860 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



blade 3-4in., by l|-in., narrowed into petiole Jin. long. Flowers, 

 white, generally tetrandrous, arranged in lax terminal or axillary 

 pedunculate cymes; peduncles -f-lin. long, pedicels short. Co- 

 rymbs. 1-3., small, pubescent or sub-pubescent. Calyx at flower- 

 time |in., minutely pubescent, Corolla-lobes usually 4, -§in. 

 Filaments glabrous. Drupe ovoid, mucronate Jin. long, gla- 

 brous, longitudinally striate, yellow or reddish-brown when ripe, 

 with gelatinous edible pulp, usually 1-seeded. 



Use : — The decoction of the bark possesses astringent pro- 

 perties and is used as a gargle (Ph. Tnd.). 



813. C. vestita, Hook. /. and Th. h.f.b.l, iv. 139, 



Vern. :— Kumbi, Karuk (Pb.) ; Kumpaiman, pin indak, 

 chinta, ajanta, bairula, berula (H.). Latora (Oudh). Godela 

 (Ajmere). 



Habitat :— Sub-Himalayan tract, from the Jhelum to the 

 Sarda river and Oudh. 



A small deciduous tree, attaining 30ft. Innovations fulvous- 

 woolly. Bark Jin. thick,-dark grey, exfoliating when old in 

 large woody scales ; inner bark silvery grey. The wood has the 

 same structure as that of C. Rothii and C. Macleodii, except that 

 the concentric lines are more often interrupted. Leaves 3-6 by 

 2|-5in., broad elliptic or orbicular, acuminate, coriaceous, scab- 

 rous above, tomentose beneath, until mature, base cuneate or 

 cordate, not rounded. Lateral nerves 3-5 pair, the lowest sub- 

 basal. The cystolith-cells on the upper surface of leaves con- 

 spicuous as raised, generally white disks on upper surface in 

 this species and in C. Macleodii (Brand is). Petioles 1-1 J. Flowers 

 pedicelled, yellowish white, polygamous, in dense compound 

 cymes, tomentose and woolly, the male flowers usually in unila- 

 teral racemes. Calyx Tjin. long, distinctly ribbed and furrowed 

 outside, teeth unequal. Corolla-lobes -§-in., obovate-oblong, 

 spreading ; tube long as the lobe. Drupe (a berry, as C.B. 

 Clarke calls it), fin. ellipsoid, supported by the accrescent 

 saucer-shaped Calyx and cuspidate with the remains of the 

 style, filled inside with a gelatinous pulp. The fruit is edible. 



Use:— Fruit used similarly to other species. (Watt), 



