110 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



Vern. : — Ardanda (H. Sindh. and Deck.), Ulta-Kanta, 

 bipuwa-Kanta (Kumaonj ; His, Karvila, hiungarna (Pb.) ; 

 Karralurra (Oudh) ; Katerni (Gond.) ; gitoran (Ajmere). # Burn 

 asaria, Bagni, Bagnei Baguchi (Santal.:-; Bagrani (Monghyr) ; 

 Oseriva (Uriya) ; Wagatti, wag, Tarti, . Taranti (Bomb); 

 gowindi (Mar;) ; Atanday, attandax, Katalli Kai {Tarn.) ; Adonda, 

 arudonda (Tel.). 



Habitat : — Gangetic Valley, as far north as Saharunpore ; 

 Western Peninsula and Chittagong, Ceylon, Malaya and the 

 Philippines. 



A climbing shrub, with long divaricate branches, young 

 shoots, with rufous scurfy tomentum. Leaves oval-lanceolate 

 or oblong, obtuse, strongly apiculate, tomentose when young, 

 afterwards glabrous and shining ; petioles short, stipular spines 

 recurved. Flowers rather large, \\ in. diam. ; supra- axillary, 

 solitary or 2 or 3 together, above one another, in a vertical line ; 

 peduncle J-f in., tomentose. Sepals rufous-tomentose outside. 

 Petals twice as long, hairy. Stamens much longer than petals, 

 Gynophore 1 in. ; Ovary ovoid, apiculate, with 4 placentas. 

 Fruit subglobose, \\ in. diam., on a greatly thickened stalk, 

 many-seeded. Petals white, stamens crimson. 



Parts used : — The leaves, root, and root-bark. 



Uses : — In Northern India, the leaves are used as a 

 counter-irritant and as a cataplasm in boils, swellings and piles 

 (Atkinson.) 



In Chutia Nagpur, the bark, along with native spirit, is 

 given in cholera (Rev. A. Campbell.) 



In Madras, a decoction of the leaves is used in syphilis, 

 (Surg-Major Thompson). Watt n. 132. 



The root-bark is sedative, stomachic and anti-idriotic ; 

 the leaves also slightly stomachic. The root-bark is useful in 

 relieving some of the symptoms of gastric irritation, as vomit- 

 ing and pain, and in improving appetite. It has also proved 

 itself useful in a few cases of excessive perspiration, which it 

 checked to a great extent. The leaves also possess the pro- 

 perty of improving the appetite (Moodeen Sheriff). 



