46 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



Ram-phal (Bomb. Deck., Mar., Guj., Kan.) ; Ramsita or ram- 

 situ-plam (Tarn.); Rama-pandu, ramaphalam or rama-chandar 

 pandu(Tel.V 



■English Barnes : —The Bullock's Heart, or true Custard Apple 

 of the West Indies. 



Habitat:— A small tree, naturalised in India, occurring. in 

 Bengal, Burma and South India, 



A large tree joften growing- 20-40 ft* Leaves oblong or 

 oblong-lanceolate, quite glabrous, smooth or roughish beneath ; 

 5-8 by 1J-2 in., base acute; petiole \ in. Flowers 2-3 together 

 on lateral peduncles. Sepals 3, small, valvate. Petals 3, narrow, 

 oblong, thick, Fruit subglobose, roughish outside with penta- 

 gonal areoles ; tawny-coloured when ripe. 



Much cultivated in the Bombay gardens. A native of the 

 West Indies quite naturalized. 



Parts used '— Bark and fruit. 



Uses ":— The bark is said to be a powerful astringent, and 

 to be much used as a tonic by the Malays and Chinese. 

 The fruit is reported to be used in the West Indies and by 

 the natives of America, as an anti-dysenteric and vermifuge. 

 (Watt's Dictionary, Vol : I. p. 259). 



36. Boeagea Dalzelii, Hk. f. andThoms, h.f.br.i., i. 

 92. 



Syn. — Sageraea laurina, Dalz. 



I 7 <?>-7?.— Sajeri. Kochrik. Harkinjal (Marathi). Audi (Bombay). 



Habitat. — Forests of the Konkan and Travancore. 



A middle-sized, evergreen, glabrescent tree. Leaves 

 shining, coriaceous, thick, 5-9 by K-2 in., narrow, oblong, acute 

 or obtuse ; base rounded or acute. Petiole i in. Flowers white, 

 2-sexual, \-\ in. diam ; crowded in fascicles of 1-15 on woody 

 tubercles. Pedicels |-| in. Bracteoles several, scaly basal. 

 ticpals orbicular, distinct, slightly imbricate ; outer petals \ in. 

 broad, ovate, larger but not twice the size of the inner. 



