USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LAKHIMPUR . 
393 
F. jangomas Miq. Eng. & Prantl iii, 6a, 43. 
Dibrugarh. No. 132. 
Local name. — Moia kalin, paniyald. 
Distrib.— Bengal and Assam to Burma anu South India, often 
cultivated ; Malay Peninsula and China. 
A thorny tree. A decoction of the bark is nsed for biliousness. The fruits are eaten. 
LIV. PASSIFLQIIACBJB. 
130. Passiflora Linn. 
158. P. edulis Sims. Eng. & Prantl ii, 1, 183 Fig. 88 Hand iii, 6a, 91. 
Makum Kila basti. No. 114. 
Local name. — Lota bel. “ Passion flower. ^ 
Distrib. — A native of America, grown in Assam and pterts of 
Bengal. 
A passion flower with less showy flowers than the species (P. coerulea Linn.) commonly 
covering house walls in England. It is met with here and there in cottage gardens where 
it is grown for its fruit. Numberless species of Passijlura have edible fruits : we ourselves 
have eaten the fruits of P. eoerulea L. ripened in the south of fengland. 
LV. CACTACm 
131. Cereus Haw. 
159. C. sp. 
Dibrugarh. No. 140. 
Local name. — Har ghunasa. 
A climber whose fleshy, cylindrical stems have ribs which bear .small tufts of thorns. A 
native of America fairly common in the jungle near cottages.. The plant ia pounded arid 
applied to broken limbs to heal them. This use was perhaps suggested by the way in whidh 
it binds together the branches of the trees on which it grows. 
LVI. ELAEAGNACEjE. 
133. Eieeagnus Linn. 
169. E.'l&ti folia Linn. F. B. I. v, 202; Eng. & Prantl iii, 6a, 251 ; 
Beng. PI. 908 ; D. E. P. iii, 205. 
E. conferta Roxb. FI. Ind. i, 440. 
Jokai. No. 184. 
Local name. — Mirika tenga. 
Distrib. — Distributed throughout sub-tropical and temperate regions 
of India and Burma. Also Malay Islands and China. 
A shrub with silver spangled leaves, often cultivated ia cottage gardens. The fruit 
ripens in April. It is acid and much relished by the people of Lakhiinpur. 
