& o. rubiace^. 641 



Calyx glabrous or nearly so. Calyx-limb deciduous. Corolla- 

 tube i-| by 1 in. glabrous. Lobes J in., elliptic, yellow. Style 

 glabrous. Berry J by I in., ellipsoid, pairs sometimes confluent 

 into a spherical fruit. (Both confluent and non-confluent ber- 

 ries occur on one branch). C. B. Clarke. 



Use :— The seeds are prescribed for horses in colic (Stewart). 



N. 0. RUBIACEiE, 

 592. Anihocephalus Cadamba, Miq. h.f.b.i., in. 

 23. 



Synonyms: — Nauclea Cadamba, Roxb. 172; Sarcocephalus 

 Cadamba, Kurz. 



Sans. : — Kadamba ; Nipa. 



Vern, :— Kadam, kadamb (H.);" Kadam (B.) ; Bol-kadam (Chit- 

 tagong) ; Sanko (K61.) ; Pandiir iLepcha) ; Kodum (Mechi) ; 

 Roghu (Ass.) ; Kadambo (Uriya) ; Kadamba, nhyu (Bomb.) ; 

 Kadam, kadamb, nhiv (Mah.) ; Kalam, nhio or nbiu (Panch 

 Mahals ; Kadamb (Guj.) ; Vellai cadamba (Tarn.) ; Kadamba, 

 rudraksha-kamba (Tel.) ; Heltega, arsanatega (Mysore) ; Kaada 

 vailu, kadaga, kadwai (Kan.) 



Habitat : — Wild in Northern and Eastern Bengal, Pegu and 

 the Western Coast ; cultivated in Northern India. 



A large deciduous tree of rapid growth ; branches horizontal, 

 rather drooping at the ends. Bark dark-grey with numerous 

 regular longitudinal fissures ; the outer bark peeling off in small 

 rectangular scales. Wood white, with a yellowish tinge, soft, 

 even-grained- Leaves coriaceous, shining, glabrous above, 

 pubescent beneath, elliptic-oblong, ovate, or ovate-cordate, acute, 

 5-9 in. Stipules linear, early caducous. Flower-heads scented 

 at night, simple, l-2in. diam., terminal, yellow, or orange- 

 coloured, with white stigmas. Peduncles l-l|in. long. Corolla 

 glabrous, lobes erect ; Calyx-lobes oblong, persistent. Ovaries 

 non-confluent, 4 celled in the upper, 2- celled in the lower, por- 

 tion. Bracteoles 0. Fruit a fleshy receptacle, as large as a 

 small orange, on which are inserted numerous closely-packed 

 few seeded capsules. Seeds not winged, minute. 



Parts used : — The Bark and Leaves. 



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