1 120 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



as a remedy for gonorrhoea. {Pharm, Ind.) It lias of late been 

 prescribed as a substitute for copaiba in modern European 

 medicine. ( 'Pha-vmacographia.) The author of Malthzan-ul- 

 Adwiya describes the wood as cold and dry, cardiac, tonic, 

 astringent, alexipharmic, anti-aphrodisiac, a resolvent of inflam- 

 matory swellings, &c. He recommends an emulsion in bilious 

 fever on account of its cooling and protective influence over the 

 heart, brain, stomach, etc. As an external application a paste 

 made with rose-water and camphor, or with sarcocolla and 

 white of egg, may be applied to relieve headache or to any 

 kind of inflammatory swelling or skin affection. (DymockJ 



In cases of morbid thirst the powder of the wood is recom- 

 mended to be taken in cocoanut water. A bolus of ground 

 sandal checks haemoptysis in its mild form, when taken twice a 

 day for two or three days. 



The seeds contain an oil which is used in skin diseases. 



The seeds are also eaten. (B. D. Basu.) 



The wood yields an essential oil the amount of which, on the average, 



varies from 3 to 6 per cent. It has been observed that the wood growing on 



hard and rocky soil is richer in oil than those growing on comparatively 



fertile soil. (Puran Singh). 



The constants of the oil made by mixing the products obtained in the 



distillations are as follows : 



Specific gravity at 26°C ... ... ... '9765 



Optical rotation ... ... ... ...— 15*6° to— 16° 



Saponification number before acetylation ,.. 9*72 



Saponification number after acetylation ... 21*13 



Santalol content ... ... ... ... 99*4 



1.111. Osyris arborea, Wall., h.f.b.i., v. 232. 



Vern.: — Bakardharra, bakarja (Kumaon) ; Popli (Belgaum) ; 

 Jhuri (Nepal). 



Habitat: — Outer Himalaya, Sub-Himalaya-Tract from the 

 Sutlej to Bhutan. Central Provinces, West Coast from the 

 Konkan south-ward to the top of the Ghats, also in the Hill 

 ranges of South India, Shan Hills, Burma ; Ceylon. 



An evergreen shrub or tree, twiggy, as a rule glabrous. 

 Bark dark, greyish-brown, rough, with shallow, vertical fissures. 

 Wood red, hard, close-grained (Gamble). Branches numerous, 

 stiff, virgate. Branchlets 3-sided, with prominent, sharp angles. 



