USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LAKH JAIPUR. 
391 
107 RiclnilS Linn. 
13!. R. comumflis Linn. F. B. I. v, 457 ; Eng. &' Prantl iii, 5, 71 ; 
Beng. PL 952 ; D. E. P. *vi, 1, 506 ; Pharmacog. Ind- hi, 301. 
Dibrugarh* No. 32. 
Local name.— AranfiL. u Castor-oil Plant.” 
Distrib. — Cultivated throughout India and naturalised near habita- 
tions. Probably indigenous in Africa. 
Tire common >castor oil plant, A huge, rapidly growing annnal with red or green pal* 
anaiely lobed leaves. It is grown very extensively in cottage gardens. The leaves are used 
•as a food for the Eri silk worm. 
108. Manihot Adans. 
133. M. utilisslma Pohl. F. B. I. v, 239 ; Eng. & Prantl iii, 5, 79 ; 
Beng. PL 940 ; D. E. P. v, 157 ; Pharmacog. Ind. iii,. App. 203. 
Sadiya. No. 362, 
Local name. — Hindu alu. “ Cassava.” 
Distrib. — Native of South America. Cultivated in nearly all tropical 
regions. 
A large shrub with palmately lobed leaves. It is a native of Brazil, hut now forms tbe 
•chief food of many tropical countries. The tubers yield “ tapioca/’ In Lakhimpur grown 
in bfisti gardens. 
100. Euphorbia Linn. 
133. E. Isirta Lino. Sp. PL 454; Amoen. Acad, iii, 114. 
E.pilulifera Linn. F. B. I. v, 250; Eng. & Prantl ill, 5, 104; 
Beng. PL 925 ; D. E. P. iii, 298 ; Pharmacog. Ind. iii, 247, 261. E. 
hirta Willd. FL Ind. ii, 472, 
Bibrugarb, No. 75. 
Local Name.-— D udya (a name applied to many plants with milky 
juice). 
Distrib.— Throughout all the hotter parts of India and Ceylon 
Found in all tropical and sub-tropical countries. 
Commonly, but wrongly, known as E. pilulifcra Linn. A very common wised with 
opposite leaves which are very oblique at tbe base and very dense conical inflorescences. The 
whole plant is covered with crisped hairs. The milk which (lows freely from the broken 
phuit is applied locally to stop bleeding. In some parts of India this plant istoilecfed ^ a 
large scale for sale in America where it is used in the preparation of proprietary medicines. 
