1228 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



1217. J. maeropoda, Boiss., h.f.b.i., v. 647. 



Syn. :— J. Excelsa, Brand., For. Fl. t 68. 



Vern. : — Dhupi, dhupri, chandan, shupka (Nepal) ; Dhup, 

 padam, padmak, surgi (H.) ; Sfirgi, lewar, newar, dupri, 

 chundan (Kumaon) ; Chalai, shupka, shur, shiirgu, lewar, luir 

 (Pb.) ; Apurz (Beluch.) 



Habitat: — Inner drier ranges of the Himalaya from Nepal, 

 westward. 



A moderate-sized, ever-green tree. Bark thin, reddish-brown, 

 fibrous, peeling off in thin, longitudinal flakes. Wood moderately 

 hard, fragrant ; sapwood yellowish ; heart-wood red, with 

 a purplish tinge. Height rarely 50ft., trunk short, but of 

 great girth, usually 6-7ft., at times even more, 33 ft. Branchlets 

 sub-distichous, slender. Leaves dimorphic, of the lower branches 

 subulate, of the upper branches and branchlets, scale like. 

 Foliage light and open ; the scale-like leaves usually opposite, 

 rhomboid, convex, obtuse, closely depressed up to the apex, with 

 a large, resinous gland on the back, the subulate leaves 

 opposite or in whorls, pungent, -Jin. long. Male catkins on 

 a scaly peduncle at the ends of branchlets, i-iin. long, closely set 

 with imbricate scales. Berries sab-globose, bluish-black when 

 ripe, very resinous ; the tips of the scales forming transverse 

 ridges or crests. Seeds 2-5. 



Uses: — The fruit is used medicinally, and appears to have 

 similar properties to that of J. communis. The smaller branches, 

 when burnt, are supposed to exercise a deodorising and cleans- 

 ing influence, and, in Khagan, they are believed to act as a 

 remedy for the delirium of fever. 



1218. Taxus baccata, Linn., h.f.b.i., v. 648. 



Vern. : — Thuno, birmi, zirnub, birmi (Hind.); Rurmie, 



bhirmie, sugandh (Beng.j ; Diogsableh (Khasia); Teheiray 



sulah, teheiray gulab (Nepal) ; Nhare (Tibet) ; Tingschi, tsash- 



ing (Bhutia) ; Cheongbu (Lepcha) ; Thuner, geli, gallu, lust 



(U. P.); Patr (Bomb.) 



