N. 0. URTICACE.E. 1201 



ovoicl, smooth ; style very short, lateral stigma dilated. Female 

 flowers, perianth of gall flowers ; ache tie trigonous, granular ; 

 style sub-terminal, long, hairy ; stigma bifid. The Indian 

 representative of F. carica, Linn. (J. D. Hooker.) 



Uses : — The fruits contain chiefly sugar and mucilage, 

 and accordingly act as a demulcent and laxative. They are 

 principally used as diet in cases of constipation and in diseasas 

 of the lungs and bladder. They are also used as poultices. 

 (Punjab Products.) 



1188. F. glomerate* , Roxb., h.f.b.i., v. 535 ; 

 Roxb. 646. 



Syn. : — F. racemosa, Wall. 



Vern. : — Gular paroa, lelka, umar, umrai, tue, dimeri (H.) ; 

 Yajna dumbar (B.) ; Loa (Kol.) ; Burner (Chutia Nagpur) ; 

 Dimeri (Uriya) ; Bumri (Nepal) ; Tchongtay (Lepcha) ; Thoja 

 (Gond.) ; Alawa (Kurku) ; Kathgiilar, krumbal, rumbal, 

 batbar, palak, kakammal, dadhuri (Pb.) ; Ormul (Pushtu) ; 

 Umbar gular (C. P.) ; Umbar (Bomb.) ; Umbara, atti, rumadi 

 (Mar.) ; Umbar (Guz.) ; Atti (Tarn.) ; Moydi, atti, badda, 

 paidi, mari, medi (Tel.) ; Kulla-kith, atti (the gum is called 

 Chandarasa) (Kan.) 



Habitat :•— Outer Himalaya and plains and low hills of India, 

 from Rajputana and Salt Range to the Khasia Mts , Burma and 

 the Beccan Peninsula. 



A large, erect, deciduous tree up to 60 ft. high. Bark -Jin. 

 thick, smooth, reddish-brown, with a few large cracks. Wood 

 grey or greyish-brown, soft with broad, light-coloured bands of 

 loose tissue, alternating with narrower, interrupted, darker 

 bands of firmer texture. Pores large and very large, sub-divided. 

 Medullary rays moderately broad and fine, bent where they 

 touch the pores. (Gamble.) Shoots glabrous or pubescent, 

 Leaves 4-7in., tapering to the point, entire, base obtuse, rarely 

 acute, 3-nervecl ; petiole l-2in. ; stipules i-lin., ovate, lanceolate, 

 pubescent, Receptacles ljin. diam., reddish ; umbilicus 

 depressed ; base of young much contracted ; basal bracts 3. 

 Male flowers near the mouth of the receptacle, sessile ; sepals 3-4, 



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