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USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LAKMMPUR. 
67. Pedicellaria Schrank. 
83. P. pentapliylla (L.) Schrank. Eng. & Prantl iii, 2, 223. 
Gynandropsis pentaphylla DC. F. B. 1. i, 171; Beng. PL 225 ; 
D. E. P. iv, 190 ; Pharmacog. Ind. i, 132. Gleome pentaphylla Linn. 
FI. Ind. ii, 126. 
Dibrugarh* No. 89. 
Local name. — Hurkuf, kulhul. Both names are applied to this and 
several allied herbs. 
Distrib. — A bundant throughout the warm parts of India and ail 
tropical countries. 
A weed with 5-foliate leaves, and 3-foliate bracts, common throughout India. A paste of 
the seeds is applied l®cally in headache. 
68. Crataeva Linn, 
84. C. religiosa Forst. F. B. I. 172 ; Eng. & Prantl iii, 2, 228 ; Beng. 
PI. 227 ; D. E. P. ii, 583 ; Pharmacog. Ind. i, 133. 
Capparis trifoliata Roxb. FI. Ind. ii, 571. 
Dibrugarh. No. 137. 
Local name. — Bartini. 
Distrib.— Throughout India, Burma and Ceylon. Also in Tropical 
Africa. According to Hooker indigenous in Malabar and Canara, cul- 
tivated elsewhere. 
A tree with 3-foliate leaves and conspicuous inflorescences of yellowish flowers. It is 
common throughout Lakhimpar near water. The bark is pounded and applied to painful 
parts (especially so used in headache). 
XXXII. NORIXGACEAE. 
69. Moringa Juss. 
85. JI. Oleifera Lam. Encyclop. i, 398 ; Eng. & Prantl iii, 2, 244. 
Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn. F. B. I. ij, 45 ; Beng. PL 357 ; D. E. 
P. v, 276 ; Pharmacog. Ind. i, 396. 
Dibrugarh. No. 46. 
Local name. — SaJiajnd . “ Horse Radish Tree.” 
Distrib. — Wild in the forests of the Western Himalaya and Oudh. 
Cultivated throughout India and in many other tropical countries. 
An untidy tree with 2-3 pinnate leaves, white flowers and very long pods. The plant is 
pungent and all parts of it, even the twigs, are used in -cooking. Because of the tearing and 
hacking it thus suffers, a good specimen ot the tree is seldom seen. 
