N. 0. GUTTIFERJL 147 



central hemispherical receptacle. Hermaphrodite flower : soli- 

 tary. Stamens 10-18, in 4 bandies alternating with petals. 

 Female flowers solitary, terminal, shortly strictly pedunclecl. 

 Ovary 4-8- celled ; stigma 6-7 — radiate, each ray with 2 lines of 

 tubercles. Ovary 5-7-celled, says Brandis. Fruit globose, as long 

 as a small orange, purple, not grooved. Seeds 5-8, embedded, 

 compressed in a reddish acid pulp. Flowering time, November- 

 February. Fruit ready, April-May. 



Parts used : — The fruit, seeds, and bark. 



Use :— The Apothecaries of Qoa prepare a very fine purple 

 syrup from the juice of the fruit, which is used in bilious 

 affections. The bark is astringent, and the young leaves, after 

 having been tied up in a plantain leaf and stewed in hot 

 ashes, are rubbed with cold milk and given as a remedy for 

 dysentery (Dymock.) 



The oil of the seeds is officinal in the Indian Pharma- 

 copoeia for the preparation of ointments, suppositories and other 

 pharmaceutical purposes. It has been used as a local appli- 

 cation to ulcerations, fissures of the lips, hands, &c. (Ph, Ind., 

 p. 31.) 



Regarding the oil, Modeen Sheriff writes : — " I have used 

 it internally in my practice, and have found that its best 

 medicinal properties are its usefulness in phthisis pulmonalis 

 and some scrofulous diseases, and in dysentery and mucous 

 diarrhoea." 



The oil is used by the natives as a remedy for excoriations, 

 chaps, fissures of the lips, &c, by partly melting it and rubbing 

 on the affected part. It is solid at ordinary temperature. 



129. G. Morella, Desrouss. h.f.b.l, i. 264. 



Syn. : — G. pictoria, Roxb., 444. Q. elliptica, Wall. 



Vern. : —The tree = Tamil , the drug = ghotaghauba, gota 

 ganba, tamal (Hind.); the tree=Tamal 3 the drug — tamal 

 (Beug.; ; the drug — Ausaraherevan (Dec, 0. P.); the tree — 

 Tamal, the drug — revachini sira, tamal (Mar.) ; the drug= 

 Makki, ireVal-chinip-pal, the oil-makki (Tarn. J; the drug= 

 Revalchini-pal (Tel.); the tree = Arsinagurgi mara, aradal, punar 

 puli ; the drug — Tamal (Kan.); the tree = Daramba (Malay.) 



