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central hemispherical receptacle. Hermaphrodite flower : soli- 
tary. Stamens 10-18, in 4 bundles alternating with petals. 
Female flowers solitary, terminal, shortly strictly peduncled. 
Ovary 4-8-celled ; stigma 6-7 — radiate, each ray with 2 lines of 
tubercles. Ovary 5-7-celled, says Brandis. Fruit globose, as long 
as a small orange, purple, not grooved. Seeds 5-8, embedded, 
compressed in a reddish acid pulp. Flowering time, November- 
February. Fruit ready, April-May. 
Parts used: — The fruit, seeds, and bark. 
Use The Apothecaries of Goa prepare a very fine purple 
syrup from the juice of the fruit, which is used in bilious 
affedtions. The bark is ast ringent , and the young leaves, after 
having been tied up in a plantain leaf and stewed in hot 
ashes, are rubbed with cold milk and given as a remedy for 
dysentery (Dymock.) 
The oil of the seeds is officinal in the Indian Pharma- 
copoeia for the preparation of ointments, suppositories and other 
pharmaceutical purposes. It has been used as a local appli- 
cation to ulcerations, fissures of the lips, hands, &c. (Ph. Ind., 
p. 31.) 
Regarding the oil, Modeen Sheriff writes : — “ I have used 
it internally in my practice, and have found that its best 
medicinal properties are its usefulness in phthisis pulmonalis 
and some scrofulous diseases, and in dysentery and mucous 
diarrhoea.” 
The oil is used by the natives as a remedy for excoriations, 
chaps, fissures of the lips, &c., by partly melting it and rubbing 
on the affected part. It is solid at ordinary temperature. 
129 . G. Morelia, Desrouss. h.f.b.i., i. 264 . 
Syn. : — G. pictoria, Roxb., 444. G. elliptica, Wall. 
Vcrn . : — The tree = Tamdl, the drug = gh6taghauba, gotft 
ganbd, tamal (Hind.); the tree=jTam41, the drug — tamal 
(Beng.) ; the drug= Ausaraherevan (Dec., C. P.) ; the tree = 
Tamdl, the drug = revachini sira, tamal (Mar.) ; the drug = 
Makki, ireval-chinip-pal, the oil=makki (Tam.); the drug— 
Rdvalchinipal (Tel.); the tree= Arsinagurgi mara, aradal, punar 
puli ; the drug = Tamal (Kan.); the tree = Dar&mba (Malay.) 
