N. O. BOARGTNEJE. 850 



Use : — It is used like C. obliqua, Willd. 



Chemical composition —The pulp of the fruit of C. obliqua freed from seeds 

 had the following composition : — 



per cent. 

 Moisture ... ... ... ... ... 12 , 85 



Extracted by hot water ... ... ... 64-25 



Sugar (by copper estimation) ... ... ... 2976 



Acidity neutralizing Na HO ... ... ... 0*23 



Alkalinity of ash as KHO ... ... ... 3*06 



Total ash ... ... ... ... ... 8*85 



Ash in insoluble residue ... ... ... 1*52 



The alcoholic extract solution in water gave no indication of an alkaloid, 

 and was not rendered turbid with lime water. Sebesten plums appear to have 

 properties similar to prunes, as they exert a gentle laxative action when 

 taken in any quantity. 



A decoction of the hark of G. Myxa was not affected by iodine solution. 

 and was only slightly turned green by ferric chloride. The alcoholic extract 

 contained some white, transparent crystals belonging to the square prismatic 

 system. They had no peculiar taste, were neutral in reaction and unaffected 

 by alkaloidal reagents and the stronger mineral acids. The aqueous extract 

 was dark-coloured, free from bitterness, and substance like cathartin was 

 precipitated from it by six volumes of alcohol. Nothing was found in the 

 bark to account for its reputed tonic action. Some simple crystals of calcium 

 oxalate were present, and the reduction of this salt to carbonate, by burning, 

 contributed largely to the 12 75 per cent, of ash. 



812. C. Rothii, Rcem. and Sch. h.f.b.i., iv. 138. 

 Syn : — C. angustifolia, Roxb. 198. 



Vern. : — Gondi, gondii i (H.) ; Liar, liali, (Sind.) ; Narvilli 

 (Tam.) ; Gondani (Mar.); Gondni, gun di (Bomb.) ; Gandi 

 (Guz.) 



Habitat : — West India, from the Punjab, Hurdwar and 

 Scinde to Malabar. 



A small or middle-sized tree, attaining 30ft. " Bark grey or 

 brownish grey, with deep longitudinal furrows. Wood compact, 

 hard ; sapwood yellowish ; heartwood brown, streaked in different 

 shades. The bark when wounded yields a gum, and the liber 

 is made into ropes " (Gamble). " The bands of wood-parenchyma 

 broad, heartwood not scented, " says Brandis. Leaves nearly 

 opposite, cuneate-oblong, entire, stellate-pubescent beneath, 

 rough above ; pinnate nerves, 4-6 pairs ; rather ; obscure ; 



