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peduncles, and pedicels clothed with dark-brown hairs. 

 Stamens monadelphons, the sheath deeply 2-fid. Corolla 

 twice the length of the Calyx, -J-iin., finely downy ; teeth 

 deltoid, the two upper ones largest. Pod li-2in,, broad, 

 often 2-seeded ; orbicular ; wing about ^-fin. 



Uses : — Not noticed by Sanskrit or Mahomedan writers. 

 Natives on the Coromandel Coast use the gum for toothache 

 (Ainslie,;. The bark of the tree is used in Goa as an astringent 

 (Dymock;. Kino is officinal in both Indian and British 

 Pharmacopoeias. It is used as an astringent in diarrhoea and 

 pyrosis. Its action being milder, it is better adapted for children 

 and delicate females (Ph. Ind). 



Rumphius states that the gum cures diarrhoea, and the 

 bruised leaves are useful as an external application to boils, 

 sores, and skin diseases. 



407. Pongamia glabra, Vent, h.f.b.i., ii. 240. 



Syn. :^Galedupa indica, Lam, Roxb. 538. 



Sans. : — Karanja, naktamla. 



Vern. : — Karanja (H. & B.) ; Pungam-maram (Tarn.) ; Ka- 

 nuga-chettu, kranuga (Tel.) ; Kidamar (Mar.) ; Pongam, 

 unnamaram (Mai.) ; Sookchein (Pb.). 



Habitat : — Central and East Himalayas to Ceylon. Found 

 especially near the coast, and commonly met with in the Concan. 



A moderate-sized tree, almost evergreen. Bark soft, Jin. 

 thick, greyish-brown, covered with tubercles. Wood moderately 

 hard, white, turning yellow on exposure ; no heartwood, leaves 

 imparipinnate, glabrous, brightly green ; leaflets 5-7 opposite 

 sub- coriaceous, without stipels, ovate, shortly acuminate, 2-5in. 

 long. Flowers in simple, peduncled, axillary, pubescent racemes, 

 nearly as long as the leaves, white and purple. Corolla Jin., 

 standard silky on the back. Stamens 10, the 10th filament 

 free at the base, in the middle connate with the rest. Pod 

 woody, glabrous, turgid indehiscent |-iin. thick, lj-2in. 

 long, with a short decurved point. Seed 1, l|-2in. long, oily. 

 Uses ; -In Hindu medicine, the seeds are used as an external 



