n. o. spotacejE. 755 



In the Conean, the milky juice, marie into a paste with the 

 leaves of Cassia fistula and seeds of Calophyllum inophyllum, 

 is applied to boils. The juice of a Loranthus, which grows 

 upon the tree, is extracted by heat and given with long-pepper 

 in cramp (I)ymock). 



The oil is used for medicinal purposes. It is yellowish and non-drying and 

 deposits white fats at 30°. The specific gravity at 40° is 905, and the acid 

 value, 25. The constants are : saponification value, 1954; iodine value, 72*5 ; 

 Reichert-Meissl value, 0*17. Fatty aoirls and unsaponifiable, 95; melting 

 point, 38°; neutralisation value, 2005 ; iodine value, 75.6*. 



726. M. Kauki, Linn, h.f.b.l, hi. 549 ; Roxb. 

 318. 



Sans : — Ksheerika. 



Vern. : — Ksheerni (B) ; Kheeri, Chirui (H.) ; Manilkara 

 (Mai.) ; Adoma (Goa) ; Kanki (Mar.). 



Habitat : — Occasionally planted as far west as Hoshiarpore, 

 Multan, Lahore, and Eminabad, near Gujranwala. Native of 

 Burma and Malacca, grows in Ratnagiri and Ghatkoper. 



A large tree. Leaves 4 by 2in., obtuse or scarcely acute, 

 obovate-elliptic, or obovate, densely silky, white beneath, base 

 cuneate, nerves obscure. Petiole l-ljin. Pedicels lin., densely 

 clustered near the ends of the branches, cinnamoneous-tomentose. 

 Calyx-lobes 6, Jiii., ovate, subacute, brown, tomentose. Corolla 

 Jin. long, lobes narrow acute. Stamens 6-8. Staminodes 6 8, 

 serrate or lobed. Berry f-lin., globose smooth. Seeds usually 

 3-4. 



Uses : — The seeds made into powder are used in ophthalmia, 

 and also employed internally as a tonic and febrifuge ; and the 

 root is officinal at Lahore (Stewart). The seeds are considered 

 hot and moist, and are prescribed in leprosy, thirst, delirium 

 and disorders of the many secretions. They are also con- 

 sidered anthelmintic 'Baden- Powell). 



The fruit is very sweet and pleasant. The milk of the tree 

 is used in inflammation of ear and conjunctivitis, &c. (Dr. 

 Emerson). 



The root and bark are believed to be astringent and given 

 in infantile diarrhoea, after being ground with water and mixed 



