44 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



N, 0. ANONACEJE. 



33, Uvaria narum, Wall, h.f.br.l, i. 50, 



Vern. : — Narum-panel (Malay), Rheede, 



Habitat : — Forests of the Western Peninsula ; and in the 

 Central Provinces of India ; Ceylon ascending to 4000 ft.— 

 Widely diffused in Southern India. 



A woody climber ; twigs glabrous, Leaves 4—6 in., oblong, 

 acuminate, very shortly stalked, glabrous. Flowers solitary, 

 I-1J in. diam. Buds globose, stellate-tomentose, Sepals 

 distinct, or nearly so, rounded, apiculate. Petals connate at 

 base, broadly ovate, acute, incurved, densely pubescent. Ripe 

 carpels very numerous, pendulous on slender stalks, 1 in. long, 

 oblong— ovoid, 1-1 J in., smooth, bright scarlet-crimson. Colour 

 of flowers yellowish — green. 



Part used :— The root. 



Uses:— The oil obtained from the roots by distillation, as 

 well as the root, are used medicinally in various diseases. The 

 root is fragrant and aromatic, and the bruised leaves smell like 

 cinnamon. (Rheede). 



34. Anona squamosa, Linn, h.f.br.l, i. 78, 

 Roxb. 453. 



Vern. :-^-Atd, katal (Ass.); Maudar gom (Santalj; Sirpha 

 (Mai). ; Sita-palam or Sita-pazham (Tarn.) ; Sitapandn (Tel.) . 

 Sharifah, at or ata, Sitaphal, (H. Deck. Guj. Mar.) ; Ata, lema (B.). 



Habitat :— Introduced from the West Indies, and natural- 

 ized throughout India, 



A small tree wholly glabrous. Bark thin, grey. Wood soft, 

 close-grained, greyish-white. Leaves 2-3 by -f-l§ in., mem- 

 branous, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or acuminate, 

 glaucous and pubescent when young; base acute, pellucid- 

 dotted, with a peculiar smell. Flowers solitary or in pair, 



