N. O. MALVACEAE. 169 



V evn. :— Junka (B.^; Bir ; tandi ; bariar ; Jokha ; sakam 

 (Santal.) ; Palampasi (Tain.) ; Gayapu aku (Tel.) ; (Gujrat and 

 Porebunder) Bhoyabala ; (Marathij Bhui chikna, Bhoybal ; 

 (Hindi) Bananiyar ; (Sinhalese) Bevila ; (Tarn.) Palum-padu. 



Habitat : — Generally distributed throughout the hotter 

 parts of India, Ceylon and grassy ground and waste places. 



A perennial herb ; branches long, prostrate, trailing, root- 

 ing at the nodes, with scattered stellate hairs. Leaves variable 

 in size, J-l in., broadly ovate, cordate at base, acute, coarsely 

 crenate- serrate, sparsely covered with long hairs. Petiole 

 j-§ in., hairy. Flowers pale yellow, rather small, numerous, 

 less than half an inch in diam. Peduncle 1 in. or more, stiff, 

 slender, slightly hairy. Calyx 5-angled, segments triangular, 

 very acute, with stellate hairs on margin. Petals broader than 

 long, truncate, ripe carpels 5-pointed, slightly bicuspidate, 

 smooth (Trimen). 



Part used : — The leaves. 



Use: — Among the Santals, the leaves are pounded, and 

 used as a local application to cuts and bruises. They are also 

 given in the diarrhoea of pregnancy (Revd. Campell). 



Jayakrishna Indraji says that the flowers and unripe 

 fruits are given together in sugar for burning sensation, in 

 micturition. 



149. S. spinom, Linn., h.f.b.i,, i. 123. 



Syn. : — S. alba, L., S. alinifolia, L., Roxb. 516. 



Sans. : — Nagabala. Khar-yashtika — J. Indraji. 



Vem. : — Jangli-methi, gulsakari (Hind, and Deck.) ; KAn- 

 talo-bal ; (Guj. and Porebunder). (Marathi) Kanteri Tukati; 

 Khareti, Gulsakari ; (Hindi). Mayirmanikkam (Tam.) ; Mayilu- 

 manikyam (Te.) ; Mayirmanikkam, Katta-ventiyam (Malyal. N ; 

 Kadu-menthya (Can.) ; Pilabarela, B6n-methi (Beng.) ; Koti-kam- 

 babila, Mairmanikam (Sinh.); Shanbalide-barri, Shamlithe-dashti 



(Pers.) ; Kulbahebarri (Arab.). 



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