districts. Leaves opposite, abruptly pinnate. Two 

 pairs of wedge-shaped leaflets, entire and glabrous. Petiole 



