USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LAKHIMPUU. 
397 
150. G. sp. 
Khamtl basti. No 193. 
Local name. — Kapa. 
It lias large leaves with 3-5 lobes and very large bracteoles almost enclosing the flowers 
when not fully open. It is very like Pernambuco cotton but we could find no mature bolls 
nor seeds. Both lvhamtis and Miris cultivate some kinds of Gossypium.' 
L. STERCULI ACE E. 
124. Abroma Linn. 
151. A. augusta Linn. F. B. I. i, 375; Beng. Pt. 278 ; D. E. P. i, 
8; Pharmacog. Iml. i, 233. 
Ahroma augudnm Linn. f. Eng. & Prantl iii, 6, 80. 
Pibnigarh. No. 161. Sadiya. No. 361. 
Local name. — Gunakhia karai, ulatkahwaL 
Distrib.— Throughout tlie hot and moist parts of Upper India, wild 
or cultivated. Also in Java, Phillipines and China. 
An* untidy shrub with do>vny branches, large purplish flowers and curious membranous 
5-winged fruits. It is not uncommon near cottages. This plant is much used in Ayurvedic 
medicine- for diseases of women. The bark is used for sores. A paste of the root is used in- 
ternally and externally to cure abscess. The bark affords a strong white bast fibre. 
125. Stercillia Linn. 
153. S. villosa Roxb. F. B. I. i, 355 ; Beng. PL 271 ; D. E. P. vi, 
3, 3&5- 
Saikhoa. No. 317. 
Local name. — tidal. 
Distrib.— Sub- Himalayan tract from the Indus eastwards to Burma, 
also in Malabar. 
A tree with white bark and large 3-7 lobed leaves occasionally grown in cottage gardens. 
A fibre is obtained from the bark. 
153. S. eocciiiea Roxb. F. B. I. i, 357 ; D. E. P. vi, 3, 301. 
North Lakhimpur. No. 399. 
Local name. — K utari dabua mah. 
Distrib. — -Tropical Eastern Himalaya from Sikkim to Assam and 
Burma. 
A. tree with entire leaves and enrions flowers with narrow incurved sepals which often 
chore by their tips. In N. Lakhimpur the fruits are eaten. 
