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USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTINCT OF LAKHIMPUB. 
LVII. PEYICACEAE 
133. Punica Linn. 
161. P. oranatum Linn. E. B. 1. if, 5S1 ; Eng. & Prantl iii, 'l r 
25 ; Beng. PL 505 ; D. E. P. vi, 1, 363 ; Pharmacog. Ind. ii, 44. 
Dibrugarh. No. 48. 
Local name. — Anar. “ Pomegranate.” 
Distrib. — Cultivated in India an l Burma as well as throughout 
the wanner parts of the world. Believed to be wild in the extreme 
north-western regions of India in Afghanistan and Persia. 
A small tree with familiar orange-red (lowers. Often scon in cottage gardens especially 
about Dibrugarh. The fruits are eaten and believed to be medicinal. 
LVllt. MYRTACEAE. 
134 .Psidium Lmn, 
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163. P. Gua java Linn. Ind. kew. iv, 641 . 
P. Gnayava Linn. F. B. I. ii, 468 ; Beng. PL 487 ; D. E. P. vi, 1, 
; Pharmacog. Ind. ii , 30. P. Guayava Raddi. Eng. & Prantl iii, 
7, 68, fig. 36, 69. 
Dibrugarh. No. 57. 
Local name. — Amrud. “ Guava.” 
Distrib.-— A native of Mexico anl of tropical anl sub-tropical 
America. Naturalised throughout India. 
A small troo with curious smooth bark and (lowers resembling those of a Eugenia. It is 
Very common in cottage gardens throughout the district. The fruits (guavas) are cooke 1 
and eaten. 
135. Eugenia Linn. 
163. E. jarnbos. Linn. P. B. I. ii, 474 ; Ben-. PI. 400 ; D. E. P. iii 
7. 
Jambosa vulgaris DC. Eng. & Prantl iii, 7, 84, 
Dibrugarh. No. 70. 
Local name. — Gulab jdman. 
Distiub. — Largely cultivated throughout India, the Indo-Malnyan 
region and elsewhere in the tropics. 
ELY. MELASTOM AfACE A E. 
136. Relastoma Linn. 
164. 11. malabathriciim Linn. F. B. I. ii, 
7, 153 ; Beng. PL 496 ; D. E. P. v, 310. 
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