352 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



Parts used : — The root and leaves. 



Use : — According to Rheede, a decoction of the root is 

 given in colic, and it is cooling and relieves thirst. 



In Goa, the root, called ratanhia by the Portuguese, is 

 much used in diarrhoea and chronic dysentery. The roasted 

 leaves are applied to the head in vertigo. The juice of the 

 young leaves is a digestive. In Reunion, the root is called Bois 

 de Surreau, and is said to be used as a sudorific (Dymock). 



308. L. robusta, Roxb. h.f.b.l, i. 667, Roxb. 

 220. 



Vern : — Gino (Goa, ; Hararnada, hatkan (Santal) ; Gabui 

 (Nepal) ; Pantom (Lepcha). 



Habitat : -Sikkim Himalaya and Khasia Mts., Western 

 Peninsula and the Northern Circars. Kolaba, Mirya Hill, 

 Ratnagiri. 



A large, robust shrub, 5-6 ft. Stems stout, the older parts 

 glabrous, the young covered with harsh, coarse, short pubescence. 

 Leaves 2-3-pinnate, pubescent, 1-3 ft. long, often broader leaflets 

 6-12 by 2|-6 in. ovate or ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate, serrate, 

 glabrous above, pubescent on the veins beneath. Bracts large, 

 persistent, ^-1 in. lanceolate. Flowers larger than in the other 

 species. Cymes compact. Flowers larger than in the other 

 species. Anthers connate. Fruit black, succulent, the size of 

 a small cherry. 



Uses : — In Chutia Nagpur, the soft and fleshy root is 

 applied externally as an anodyne, and is also given to cattle for 

 diarrhoea (Revd. A. Campbell). 



309. L. hirta, Roxb. h.f.b.l, i. 668. Roxb. 

 220. 



Syn : — Leea arguata, Linn. 



Sans. : — Kakajangha. 



Habitat :— Sikkim Himalaya, ascending too 2,000 ft., Assam, 

 Vilhasi hills Silhet, the Khasia Mts., Sundarban, East Bengal, 



