572 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



Habitat : — Garhwal and Kumaon ; Sikkim ; Deccan Penin- 

 sula, especially the Western side, common ; Burma. 



A shrub or tree, 20ft, high ; glabrous. Leaves 4-8 by 

 l-2in. i broad elliptic, little acuminate, rounded or acute* at the 

 base ; petiole Jin. Flowers numerous, green, with a disagreeable 

 odour, clustered in the axils of the leaves. Pedicels short, about 

 Jin., jointed above the base, pubescent below the articulation. 

 Calyx lobes 5, sometimes pubescent. Petals none. Stamens 8, 

 alternating with scale-like staminodes. Fruit fin., oblong- 

 ellipsoid, 3-valved, glabrous, shining, 12 seeded. 



This species is distinguished from C. esculenta by its less 

 entire, less thick, leaves, and the Calyx pubescent at its base. 



Use : — The fruit is used for poisoning fish (Duthie). 



520. G. esculenta, Roxb : h.f.b.i., ii. 592. 

 Roxb., 377. 



Vern. :— Kunda-jungura (Tel.) ; Kodnapragara (Tel.) ; Jiru 

 kaneli (Mai.) ; Mori, bokra (Bomb.). 



Habitat '— Western coast from the Concan southwards, 

 and Hills of the Western Ghats. Common in the moist and 

 dry regions and heights of Ceylon. 



A shrub or tree, with slender branchlets, bark yellowish- 

 white, smooth. Young parts glabrous. Wood moderately 

 hard, evengrained. Leaves 2-5in., from narrow lanceolate to 

 oval, tapering to base, shortly acuminate obtuse or sub-acute, 

 entire or faintly serrate in upper part, perfectly glabrous, 

 rather thick, petiole short, stipules persistent. Petals greenish, 

 stout, longer than Calyx and articulated at base, which is sur- 

 rounded by numerous very small bracts, few or many, on a 

 raised boss, in axils of past and present leaves. Calyx-segments 

 ovate, obtuse, persistent ; stamens 6 or usually 8 ; staminodes as 

 long as filaments, oblong, ciliate or hairy. Fruit broadly 

 ovoid or ellipsoid, i-fin. long, apiculate, glabrous or very 

 slightly pubescent, edible, orange-yellow, dehiscing by 3 (or 2), 

 thick valves. Seeds several, almost entirely covered by the 

 fleshy lacerate scarlet aril (Trimen). 



Use ' — The roots are purgative, and as such used by the 

 hill people (Roxb). 



