- - tf. O. APOCYNAOEiE. 799 



A small, deciduous tree. Bark -|in. thick, grey, corky. Wood 

 white, moderately hard, even-grained. Twigs glabrous, pubes- 

 ulous. Leaves membranous, elliptic-ovate or lanceolate or ovate- 

 oblong, obtusely acuminate or caudate, 3-5 by 1-1 Jin. ; nerves 

 6-12 pair, faint till the leaves are old, then strong beneath, base 

 acute or rounded ; petiole very short. Cymes sometimes 5in. 

 diam., with slender, spreading, dichotomous branches ; bracts 

 minute. Flowers white or cream-coloured, J-§ in. diam. Sepals 

 ovate-obtuse. Corolla-lobes linear-oblong. Scales linear, scattered. 

 Stamens large. Follicles 6-8in. long or more, cylindric, slender, 

 smooth, tips adhering. Seeds |-fin., glabrous, except for the 

 coma, linear. 



Uses: — The root-bark and seeds are adulterated with, and 

 also used as substitutes for Holarrhena antidysenterica. 



" The bark may be distinguished from the true Conessi 

 (Holarrhena antidysenterica) bark by its darker color, and by 

 its not exfoliating in patches (absence of rhytidoma); the seeds 

 by their want of bitterness. The bark is used as a tonic and 

 the seeds as an aphrodisiac ; both are articles of commerce, the 

 former being more frequently met with in the shops than true 

 Conessi bark." (Pharmacographia Indica, Vol. II, p. 398). 



761. W. tomentosa, Rcem. and Schult., h.f.b.i., 

 hi. 653. 



Syn. : — Nerium tomentosum, Roxb. 243. 



Vern. : — Dudhi, dharauli, daira, Kala inderjau (H.) ; Dudh- 

 koraiza (B.) ; Sandi-kya (Kol.) ; Atkura, burn machkunda 

 (Santal) ; Dudhi, kilawa, keor (Pb.) ; Dudhi, kadu-inderjao, 

 daira (Bomb.) ; Kalu inderjau (Mar.) ; Talla pal, koila mukri, 

 koyila mokiri, putta jilledu, pedda pala (Tel.) Bile kude, gidda 

 (Kan). 



Habitat : — Throughout India, extending in the Sub-Himala- 

 yan tracts Westward. Eastward to Sikkim. In Dun and 

 Sahara opur Forests. Raj pu tana plentiful on the Hill Road to 

 Mount Abu, in fruit, in November. Behar, Assam, Chittagong, 

 Burma, Ceylon. 



