302 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



the leaves — The Nim or Margosa leaves, Eng. Nimb-ke-pat, 

 nim-ka-patta, Hind. Nim-ke-patte, Dah. Vembu-ilai,veppam- 

 ilai, Tarn. Vepa-aku, Tel. Veppa el a, ariya-veppa-ela, Malyal. 

 Bevina-yale, bevina-mara-yale, Kan. Nimpata, Beng.~Limba,- 

 cha-pane, Mali. Limba-un-pandru, Guz. Kohumba-kola, 

 nimba-kola, Ging. Tamayo-e, Bur. Barge-azad-darakhte-hindi, 

 barge-nib, Pers. Of the gum — The Niiri or Margosa gum, Eng. 

 Nimb-ka-gond, nimb-ka-gond, Hind. Nim-bachk-gond, Dull. 

 Vembu-pisbin, veppam-pishin, Tdm. Vepapi-sunu, Tel. Veppa- 

 pasha, ariya-veppa-pasha, Malyal. Bevina-gondu, bevina-mara- 

 gondu, Kan. Trimen — " in Ceylon, in Sinhalase, Kohmba, 

 Tamil, aVempu." Nim-lasa, Beng. Limba-che-gonda, Mah. 

 Limba-nu-gundar, Guz. Kohumba-melliyam, nimba melliyam, 

 Ging. Tama-si, tama- bin-si, Bur. Samaghe-nib, Samaghe- 

 azad-darakhte-hindi, Pers. Of the toddy — The Nim or Margosa 

 toddy, Eng. Nimb-ka-nira, Nimba-ka-nira, Hind. Nimba-chaa- 

 nira, Duk. Veppam-kallu, Tarn. Vepa-kallu, Tel. 



Vern. : — J. Inclraji (Porebunder and Guj.) Limbdo. (Marathi) 

 Kadn Nimb ; Nimba; (Hindi) Hiva Nim. Vempu (Tamil); 

 Kohomba (Sinhalese). 



Habitat : — Common throughout India. 



A tall tree, with a straight trunk and long spreading 

 branches. Altogether a very handsome, graceful, shady tree in 

 the Deccan and the Concan, 40-50ft Bark grey, with 

 numerous scattered tubercles. Wood hard, close-grained ; 

 sapwood grey, heart-wood red. Young parts glabrous- Leaves 

 8-15in., rather crowded near the ends of branches, simply 

 pinnate. Rachis 6-9 inches, says Trimen, glabrous. Leaflets 

 2-8 pair and alternate, 1-3 by J-lJin., 9-15 pair, says Hiern ; 

 opposite or alternate, very shortly stocked ; lanceolate, falcate, 

 very unequal-sided, oblique at base, coarsely dentate-serrate, 

 glabrous, pale green. Flowers small, in lax, narrow, axillary 

 panicles, 5-8in. long ; white, sweet-scented. Sepal rounded, finely 

 ciliate ; staminal-tube dilated above, hairy within, teeth truncate, 

 trifid, recurved. Anthers small, erect. Ovary 3-celled. Drupe 

 oblong-ovoid |-fin., blunt, smooth. Fruit greenish yellow 

 when ripe. Pulp scanty ; endocarp bony. Seed solitary. 



