PLOnA AMBICA. 
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Distrib. : N. and tropical Africa, Arabia, Palestine, Syria, Persia, Sind, 
Punjab, Ceylon. 
Vern. name: redif (Forsk.), rak^ rhag^ rakkavy lishlisoh, arak, (Mnsch.), khardal (Post). 
Noth : Differs from the E, Indian plant by the flowers almost sessile. 
Uses : The natives of Aden eat the berries and use the woody branches for cleaning the teeth. 
In Yemen the plant is used for other purposes. Forskahl writes: “In magno cst p.etio. Pructua 
matnrus edulis. Folia contusa imponuntnr tumoi ibus Uarm dictis et bubonibus Riahl. Sed via 
antitoxica adeo famoaa, ut carmine quoquc celebretur.” (FI. Aeg.-Arab. p. 32). 
8. Azima Lam. 
1, A. tetracantka Lam.; A. DC. in DC. Prodr. xvii, 29; Tbis.-Dyer FI. 
Trop. Afr. iv, 22. 
Habitat : III. Dhofar Mts. : General all over (Bent 104 !). 
Distrib. : Trop. and S. Africa, Mascarene Islands, Trop. Asia. 
LX VI. APOCVXACEAE. 
1. Carissa L. 
1. C, edtllis Vahl Symb. Bot. i, (1790) 22; Janb. A Sp. 111. PI. Or. f. 459 ; 
Defl. Yemen (1889) 163; This.-Dyer FI. Trop. Afr. iv, 8 '. — C. Candolleana 
Jaub. & Sp. 1. c. t. 497. — 0. cormfolia Jaub. & Sp. 1. c. fc. 498. — 0. Bichardiana 
Janb. & Sp. 1. 0 . t. 496. — C. S chimp er i 'BsbU. in Tians. Roy. Soc. Edin.. xxxi, 
157 (now A. DO.). — Antura Forsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. (1775) CVI, n. 137 and p. 63. — 
A, hadiensis G^. F. Gmel. Syst. 405. > 
Habitat: II. Hadiyah, Djobla (Forsk.); Hille, J. Bura (S. 335!) ; near 
Attara, 1,800 — 2,000 m. (Defl. 401, 404) ; between Dhamar and Ytrim, 2,500 m. 
(Defl 642) ; round Hes and Taez (Botta). 
Fr.: Jan. 1889 (S.). 
Distrib. : Tro{)ical Africs^, Socotra, Arabia. 
Tern, name : antury emir jasivy arm (Forsk.), Wdhy la^h (S.), 
S. Acokanthera G. Don. 
1, A, Schiniperi Schweinf. in Boll. Soc. Afr. Italia x, (1891) n. XI- XIT, 
12 ; Tbis.-Dyer FI. Trop. Afr. iv, 93.— A. abyssinica K. Sclium. in Engl. & 
Prantl Pflanzenf. iv, ii, 124. — Carissa abyssinica R. Br. in Salt Abyss. App. 
iv. — 0. Schimperi A. DC. Prodr. yiii, 675; Defl. Yemen (1839) 163. — 
0. Mepte Hocbst. in Flora (1844) 101. — Strychnos absysinica Hocbst. ex DC. 1. c. 
Habitat: II. Near Hajeilab, 500-6CO m. (Defl. 150) ; near Taez, 1,400 m. 
(Defl. 696) ; 60 miles N of Aden (Hunter!). 
Distrib. ; Eritrea, Abyssinia, Somaliland, Brit. E. Africa, Trop. Arabia. 
Notb ; Fot economic uses see Sfcapf in This.-Dyer FI. Irop, Afr. h, 94, and Defl. 1. c. 
Vogtherr in Kohler Mediz. Pfl. III. text to t. 64 
Vab. Detlcrsii Stapf in This-Dyer 1. c. 94. — A. Dejlersii Scbweinf. ex Lew in 
neBngl. Jabrb, xvii, Beibl, 41, L. Planchon Prod. Apocyn. 250. 
