K. 0. leguminos^:. 469 



relarala, rela-kayalu, suvarnam (Tel.); Konak-kaya(Ma.) ; Kakee 

 (Kan.). 



A moderate-sized, deciduous tree, at times large, erect, 

 glabrous in all its parts. Bark Jin. thick, compact, greenish- 

 grey and smooth when young, dark-reddish brown and rough 

 when old, exfoliating in many-sided patches. Wood very hard ; 

 sapwood large ; heart-wood varying in colour from grey or 

 yellowish-red to brick-red, darkens much on exposure (Gamble). 

 Youngest shoots silky. Branches slender. Leaves 12-18in. 

 long. Leaflets 4-8 pair, ovate or ovate- oblong, acute or shortly 

 acuminate, base cuneate ; 2-5, lf-3fin., sub-coriaceous, glabrous 

 and bright-green above, pale, and more or less silvery-pubescent, 

 particularly on nervation beneath ; lateral nerves numerous, 

 branching; petiolules J-Jin. long; stipules minute-pubescent. 

 Flowers large, fragrant, bright-yellow, in lax pendulous racemes, 

 12-20in. long; Pedicels lJ-2Jin. long, pubescent; bracts 

 minute, caducous. Calyx 4in. long, divided to the base; 

 segments oblong, obtuse, puberulous. Corolla IJin across ; 

 petals obovate, veined, shortly clawed. Stamens all antheri- 

 ferous ; 3 lower largest, with curved filaments, and oblong anthers, 

 dehiscing longitudinally ; 4, with short filaments, the anthers 

 dehiscing by basal-pores ; the remaining 3 short, anthers with- 

 out pollen. Pod cylindrical, l-2ft. long, lin. thick, pendulous, 

 smooth, shining, dark-brown indehiscent ; seeds numerous, 

 horizontal, in black sweet pulp and completely separated by 

 thin transverse dissepiments ; small, ovoid, slightly compressed, 

 smooth, shining, yellowish-brown, cotyledons flat, albumen horny 

 (Talbot). 



Parts used : — The pulp, root-bark, flowers, bark, leaves and 

 roots. 



Uses : — In Hindu medicine, the pulp is used as a cathartic; 

 and the root is also described as a laxative, useful in fever, heart 

 disease, retained excretions, biliousness, &c. (I)utt). In the 

 Makhzan-El-Adwiya, the pulp is described as lenitive, useful for 

 relieving thoracic obstructions and heat of blood, and is a safe 

 aperient for children and women. Externally, it is said to be a 

 good application for gout, rheumatism, &c. The flowers are 



