n. o. leguminosjE. 463 



continued and intermittent fevers. They have also been found 

 useful in some cases of asthma." 



In Madras, an ointment is made from the powdered seeds 

 with castor oil and applied externally in hydrocele and orchitis 

 (Watt, ii 406.) 



In Malay, the young leaves are used in intermittent fevers 

 and for expelling intestinal worms 'Dr. Ch. Rice, Watt. ii. 5). 



The seeds are officinal in the Indian Pharmacopoeia, and 

 useful in malarial fevers. 



In disorders of the liver, the tender leaves are considered 

 very efficacious (T. N. Mukerji). 



In Cochin China, the leaves are reckoned as a de-obstruent 

 and emmenagogue and that an oil expressed from them is useful 

 in convulsions, palsy and similar complaints (Drury^. 



The seeds of Ccesalpina bonducella yield an alkaloid, for which the 

 name natin is suggested. The oil has D27 9132, iodine value 96*1, and 

 saponification value 292*8. 



J. Ch. I. 15-4-1912, p. 357. 



410. C. bondue, Roxb. h.f.b.i., ii. 255, Roxb. 



358. 



Habitat : — The Eastern and Western Peninsulas. 



Very near C. Bonducella, Fleming, from which it differs 

 by its more robust, less downy branches, larger leaflets (often 

 2-3in. long), the absence of the reduced stipular pinna, by its 

 smaller erect, not squarrose, bracts and more tropical dispersion 

 (J. G. Baker). 



Uses : — The seeds of this are of a yellow color. Messrs Haeckel 

 and Schlagendenhauffen have obtained from the cotyledons of 

 both kinds a bitter principle as a white powder. Clinical experi- 

 ence is reported to have proved beyond doubt that this bitter 

 principle represents the therapeutic properties of the seed, and 

 Dr. Isnard reports that in doses of 10 to 20 centigrams its effects 

 in intermittent fever equal those of the salts of quinine. (Ph. 

 Journal, July 31st, 1886, pp. 8 and 12 ) 



411. C. Nuga, Ait, h.f.b.i., ii. 255. 



Syn. : — 0. paniculata, Roxb. 358. 

 Vern. : — Kaku mullu (Mai.), 



