1286 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



petals linear, sub-equal ; anthers oblong, much shorter than the 

 filaments. Female umbels sub-similar. Peduncles stout, flatten- 

 ed ; bracteoles very minute, subulate or 0. Staminodes 3, ovary 

 short, obtusely trigonous ; stigmas short, obtuse, recurved. Berry 

 about iin. diam. 



Uses : — The large tuberous roots are so like those of S. 

 China, Linn., as not to be distinguished by the eye. The juice 

 of the fresh root is taken inwardly for the cure of rheumatic 

 pains, and the refuse, after extracting the juice, applied to the 

 affected parts. (Roxburgh.) 



1272. j8L maerophylla, Roxb. h.f.b.l, vi. 310. 

 Roxb. 725. 



Vern. : — Jangli-aushbah, Chobchini (H.) ; Kumarika (B.) ; 

 Atkir (Santal) ; Chopchini (Nepal) ; Guti, gutwel, gholyel (Mar.) ; 

 Malait-tamara (Tarn.) ; Konda dontena, konda tamara, koncla 

 gurava tige, sitapu, chettu, kistapa, tamara, kummara baddu 

 (Tel.) ; Kal-tamara (Malay.). 



Habitat : —Tropical Himalaya, from Kumaon eastward, Assam, 

 Bengal, Ohittagong, Burma, the Central Provinces and Konkan. 

 Fairly common in the Sal Forests of the Siwalik Division, 

 (Kanjilal). 



A large, thickly climber. Stem sometimes exceeding lin. 

 diam., stout, terete. Leaves ovate or orbicular, 6-18in. long, 

 thinly coriaceous, cuspidate, shining above ; nerves 5-7, from 

 the rounded or sub-cordate base, cirrhi long. Petiole stout, 

 l-ljin. long, the lower half narrowed and sheathing. Male 

 peduncles J-l Jin., slender. Umbels many-fid, 2-3, many flowered. 

 Pedicels not exceeding Jin., stout in fruit. Sepals Jin. long, 

 linear. Stamens as long as the sepals. Staminodes of females 

 3, ovary oblong ; stigmas 3 sessile. Berries J-l Jin. round, 1-2- 

 seeded. Seeds biconvex. 



Uses : — In some parts of India, the roots are used as a 

 substitute for sarsaparilla in the treatment of venereal disease. 

 Among the Santals, they are applied for rheumatism and pains 

 in the lower extremities. The inhabitants of Nepal give them 

 in doses of three mdshas, for the treatment of gonorrhoea and 

 other discharges from mucous membranes. (Watt.) 



