N. O. MELIACEiE. 315 



A middle- si zed evergreen tree, with a heavy crown. " Bark 

 thin, grey. Wood reddish, close and even-grained, hard ; pores 

 small and moderate-sized. Medullary rays moderately broad, 

 uniform and equidistant, distantly visible on radial section. 

 Pores joined by reddish, soft, wavy, concentric lines. The 

 concentric bands in this species are remarkable " (Gamble). 

 Youngest shoots pubescent. Leaves l-3ft. . Leaflets 9-15, 3-9in. 

 by l 1 -4in., more or less elliptic or ovate, acuminate, opposite, 

 base usually obtuse, shortly petiolulate ; secondary nerves 

 prominent beneath. Flowers white, bracteate, subsessile. 

 Trimen says, yellow. Panicles spicate, male branched, female 

 simple, solitary much shorter than the leaves ; or branched (W. 

 P. Hiern). Male flowers , female Jin. long. Calyx 5-partite ; 

 petals 3, anthers 6, attached to the tube at its base, Staminal- 

 tube 6-toothed. Ovary sessile, short ; style short, stigma 

 trigonous, angles opposite the Calyx-lobes. Fruit globose, 

 yellow or reddish when ripe, l-ljin. diam., smooth, 3-celled, 

 3-valved, pericarp coriaceous. Seed one, oblong, with a scarlet 

 arillus. The seeds supply an economic oil. 



Trimen — Sinhalese name, Hingul ; found in Ceylon in 

 most regions up to about 3000ft. 



Parts used : — The bark and seed. 



Use : — The bark of this plant is used as an astringent 

 (Watt). The ripe seeds yield an oil which is used as a 

 stimulating liniment in rheumatism (D. Basu)— Watt's Dictio- 

 nary. 



The seeds spherical, brownish black with a pale brown hilum, and con- 

 sisted of a thin brittle husk which adhered to the kernel. Weight of 1 seed 

 about 0-7 grm. 



Two samples of seed contained 42-5 and 43-5 per cent, of oil respectively. 



The oil is viscous, clear, and yellow brown ; it has an unpleasant smell 

 and bitter taste. Sp. gr. at 15° C. 0-929—0-931 ; Saponification value, 193*0— 

 192-3 ; Iodine value, 131-7-102-5 ; Hehner value, 92-4 ; unsaponifiable matter, 

 1-2 per cent ; Rechert-Meissl value 1-2 ; Solidif pt, of fatty acids (titer test), 

 32-40 C 



The Oil is suitable for Soap-Making. The residual cake could be used 

 only as Manure on account of its bitter taste. 



(Bull. Imp, Inst. 1913). 



