USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTINCT OF LAKUIMPUR. 
380 
101. Oyso.Y} llilll Blame. 
$23. II. ilamiltonii Hiern F. B. I. i, 548; Eng. & Prantl iii, 4. 
202; D. E. P. Hi, 109. 
JJibrugarh. No. 120. 
Local name. — Gendheli pama. 
Distrib. — Darjeeling Terai to Assam and Sylhet. 
A tall tree found in the jungle*. All parts are strongly foetid of garlic. The pinnate 
leaves are very long and the leaflets are oblong and very oblique at the base. The bark' 
is used internally for pains in the stomach. 
XL. EUPHORBIACEAE. 
103. Pkyllanthus Linn. 
134. P. rcticulatus Poir. F. B. I. v, 288 ; Eng. & Prantl iii, 5, 
19 ; Beng. PL 935 ; D. E. P. vi, 1, 223 ; Pharmacog. Ind. iii, 201. 
Dibrugarh, No. 123. 
Local name. — Henkotia. 
Distrib. — Throughout tropical India, Burma and Ceylon. Also 
Tropical Africa, China and Malay Islands. 
A much branched shrub with oblong leaves. The juice is used for diarrhoea in infants. 
125. P. emblica Linn. F. B. I. v, 289 ; Eng. & Prantl iii, 5, 20 ; 
Beng. PL 935 ; D. E. P. vi, 1, 217 ; Pharmacog. Ind. iii, 261. 
Phakyal basti. No. 195. 
Local name. — Amloki, amid, auhla. “ Emblic Myrobalan. 
Distrib. — Throughout Tropical India and Burma wild or planted, 
Ceylon, Malaya Peninsula and China. 
A tree with numerous very small leaves, which aro arranged in one plane so that the 
branchlets look like pinnate leaves. It is often grown in cottage gardens. The fruits, 
known as the Emblic Myrob&lans, arc astringent and are eaten. 
103. Baccaurca Lour. 
13d. B. sap id a Muell. Arg. F. B. I. v, 371 ; Eng. & Prantl iii, 5, 
30 ; Beng. Pl. 940 ; D. E. P. ii, 362. 
Pierardia sapida Roxb. FI. Ind. ii, 254. 
Jokai. iNo. 178. 
Local name.— L eteka tenga. 
Distrib —Base of the Eastern Himalayas through As§am to Burma, 
Malaya Peninsula and Andamans. 
One tree seen in the cpttagc garden in Jokai. Fruits are eaten, 
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