162 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



out thick volumes of fragrant smoke, and is much used for fumi- 

 gating rooms occupied by the sick (U. C. Dutt). 



The superior kinds of Sal resin are efficient substitues for 

 the Pine resins of the European Pharmacopoeias. (Beng. Disp., 

 p. 221.) 



Dr. Sakharam Arjun states ('Bombay Drugs') that he has 

 seen shorea resin, mixed with sugar, given with good effect in 

 dysentery. 



According to Mr. Campbell, the leaves are used medici- 

 nally by the Santals. 



The resin is used by native doctors for weak digestion, 

 gonorrhoea, and as an aphrodisiac (Watt.) 



It is not prescribed internally, but used occasionally for 

 fumigation of rooms and houses, to remove bad odours. It does 

 not destroy offensive smell, but rather conceals it under its thick 

 and odoriferous smoke. There is every reason to think that it 

 will prove itself an efficient ingredient in many ointments and 

 plasters, if employed, instead of pine and other resins (Moodeen 

 Sheriff.). 



141. S. Tumbuggaia, Roxb. h.f.b.l, i. 306. 

 Roxb. 440. 



Vern.: — Kala-damar, (H. ; B. ; and Mar. and the Dec.) ; 

 Kalo-damar, (Guz.) ; Karapu-damar ; Tumbugai-pishin (Tarn,) ; 

 nalha-damar ; Nalla-sojan (Tel.); Kara-kundurukam, Tum- 

 bugaipasha (Mai.) 



Habitat: — Western Peninsula, forests of Cudapah, and 

 Palaghat in Mysore. 



A " gigantic dammer-producing " tree. Bark dry, rough, 

 with deep vertical fissures, like those of Shorea robusta. Wood 

 smooth, harder than that of Sal, but similar in structure and 

 much smoother. Leaves 2J-3 by 1 J-4J in. (Beddome), ovate or 

 oblong-cordiform, acuminate ; base truncate or emarginate, 

 glabrous on both surfaces, lateral nerves about 8 pair. Petiole 

 1-2 in. Panicles terminal, 8 in. long, hoary or nearly glabrous. 

 Flowers shortly pedicelled, buds densely hoary. Stamens about 



