THE MEDICINAL PLANTS OP THE PHILIPPINES 



izars under the name of Nag-Kasar or Nagesur, which is used 

 5 a mild stimulant, but especially as a perfume. 



A dark oil is expressed from the seeds, its density 0.954 and 

 s solidifying point 5° above zero. In northern Canara it is 

 3ed locally in rheumatism. The incised root bark exudes a 

 isinous sap which is a good bitter tonic. The infusion of the 

 ood is equally good. The dried flowers, iinely powdered and 

 lixed with oil or lard make a useful ointment for acute hemor- 

 loids. The fruit is acrid and purgative. 



Botanical Description. — A tree with leaves long-petioled, 

 jlong, lanceolate, acuminate, rounded at the base, thick, coria- 

 ;ous, upper surface lustrous, lower surface greenish or covered 

 ith a waxy, ash-colored powder. Flowers terminal or axil- 

 ,ry, solitary, yellowish. Calyx 4 imbricated sepals, orbicu- 

 :te, slightly pubescent. Corolla 4 persistent petals, wedge- 

 laped, short, with rounded points. Stamens indefinite, free, 



1 5-6 series. Ovary free, 2-celled, each cell containing 2 

 srules. Style bilobed. Fruit nearly unilocular, ovate, acumi- 

 ate, encompassed at its base by the sepals, the lower part of 

 le petals, and crowned by the style. Pericarp woody, dehis- 

 mt at the tip by 2-4 valves ; contains 1-4 seeds, slightly or- 

 iculate, coriaceous. 



Habitat. — Common in the forests. 



DIPTEROOARPEJfi. 



•ipterocarpus turbinatus, Gaertn. (Z>. Indians, Bedd.; D. 

 Mayapis, Blanco.) 



NoM. VuLG. — Mayapis, Tag.; Gurjun, Kani/in, Indo-Eng. 



Uses. — This tree yields an oleo resin, used in medicine and 

 nown under the name of bdlsamo de gurjiui. Other species 

 f Dlpterocarpus (i*. alatus, Roxb.; D. incanus, Roxb.; D. 

 inervis, Bl., etc., etc.) produce the same substance. Balsam 

 P Gurjun is a stimulant of the mucous membranes, especially 



