102 INDIAN MEDICINAL PI.AN1-. 



oblong-oval , very obtuse or retuse, entire, glabrous, glaucous, 

 somewhat fleshy ; petiole J in. Flowers few, rather large, in 

 terminal corymbose racemes, without bracts ; pedicels, § in., 

 smooth ; Calyx-lobes J in , lanceolate, acute or obtuse, reilexed. 

 Petals distant, J in., ovate, acute, erect, veined, green. Stamens 

 much exceeding petals, spreading ; filaments white, anthers 

 green ; gyiiophore % in., ovary short, truncate. Fruit yellow, 

 1-3 in. iBrandis) ; a berry 1-2 in. long, fleshy, irregularly, and 

 interrupted by moiiiliform, smooth, many-seeded ; each seed 

 portion forming almost a separate berry. Cotyledons fleshy, 

 involute. Flowers green, sweet-scented. 



Part used :— The root. 



Use : — The root slightly resembles liquorice root in ap- 

 pearance and taste. It is said to be used as an alterative, tonic 

 and stimulant. 



This plant has two varieties :-— Var. 1. glabra. Hooker's Ic. 

 PL t. 127. 



Var. 2. scabra, Cauib in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 22, t-23, 24. 

 Niebuhria oblongifolia, Royle 111. 73. 



89. Cratceva religiosa, Forsk. h.f.b.l, i. 172. 



Syn. :— Capparis trifoliata, Roxb. 426. 



Sans. : — Var una ; asmarighna. 



Vern. : — Barua, barun, bilasi, bila, biliana(Hind.) ; Barun, 

 tikto-shak (Beng.) ; Tailadu, bun boronda (Mechi ) ; Purbong, 

 (Lepcha) ; Barua, barnahi, (Pb.) ; Raj Bela, bel (C.P.) ; Vaya- 

 varna, Chatavarna, hadavarna, kunla, warnna, karvan (Bomb.) ; 

 kumla, karwan (Mar.) ; maralingam, marvilinga, narvala, (Tam.) ; 

 (Nirvala vituse) iKau,, Mai. J ; uskia, usiki, asiki maun, ulimidi, 

 Lirimidi, urimitfi, tella ulimidi, tella vule (Tel.). 



Habitat: — Near streams in Malabar and Canara; culti- 

 vated elsewhere in India. 



A moderate-sized, spreading, unarmed, deciduous, tree. 

 Bark grey, | in. thick, with long horizontal wrinkles. Wood 

 yellowish-white, when old turning light brown, moderately 



