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whose composition is C lS H 14 -. The analytical results given by these 

 substances were nearly identical.— J. Ch. S. 1905 T. p. 717. 



1192. A. Lahoocha, Boxb., h.f.b.l, v. 543; Roxb. 

 634. 



Sans. : — Lakuclia. 



Vern. : — Tiun, tinu dheu, daheo, (Pb.) ; Uahu dhan, barhal, 

 lakuch, dhava (H^jLahu (Bomb, and Duk.); Votamba (M.); 

 Vonte (Kan.); Dhao (Kumaon); Dephal, dahu, deliua, lakucha, 

 madar (B.); Dahu (Santal ; Kol.); Devva, chama, cbamba (Ass.); 

 Dawa (Cacliar) ; Barrar (Nepal) ; Kamma regu ; Lakuchamu 

 nakka-renu (Tel.). 



Habitat : —Tropical Himalaya, from Kumaon eastwards to 

 Burma, and southwards to Travancore. 



A large, deciduous tree. Bark dark coloured rough. Wood 

 hard, sapwood large, white and soft ; heartwood yellow, hard, 

 shining, mottled. Branchlets densely grey or rustytoment- 

 ose. Leaves ovate or obovate, 3|-12in. by 2-6in., shortly 

 finely acuminate or cuspidate at apex, truncate or sub-cordate at 

 base ; margins entire, sometimes serrate or subundulate in young 

 leaves, coriaceous, glabrous, shining above, densely grey-downy 

 beneath ; lateral nerves 8-12 pair, prominent and with a fine, 

 distinct reticulation between beneath. Petioles J-lin. long. 

 Stipules small, pubescent, caducous. Flowers in shortly 

 pedunculate or sub-sessile, axillary, globose heads, 1-1 in. 

 diam.; bractioles peltate. Male flowers :— sepals on sub-sessile 

 receptacles, 3-4, triangular, truncate, pubescent, 2-3, says Trimen. 

 Stamen 1 ; filaments broad at base, tapering upward. Anther 

 exserted, broad, 2-celled. Female flowers on shortly peduncled 

 receptacles. Anthocarps flat, smooth, at apices, completely united. 

 Fruit oblong, irregularly globose, 2-3in. diam., minutely velvety, 

 yellow when ripe, edible. Seeds oblong, lin. thick, flat. 



Use : — In Bengal, one or two seeds or a small quantity of 

 the milk is popular as a purge. (DymocD Fruit eaten raw or 

 dried and pickled. (Talbot.) In the Ratnagiri District and 

 Bombay, it is curried, as well as pickled. (K. R. Kirtikar.) 



