454 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



A large, erect, deciduous tree. Bark between \-\ in. thick, 

 grey, exfoliating in narrow, longitudinal stripes. Wood very 

 hard, close-grained ; sapwood small, white ; heart-wood brown, 

 with darker longitudinal veins. Branches finely greyish, downy. 

 Leaf-rachis zigzag. Leaflets large, 3-5, roundish, with a very 

 distinct cusp, firm, soon glabrescent, 1-3 in. long. Flowers in 

 short axillary panicles, which latter are much shorter than the 

 leaves, the erect patent branches densely pubescent, racernoso- 

 corymbose ; pedicels short. Calyx ^in. deep, downy ; teeth 

 very short, the lowest rather the longest, lanceolate. Corolla 

 yellowish, twice the length of the Calyx; standard with a long 

 claw and round limb. Stamens 9in one bundle, the sheath of the 

 filaments being split only along the top. Pod thin, straight, 

 strap-shaped, pale brown, glabrous, l|-4 by i-Jin., obtuse, with 

 a stalk twice as long as the Calyx, 1-4-seeded. Seeds Jin. long, 

 kidney-shaped, flat. 



Uses: — The raspings of the wood are officinal, being consi- 

 dered alterative fBeddome). 



Useful in leprosy, boils, eruptions and to allay vomiting. 

 ( Punjab Products. : 



The roots are said to be so astringent that they are neither 

 eaten by rats nor ants. The oil is applied externally in cutane- 

 ous affections ("Atkinson). 



The mucilage of the leaves mixed with sweet-oil is a good 

 application in excoriations. A decoction of the leaves is given 

 in the acute stage of gonorrhoea (Watt.) 

 The seeds give 9-1 per cent of oil. 



401. D. sympathetica, Nimmo. h.f.b.i., ii. 234. 



Vern. :— Pentgul (Bomb.) ; Titabli (Goa). 



Eahitat : — Hills of the Western Peninsula. 



A large, scandent shrub ; stems armed with blunt or sharp 

 twisted or straight spines, 6-10in. long. Leaves 4-6in. long ; 

 rachis softly pubescent; leaflets 11-15, ovate-oblong, obtuse, or 

 emarginate, coriaceous, thickly covered with grey or brown-silky 

 hairs especially beneath, f-1 by j* -ihi. ; petiolules toin. long. 

 Panicles peduncled ; the ultimate branches secund, corymbose. 



