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INDIAN MEDIOINAL PLANTS. 
on 2-parietal placentas. Capsule reddish brown, clothed with 
soft prickles, lj in., ovoid or sub-globose, base intruded; 
dehiscence loculicidally 2-valved ; placentas on the valve. Seeds 
many, covered with a red pulp (originally fleshy papillae on 
the testa) which yields the well-known dye. Albumen 
farinaceous ; Embryo large ; cotyledons flat. 
Parts used : --The seeds, seed-pulp and root-bark. 
Uses :-- Astringent and slightly purgative, also a good 
remedy for dysentery and kidney diseases. The pulp (a well- 
known colouring matter) surrounding the seeds is astringe nt 
{Roxburgh.). The seeds are cordial, astringent, and febrifuge 
{Lindl. ). 
The root-bark is antiperiodic and antipyretic, and the 
seeds slightly astringent and a very good remedy for gonorrhoea. 
The seeds also possess the antiperiodic and antipyretic properties, 
but to a less extent. 
The root-bark is of great use in uncomplicated inter- 
mittent, remittent, and continued fevers. The seeds are very 
useful, particularly in the form of decoction. They are also use- 
ful in the above varieties of fever, but inferior to the root-bark 
in this respect. 
The root-bark is one of those antiperiodic medicines, 
which can be used during the absence as well as the presence 
of pyrexia in the intermittent fever ; and this remark is also 
applicable to the seeds as an antiperiodic (Moodeen Sheriff). 
The seed pulp is used by the American Indians to paint their 
body all over for full dress, and this use of it is said also to pre- 
vent mosquito bites 
105. Flacourtia Cataphracta, Roxb. h.f.b.i., 
i. 193. Roxb. 739. 
Sans. : — Prachin-amalaka. 
Vern.: — Paniyala (B.) ; Talispatri (H.; Tel.; Tam.). Jag- 
gam, Jan-Gama, Tambat (Bom.) Tdmbat (Mar.). 
Habitat.:— Nepal eastward, Bengal, Assam, Chitagong. 
The Konkan. S. India. Burma. Occasionally in Saharanpur. 
