380 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



Peea, (Kharwar) ; Tarop, (Santal) ; Charu, char, chara, charo, 

 (Uriya) ; Achar, char, char-ka-jhar, chironji (the fruit), ehar-ka- 

 gond (the gum), (C.P.) ; Saraka, surraka, herka, char-ka-gadh 

 (the gum), (Gond) ; Taro, tarope, (Kurku) ; Sir, (Bhil) ; Char-ki- 

 charoli (the kernel), (Duk) ; Piyal, charoli, char, biji, (Bomb.) ; 

 Charwari, (Hyderabad); Char, chironji (the fruit), (Behar) ; 

 Mowda or katimango, marum, kat man, aima, katma-maram 

 (the plant), katma-payam or katma param (the fruit), katma- 

 parpu (the kernel), (Tarn.) ; Chara, sara, charu madudi, chiuna 

 mora, morli morlu-banka, morlu-chettu, chara-chettu, charu- 

 chettu, or sarachettu. chara-mamidi, jarumamidi (the plant), 

 chara- pandu (the fruit), chara-puppu, charu-puppu (the ker- 

 nel), (Tel); Nuskul, murkalu, murukalu, (Kan.) ; Kala maram, 

 (Mala); Charoli, (Guj., Cutch) ; Pyal-char, (Mar.); Lonepho, 

 lunbo, lamboben, lombo or lonpo, loneopomaa, (Burm.) 



Habitat: — A tree leafless only for a very short time. 

 Found in the Sub-Himalayan tract from the Sutlej eastward, 

 ascending to 2,000 feet ; throughout India and Burma, common 

 in the hotter and drier parts of the empire, and frequently asso- 

 ciated with the sal, the mahua, and the dak. 



A middle-sized tree, leafless only for a short time, attaining 

 50ft. Bark 1 in. thick, dark grey, sometimes nearly black, 

 rough, tessallated, with regular " boss "-like prominence. 

 Wood greyish brown, moderately hard, with a small, dark- 

 coloured heart-wood (Gamble). Leaves 6-10in., very coriaceous 

 or hard, nerves prominent, 15-20 pair, stout or nearly straight, 

 usually broadly oblong, rounded at the tip, closely reticulate, 

 softly hairy beneath. Petiole ^-i in., stout, pubescent. 

 Panicles terminal and axillary, tomentose, shorter than the 

 leaves ; pyramidal branches stout, bracts small, caducous. Flow- 

 ers crowded, sessile, greenish white, ^in. diam. Calyx 5-toothed, 

 petals oblong. Disk fleshy. Stamens 10, spreading as long as 

 the petals. Drupe black, Jin., subglobose, slightly compressed, 

 edible. Stones hard, bony, 2-valved. Seed oily, edible, pleasant 

 to taste when fresh, soon gets rancid on keeping. 



Parts used : — The fruit, seed, gum, roots, leaves. 



Uses : — By Hindu writers the fruit is said to be sweet and 



