1184 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



Vern.:— Tut, tutri (H.); Tut (B.) ; Nuni, bola (Assam); 

 kimbu (Nepal) ; Mekrap, nambyong (Lepcha^ ; Singtok (Bhutia) ; 

 Tut, tutri, ambor, setur, tula ambor (Bomb.) ; Tut (M.) ; Shetur 

 (Guz.) ; Kambili-puch ; Mushu kattai (Tarn.) ; Kambali, 

 kambali-biichi (Tel.) ; Hippal- verali (Kan.). 



Habitat : — Temperate and Sub-tropical Himalaya, from 

 Kashmir to Sikkim ; wild and cultivated (for silk- worm feed- 

 ing) in Bengal, Assam, etc. 



A moderate-sized, deciduous tree, with reddish or yellowish- 

 brown, smooth bark, marked with long, horizontal lanticels. 

 Leaves 2-5 by l-3in., ovate, caudate, acuminate, sharply serrate, 

 often lobed, membranous, pubescent when young, scabrous when 

 mature, 3-nerved at base ; petiole J-lJin., long, sparsely hairy. 

 Flowers monoecious. Female spikes i-Jin. long, ovoid ; styles 

 long, hairy. Fruiting spikes black when ripe. Peduncle tV^ * 

 long, slender. Some consider this a more form of M. alba, with 

 long points to the rougher leaves, connate styles and obovate 

 sepals. 



Uses : — The fruit has an agreeable, aromatic and acid flavor, 

 is cooling and laxative, allays thirst, and is grateful in fevers. 



The bark is supposed to be vermifuge and purgative. 



The root is considered anthelmintic and astringent. 



A decoction of the leaves is used as a gargle in inflam- 

 mation and thickening of the vocal cords. 



1173. M. alba, Linn., h.f.b.i., v. 492 ; Roxb. 

 658. 



Sans. :— Tula. 



Vern. : — Tut, tul, tulklu, chinni, chun (H.; ; Tut, chinni, 

 satur, tutla, shah-tut (Bomb.) ; Uppu nute (Kan.). 



Habitat :— Cultivated in the Punjab and N.-W. Himalaya. 



A small or moderate-sized, deciduous tree, 30-40ft. Bark 

 brown, rather rough. Wood hard ; sapwood white ; heartwood 

 yellow or yellowish-brown, darkening on exposure, young shoots, 

 petioles and underside leaves along nerves, slightly pubescent. 

 Leaves ovate-dentate, frequently lobed, acute ; base often cordate, 

 2-3in., sometimes larger, rather membranous ; petiole f-lin.; 



