MTSOBB AN® C001»G. 2S1 



Being indigenous to the hill ranges of Southern 

 India, this species should be found in the local ever- 

 green zone. A tree ; leaves petiolate, oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, prominently nerved ; average 

 blade 2^j< 6|- in. Fruit on longish slender stalks — 

 pedunculate — globose, puberulous, the size of a 

 black currant. Uses unknown. Ficus nervosa var. 

 minor, is smaller in all its parts and more puberu- 

 lous. Both forms are probably indigenous to the 

 -western hills of Mysore at an elevation of 4,000 to 

 5,000 feet. 



549 Ficus Rumphii, Blumb. Kan. Betta arali, Kad 



arali, Betta ragi. 



Fig— King. Fie. PI. 67 ; Wight Ic. t. 640. 



References.—Pharm. Ind.; Diet. ofEcon. Prod, 

 of Ind; 



A deciduous tree of the mixed zone and subalpine 

 range. The vernacu.lar names simply indicate the 

 hill form of F. religiosa to which the species bears a 

 strong resemblance, although never such a grand 

 tree. The leaves are slightly smaller, shortly acu- 

 minate, narrower at the base and with a shorter 

 petiole than in F. religiosa. The milk-sap is much 

 prized by the villagers in the treatment of rheuma- 

 tism. " The juice is used in the Concan to kill worms, 

 and is given internally with turmeric, pepper and 

 ghi, in pills, the size of a pea, for the rehef of asth- 

 ma ; it causes vomiting. The juice is also burned in 

 a closed vessel with the flowers of Mudar, and four 

 gunja's weight of the ashes, mixed with honey ' is 

 given for the same ' purpose." Pha/rmacographia 

 Indicd. 



550 Ficus religiosa, Linn. Kan. Arali mara, Eagi 



mara, Aswatha' mara. 



mg^-King. Fie. PI. 67; Wight le. t. 1967. 

 Bedd..Fl.8ylv. t. 314. 



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