N. 0. SALVADORACE^E. 773 



Corolla as long as or a little longer than the Calyx, lobes obovate- 

 oblong, reflexed. Stamens exserted. Drupe — yellow when ripe 

 reddish brown when dry, clustered, \ in., often touching each 

 other. 



Uses : — The oil obtained from the seeds by expression, is used 

 as a stimulating application in painful rheumatic affections and 

 after child-birth. The root-bark is used as a vesicant. 

 (Dymock.) 



The leaves Easuna resemble the lanceolate senna, and are 

 purgative. (Honnigberger.) 



The fruit is sweet in taste, and is supposed by the natives of 

 the Punjab to have aphrodisiac properties. The fruits eaten 

 singly are said to cause tingling and small ulcers of the mouth, 

 hence people prefer to eat them by handfuls, seeds and all, and 

 the latter are apt to accumulate in masses in the sigmoid flexure 

 of the intestines and lead to disagreeable results. (Stewart.) 



The leaves are made into a decoction and given as a purga- 

 tive to horses. (Watt.) 



The seeds yield 44-6 per cent, of a hard, bright, yellow fat, having a faint 

 slightly unpleasant odour and the following characters: sp. gr, at 99° -150°c, 

 0*867; acid value, 9*3. saponif value 254 2; iodine value, 5*9; solid if pt. of 

 fatty acids (titer test), 304°e. (approx) ; m. pt. 38 c c. The fat could he used in 

 the manufacture of candles, and if freed from its unpleasant odour and taste 

 might be of use in the preparation of vegetable butter and "chocolate fats." 

 —J. Ch. I. May 15, 1913, p. 496. 



The following chemical and physical constants were obtained with the 

 commercial fat : Specific gravity at 50°, 0*9084 : melting point, 41° ; acid value, 

 11*26; saponification value, 24236 ; iodine value, 7*48; Reichert-Meissl value, 

 1*28. Fatty acids : per cent. 94*12 ; melting point, 40° ; iodine value, 8-3 ; 

 neutralisation value, 244*42. 



The oil of S. persiea has similar properties. The oil-cake contains 

 nitrogen 4 8, potash 2*8, and phosphoric anhydride 1*05 per cent. (Hooper). 



746. Azima tetracantha, Lamk. h.f.b.i.. hi. 620. 



Syn. : — Monetia barlerioides, UEerit. Roxb. 716. 

 Sans. : — Kundali. 



Vern. :— Kantagur-kamai (Hind.); Trikanta-gati (Beng.); 

 Sukkapat (Dec); Sung-elley (Tarn.); Tella-upi (Tel.); Sung- 

 elley or sung-ilai, changan-chedi, muttu-chengan-chedi, nallo- 

 changan-chedi (Tarn.) ; Uppiaku (Tel.). 



