N. o. cohbretacejl 549 



Habitat :— On hot hills, alt. 500-2,500ft., abundant through- 

 out the Deccan, and from Assam to Singapore. 



A large climbing shrub. Bark very thin, light brown, 

 smooth. Wood soft to moderately hard, porous, light, reddish 

 brown. Branches drooping, young shoots rusty-villous. Leaves 

 opposite, ovate, shortly acuminate, entire. Flowers bisexual, 

 in tomentose terminal and axillary panicles, free portion of 

 Calyx infundibuliform, petals 0, stamens 10, inserted in two 

 lines on the inside of the Calyx-tube, the 5 upper alternating 

 with the Calyx-teeth. Fruit 5-ribbed, villous, Jin. long, sur- 

 mounted by the enlarged Calyx, the segments of which are |-lin. 

 long. 



Parts used : — The leaves, root, and fruit. 



Uses : — The leaves are bitter and astringent, and are 

 chewed by the natives, and the juice swallowed as a remedy for 

 colic. The root ground to a paste with that of Croton oblongi- 

 folium is applied to bites of the phoorsa snake (Echis carinata). 

 In jaundice, the fruit and various spices, of each one part, are 

 made into a compound powder, of which the dose is two mashas. 

 The fruit, with the root of Grewia pilosa, is rubbed into a paste 

 with honey and applied to ulcers (Pharmacographia Indica, Vol. 

 II., p. 15). 



498. Anogeissus latifolia, Wall, h. f.b.i., ii. 450, 

 Roxb. 384. 



Syn. : — Conocarpus latifolia, D. C. 



Sans. : — Dhava. 



Vern. : — Dhaoya (H. and B.) ; Dhavada ; Dabria (Bomb.); 

 Vallai-naga, vackelie (Tam.) ; Dinduga, dindlu, bejalu, dindal 

 (Kan.) ; Arma, yerma (Gond.). Bakli, Dhauri ; Dhao (Bundel- 

 khand). 



Habitat : — Very common, from the Himalaya to Ceylon, not 

 found in the Transgangetic Peninsula. 



A large deciduous tree, attaining 80ft., but usually a small 

 tree. Bark smooth, whitish grey, £in. thick, with shallow 

 irregular depressions caused by exfoliation. Wood grey, hard, 

 shining, smooth, with a small purplish, irregularly shaped, 

 very hard heartwoocl ; sapwood in young trees and young 



