N. 0. RHIZ0PH0RA0E.E. 537 



Use : — The bark has been tried medicinally in cases of he- 

 maturia. 



(For notes on the medicinal utilization of the astringency of 

 this tree, see Ph. J. for 1st Sept., 1888 ; p. 179). 



488. Ceriops Candolleana, Am. h.f.b.l, ii. 436. 



Vern, :— Kirrari ; Chauri (Sind) ; Goran (B.). 



Habitat : — Tidal forests, &c, from the mouths of the Indus 

 to Malacca and Ceylon. 



A small, evergreen tree, in the tidal forests of Sindh, the 

 Western Peninsula, Bengal, Ceylon and the Andamans, Sea 

 coast of Tropical Asia, Africa and Australia. " A simple stem- 

 med shrub " almost reaching 25ft. in height, with a girth of 

 18in. (Schlich), and many buttresses at base" (Gamble). Bark 

 dark-red. Wood orange-red, hard. Leaves 2-3 by l-2in., 

 ovate, very obtuse, cuneate or attenuate at the base. Cymes 

 peduncled, branching, pedicels short. Calyx 5-cleft, lobes 

 linear acute ; petals 5 glabrous emarginate tip with 3-4 capitate 

 bristles. Stamens 10, alternately shorter ; filaments much longer 

 than the anthers. Ovary half-inferior, 3-celled. Style short, 

 stigma simple. Fruit small, club-shaped or subovate> surrounded 

 near base by the reflexed segments of the calyx. 



Parts used :--The bark and shoots. 



Uses : — The whole of the plant abounds in an astringent prin- 

 ciple. The decoction of the bark is used to stop haemorrhage, 

 and applied to malignant ulcers. On the African Coast, a 

 decoction of the shoots is used as a substitute for quinine. 

 (Watt). 



489. Kandelia Bheedii, W. and A. h.f.b.l, 

 ii. 437. 



Vern. : — Guria (B.) ; Rasunia, rasuria TFriya). 



Habitat : — Bengal, Burma and the Western Coast. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree, with a simple stem. Bark 

 iin., spongy, red-brown, peeling oil in small flakes. Wood 

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