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132. Calophyllum inophylhim. Lin., h.f.b.i., 

 i. 273, Roxb. 437. Alexandrian Laurel. 



Sans : — Punnaga. 



Vern.: — Sultana champa, Surpan, surpunka undi (H.); 

 Sultan champa, punnag (B.) ; Polong punang, (Uriya; ; Surangi, 

 purreya, duggerfiil, undi (Sind.) ; undi (Bomb.) ; Udi (ditch.); 

 Surfan, undi, surpanka (Dec.) ; Undi, undelar wundi, surangi, 

 nagchampa, pumag, undag (Mar.) ; Bintango, punna, Ponna 

 (Mai.); Pinnay, pungam, punnaivirar, punnagam (Tain.) ; Puna, 

 punas, ponna pumagamu, ponna-chettu, ponna- vittulu (Tel.) ; 

 Wiima pinne, ponna bijavKan.'* 



Habitat : — Western Peninsula, Orissa and South India. 



An evergreen, middle-sized, ornamental tree or shrub, 

 glabrous. Buds only with minute rusty hairs. " Bark grey or 

 blackish brown, smooth. Wood reddish brown, moderately 

 hard, close-grained. Pores moderate sized, arranged in groups 

 or oblique strings. Aledullary rays extremely fine and numerous, 

 bent round the pores. Occasional interrupted concentric lines 

 of darker, but softer tissue, prominent on all sections" (Gamble). 

 Leaves elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, or obovate, coriaceous ; blade 

 4-8in., by 3-4in., narrowed into petiole, J-lJin. long, shining on 

 both surfaces ; veins many tine. Flowers scented, pure white, 

 fto lin. diam., in axillary racemes ; Racemes in upper axils loose, 

 4-6in. long, shorter than the leaves, lax, few-flowered. Pedicels 

 slender, 1-2 in. Petals 4, like the inner sepals. Stamens 

 numerous ; filaments in 4 bundles. Rumphius and Blume 

 say that the petals are sometimes 6-8. Ovary globose, stipitate ; 

 style much exceeding the Stamens. Stigma peltate, lobed. 

 Fruit yellow, round, 1 in. diam., smooth, pulpy. The seeds 

 yield oil used for lamps ; often cultivated. 



Parts used : — The oil of the seeds, and seeds. 



Uses:— The kernels of this tree yield a grateful-smelling 

 fixed oil, held by the natives in high esteem as an external 

 application in rheumatism. From the bark exudes a resinous 

 substance, Tacamahaca, said to resemble myrrh, and to be a 

 useful remedy for indolent ulcers. (Pharm. Indiea.) 



