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USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LAKHIMPUR. 
104. Antidesma Linn. 
127. A sp. probably A. Bunius Spreng. F. B. I. v, 358 ; D. E. F 
i, 26 9 ; Beng. PI. 938. 
Dibrugarh. No. 154. 
Local name. — H engas tenga. 
A large tree with mouse-tail like inflorescences. The acid fruits are eaten, 
105. Bischofia Blume. 
128. B. javanica Blume. F. B. I. v, 345 ; Beng. PI. 926 ; B. E. P, 
i, 454. 
B. trifoliata Etag. & Prantl iii, 5, 33. Andrachne trifoliate Roxb, 
FI. Ind. iii, 728. 
Dibrugarh. No. 158, 
Local name — U riya am. 
Distrib.— I ndo-Malay region and Pacific Islands. 
A common forest tree. The leaves are trifoliate and the flowers are dioecious in copious 
panicles. The natives attribute many properties to it. The juice, which becomes red on> 
keeping, cures sores. 
106. Croton Linn. 
139. C. candatns Greisel. F. B. I. v, 388 ; Eng. & Prantl iii, 5, 39 
Beng. PI; 943 ; 13. E. F. ii, 615. 
C. drupaceus Roxb. FI. Ind. iii, 683, 
Jungles near Dibrugarh. No. 305 also No. 185. 
Local name. — Lata mahudi. 
Bisteib. — Eastern Himalayas to Assam and Burma, the Beccan, 
Malacca, Ceylon, Java, Philippines. 
A scurfy shrub, often climbing, with long inflorescences of whitish flowers. It is common 
in the jungles about Dibrugarh and very common about Jaipnr. The young leaf buds are 
pounded up with the leaves of Catsalpinia sappan Linn, and used for liver diseases. 
130. C. tiglium Linn, F. B. I. v, 393; Eng. & Prantl iii, 5, 39 ; 
Beng. PI. 943 ; D. E. P. ii, 617 ; Pharmacog. Ind. iii, 281, 
North Lakhimpur. No. 398. 
Local name. — Kani bln, jaijpdl. “ Croton-oil-plant.” 
Distrib.— -Cultivated or naturalised in Eastern Bengal, Assam and 
Burma. According to Haines it is found wild in British Bhutan in 
forests remote from any cultivation. Believed to be a native of the 
Malay Archipelago. Found also in Ceylon and China. 
A low tree. The seeds yield the well known croton oil, In Lakhimpur the seeds are 
ground in water and the infusion is used to kill insect pests. 
