116 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



Use : — The leaves and tender stalks are demulcent, and 

 are used by the natives in decoction and electuary ; they are 

 also employed in conjunction with some mild oil in preparing 

 a cooling liniment for the head (Ainslie). The Santals employ 

 the root in bowel complaints of children (A. Campbell). Dr. 

 Moodeen Sheriff considers the drug to be demulcent and refri- 

 gerant and useful in some cases of gonorrhoea and of scalding 

 of urine. 



In the United States Dispensatory, it is stated that the 

 root of a species of Ionidium has attracted some attention in 

 the treatment of elephantiasis. 



N. 0. BIXINE^L 



103. Coehlospermum, Gossypium, D. G. h.f.b.i., 

 I. 190. 



Syn. : — Bombax gossypium, Linn. Roxb. 515. 



Vern. :— Kumbi, gabdi, ganiar, galgal, gangal (H.) ; Hopo 

 (Santal.) ; Gulgal (Kol.) ; Gangam (Gond.) ; Kantapalas (Uriya) ; 

 Kumbi (Pb.); Gajra, Kumbi (U. P.) ; Gungu, kong, gondugogu 

 (Tel); Tanku, Kongillam (Tarn.); Bettatovare, arisina burga 

 (Kan.) ; Chimapunji (Mai.) ; Ganeri (Bhil) ; Kadachogund (Guj.); 

 Kalir-gond, kathalya gonda (Alar) ; Sisibaha, Udal (Chutia Nag- 

 pur). Katire, (Hindi). 



For the gum : — Nat-Ka-Katera, Nat-Ka-Katera-gond, 

 (Deck.); Katera (EL); Tanaku-pishin (Tarn.) ; Kondagogu-banka, 

 Konda-gogu-pisunu (Tel.) ; Shima-pangi-pasha (Mai.) 



For the cotton: — Pili-Kapas-Ki-rul, Katere-Ki-jhar, Kiriu 

 (Deck.) ; Tanaku-paruthi (Tarn.) ; Konda-gogu-pathi (TeL) ; 

 Shima-pangi-paruthi (Mai.). 



Habitat : — Dry hills, Garwal, Bundelkhund, Behar, Orissa 

 and the Deccan ; also commonly planted near temples. 



A small deciduous tree, with a few short thick spreading 

 branches. "Bark 1 in. thick, fibrous, deeply furrowed ; inner 

 substance red. Wood extremely soft, greyish-brown ; no heart- 

 wood. Pores large, scanty, often subdivided into compart- 

 ments. Medullary rays broad, visible on a radial section as 



