762 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



The dried leaves, soaked in water and made into a poultice, 

 are used in indolent ulcers (Watt). 



The properties of this plant are said, according to Sanskrit 

 writers, to resemble those of J, grandiflorum (Dutt). 



733. J. pubescens, Willd., h.f.b.i., hi. 592 ; 

 Roxb. 31. 



Sans. : — Kunda. 



Vern :— Mogra (M.) ; Koonda(B.) ; Kundphul, Kunda, Cha- 

 meli (H.) ; Katu-tsjiregam-mulla (Malay), Vikhm Mogra (Bomb.). 

 Habitat :— Common, from the Himalaya throughout India. 



A scandent short shrub. The stem spirally twisted, xgin. 

 wedges, which turn round each other rope-fashion. Bark light- 

 brown, extremely thin. Wood white, moderately hard (Gamble). 

 Branchlets, pedicels and Calyx densely fulvous-villous. Leaves, 

 simple, ovate acute, often mucronate, opposite, softly tomentose 

 on both surfaces, often at length glabrate above, beased round 

 or often cordate ; main nerves 4-6 pairs. Petiole i-f in. long, 

 densely villous. Flowers white, fragrant, sessile, in dense, 

 terminal capitate cymes, often at the extremeties of short 

 axillary branches ; bracts large, ovate, acute, foliaceous, green. 

 Calyx J-gin. long, densely fulvous-villous, teeth, linear, i-fin. 

 long, subulate, fulvous-hairy. Corolla glabrous ; tube f--|in. 

 long ; lobes 6 — 9, elliptic-oblong, acute, often mucronate, Jin. 

 long. Carpels 1-2, globose, ^in. diam., black, surrounded by 

 the suberect Calyx- teeth. 



Uses : — Dried leaves, soaked in water and made into a poul- 

 tice, used in indolent ulcers to generate a healthy action. Root 

 said to be an efficient antidote in snake-bite (Lindley and 

 S. Arjun). 



734. J. arboreseens, Roxb., h.f.b.i., hi. 594 ; 

 Roxb. 32. 



Sans. : — Madhavi ; Nava-mallika ; Saptala. 



Vern. : — Kusar ranjai, kund (Bomb.) ; Bara-kunda (B.) ; 

 Adivi-mulli (Tel.) ; Chameii ; bara Kunda (H.) 



