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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
Parts used : — The tubers ; flowers ; seeds and root. 
Uses: — The tubers of this plant are highly esteemed as a 
medicine for uterine diseases, colic, bilious obstructions, dropsy, 
epilepsy, convulsions and hysteria. Ud-salap is generally given 
to children as a blood-purifiei. It was a common belief in 
ancient times, and it is so even now among the peasantry of 
Europe, that pasony root, if worn by children round their necks, 
has the power of preventing epileptic attacks. If taken in full 
doses (GO grains), the drug produces headache, noise in the ears, 
confused vision and vomiting. (Dvmock.) The infusion of the 
dried flowers is highly valued as a remedy for diarrhoea. Seeds 
are emetic and cathartic. (Watt). 
According to Dr. Bellew, the- root is in Booner, given to 
cattle to render them prolific ; and in combination with other 
drugs, as the bruised leaves of Melia. is a favourite remedy for 
bruises, sprains, etc. 
N. 0. DlLLENUCEvE. 
29. Dillenia indica, Linn, h.f.br.i., I. 36 ; Roxb. 
451. 
Sanskrit : — Bhavya. 
Vern. Chalta, (Hind.); Chdltd, hargesa (Beng.) ; Korkot 
(Santal) ; Chilta (Monghyr) ; Panp.ui (Garo); Chalita otengah, 
(Assam); Rai, oao (Uriya) ; Ramphal (Nepal); Phamsikol 
(Lepcha) ; Thapru, chauralesia (Mag.) ; Mothe karamala, mothti 
karmel, karambel (BombO ; Mota karmal, karmbel (Mar.) ; 
Uva (Tam.); (Jva, pedda, kalinga (kalinga, Elliot) (Tel.); 
Bettakanagala, kaddkanagula (Kan.) ; Syalita (Malay.); Honda- 
para, Wampara (Sinhalese). 
Habitat : —Tropical forests in the Western Peninsula, Behar 
and Ceylon, and the Himalaya, from Nepal to Assam. Commonly 
Cultivated at Dehra and Saharanpur. Eastern Peninsula, from 
Sylliet to Singapore. Malay Peninsula and the Islands. 
A very handsome tree tvith fine foliage ; moderate-sized, 
round-headed. Bark cinnamon — brown. Leaves closely placed, 
