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the precipitate was filtered off, washed with alcohol and dried in vacuo over 
sulphuric acid. The yield was two per cent, of the weight of the seeds. 
(J. 8. Ch. I 31-5-1905, pp. 55-8). 
109. Hydnocarpus Wightiana, Blume. h.f.b.i., 
i . 196. 
V ern. Kowti (called in Rajapur, Ratanagiri District, 
whence the purest oil of seed, can be procured, Kadu-Kavata 
(Bomb.) ; Ivosto (Goa) ; Maravettie (Tam.) ; Morotti, (Mai.) ; 
Jangli badam (seeds) ; Jangli badam ka tel (oil) (Dec.) : Niradi- 
vittulu (seeds) ; niradi-vittulu-nune (oil) (Tel.) 
Habitat : — Western Peninsula, from the S. Concan along 
the Coast range. 
A tall tree. Wood whitish. Twigs usually brown, pubes- 
cent (rarely glabrate), as are the recemes. Leaves 4-9 by l|-4 in., 
coriaceous or membranous, sometimes deeply obtusely serrate 
or toothed, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, long, acuminate, base 
round, acute or subcordate. Petiole 1-1 in. Flowers 1 in. 
diam., solitary or racemed, white, pentandrous. Sepals green, 
pubescent, 3 inner ones longer. Petals ciliate, twice as long 
as the ovate, fimbriate scales. Stamens villous at base, equalling 
the petals. Female flowers with imperfect stamens. Ovary 
densely pubescent. Fruit a berry, 2-4 in., of the size of a small 
orange, with a hard rind, many-seeded, tomentose. Seeds 
obtusely angular, embedded in pulp, testa crustaceous, striate. 
Albumen oily ; colyledons very broad, flat. 
Parts used : — The seeds. 
Use : — The seeds have long been used as a domestic 
remedy upon the Western Coast, in certain obstinate skin dis- 
eases, ophthalmia, and a dressing for wounds and ulcere- The 
oil expressed from them is used in scabby eruptions mixed with 
an equal portion of Jatropha curcas oil, sulphur, camphor and 
lime-juice. For scald head, equal parts of the oil and lime 
water are used as a liniment. The oil has been recommended 
as a substitute for Ghaulmogra, and is being used in the 
Bombay Presidency, with satisfactory results. In the Konkan 
also, the oil has a reputation as a remedy for Barsati in horses. 
