CEDEELA TOON A 79 



very short. Calyx inferior, 4-5-toothed. Corolla, 4-5 con- 

 cave petals, slightly notched at the end. Nectary notched, 

 ovate, 8— 9-toothed. No filaments. Anthers equal in number 

 to the teeth of the nectary and inserted between them. Ovary 

 very thick, globose. Stigma shield-shaped. Drupe globose, 

 resembling a very large orange, 5 chambers, each containing 1, 

 2 or more seeds, convex on one side and concave on the other, 

 angular and much crowded. Testa hard and porous. 

 Habitat. — Common throughout the Archipelago. 



Oedrela Toona, Eoxb. (C. odorata, Blanco.) 



NoM. VuLG. — Kalantas, Tag., Pam.; Lanigpa, Vis. 



Uses. — The infusion of the flowers is antispasmodic. The 

 trunk bark is an excellent astringent, and Dr. Waitz recom- 

 mends it in extract as a treatment for infantile diarrhoea, for 

 which I also have found it very useful. Blume says that it 

 contains marked antispasmodic virtues, and Dr. G. Kennedy 

 confirms it. Other physicians of India, q,mong them Ros and 

 Newton, have recommended the bark as a substitute for cin- 

 chona, given dry in doses of 30 grams. 



Infusion. — 



Bark dry, pounded 30 grams. 



Water 150 " 



Filter and add : 



Syrup of cinnamon 20 grams. 



Dose. — Several dessert-spoonfuls a day. 



The powdered bark is very useful as an application to indo- 

 lent ulcers which it instantly deodorizes ; like powdered quinine 

 it is used in the treatment of superficial gangrene. 



Botanical Description. — A large tree. Leaves odd-pin- 

 nate. Leaflets oval, lanceolate, acuminate, entire, glabrous, 5— 

 6 pairs. Flowers yellow, in terminal panicles. Calyx 5- 

 toothed. Corolla, 5 oblong petals. Stamens 5, free, inserted 

 on the apex of a disk. Ovaries sessile, 5 many-ovuled cells. 



