184 A NOTE ON PLANTS USED DURING FAMINES AND SEASONS 
are made into a bhaji^ i.e.y they are boiled and eaten, mixed 
with salt and chillies. The fruit is useless as food.^^ 
APOCY]\ACEJ^. 
Carissa C arandas, Linn. Karwand (Ahmednagar). Fruits 
eaten. Specimens from this locality alone; but probably 
most people look upon it as a shrub providing ordinary diet 
at its proper season. 
ASCLEPIADE.E. 
Dre^ea voliiMlis, Benth. Dodi (Godhra, Panch Mahals). Chirt 
(Talda, Khandesh). Phundi (Ahmednagar). Roots and 
leaves eaten. The leaves are eaten as they are or some- 
times only boiled before eating. The fruit is also sweet 
and serves as a good repast. The whole of it is eaten, 
and it is said to be very nourishing. The flowers are 
eaten as they are or prepared into a hhajiP 
Eeptadeilia reticulata, W. & A. Harandodi (Generally)- 
Dodi (Ahmed (bad). ^^The leaves are used in preparing 
bread by mixing Bajri or Jowari flour, after being boiled 
with water.’^ This climber, common in hedge rows, was 
largely utilized. 
Ceropegha Bulbosa, Roxb. Dudha malida hand (Shahada, 
Khandesh). Malode (Chandor, Nasik). Tubers and leaves 
eaten. “The very ilame, meaning milk and sweetmeat 
indicates that is a very nutritious food. It is even consumed 
quite raw. When boiled, it is either mixed with milk and 
sugar or salt and spices.^^ 
Caralluma fimbriata, Wall. Ranshabar (Rahuri Taluka, 
Ahmednagar), Makad shenguli ^xi6.SdXdS2i). Shind- 
ala mukadi (Nasik and Ahmednagar), “ Whole plant 
boiled with water and mixed with salt and chillies, if avail- 
able.” A tufted, leafless plant, common amongst rocks on 
barren hills. I have found it very abundant also around 
some Deccan Villages, growing amidst small prickly pear 
bushes, and altogether absent in the open, so that it is 
probably browsed upon by cattle. 
OEATIAAACEdE. 
Limiiaiithemuiii cristatum, Griesb. Khatara ; Kurnu 
Stems and fruits eaten. (J. C, Lisboa). 
