394 
USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LAKHIMPUR. 
Distrib.— Sikkim Himalaya through East Bengal, and Chittagong to 
Assam. Konkan. 
A tall, perennial herb common throughout the district. The stems and petioles bear 
beautifully crisped, membranous wings which make the plant look very curious. The 3tems 
readily break off clean at the nodes so that the plants fall to pieces when men or large 
animals walk about among them. The berrios are eaten and stain the mouth purple. The 
dainty young shoots appear above the ground in March j the berries are ripe in October. 
XL VII. ELAEOCARPEJB. 
116. Elseocarpus Linn. 
140. E. serratus Linn. F. B. 1. i, 401 ; D. E. P. iii, 206. 
Dibrugarh. No. 134. 
Local name. — -J al-pai. 
Distrib. — Tropical Himalaya;, Bengal to Assam and from North 
Kanara to Travancore and Ceylon. Also in Java. 
A large tree noth coarsely serrate leaves. The acid frnits are eaten. 
XL VIII. TILUCEJB. 
117. Corchorus Linn. 
141- C. capsularis Linn. F. B. I. i, 397,; Eng. & Plant] iii, 0, 
22 ; Beng. PI. 280 ; I). E. P. ii, 535. 
Dibrugarh. No. 329. 
Local name. — Mara sag, tita rnara, pa$. (Beng.) u Jute.” 
Distrib. — Throughout the hotter parts of India, Burma and the 
Malay Peninsula. Extensively cultivated in Bengal. Grown in most 
tropical conn tries. 
This is the kind of jute which has much wrinkled frnits which are about as broad as long. 
The lower pair of serratures of the leaves are long as in the other kind (C. olitorius Linn.) 
This plant is much grown in cottage gardens. An infusion of the leaves is a well known 
remedy for dyspepsia. 
118. Triunifetta Linn. 
143. T. rhoniboidea Jacq. F. B. I. i, 395 ; Eng. & Prantl iii, 6, 
28 ; Beng. PI. 285 ; D. E. P. vi, 4, 202; Pharmaeog. Ind. i, 238. 
Sadiya. No. 378. 
Local name.— Okra guti, ban-okra (see Urena ). 
Distrib.— Common throughout tropical and sub-tropical India and 
Ceylon. Alsoin Malay Islands, China and tropical Africa. 
A herb with va r iously shaped loaves, yellow flowers and flinging frnits. It occurs m 
hedges. Its rout is u.-ed as a diuretic in the same way as Urena lolala L. hut is inferior to it. 
