N. 0. ANA0ARDIA0E&. 
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325 . — Pistacia inlegerrima, Stewart, h.f.b.i., 
ii . 13 . 
Syn.: — R. Kakrasingee, Royle, 111. 175. 
Sans. : — Karkatasringi. 
Vern. : — Kakrasingi (H. and B.) ; Kaka, kakar, kangar, 
tnga (Pb.) ; Kakkatashingi (Tam.) ; Kakra, galls-kakra-singi 
(Hind.) k&krdshingi' (Mar.) (Guz,) ; Galls : — kakrasringi (Beng.) ; 
Kakhar, drek, gurgu (Kashmir) ; Kaugar, khaugar, kakar, 
kakkar, khakkar, kakkrei, kakra, kakkeran, kakraiu, kakkran- 
gelie, kakla, drek, gurgu, tauhari, taugu, shno, sarawau, masna. 
Galls: — Kakra-singi Fruit : — Suinak (P. B.) ; Sarawau, sline, 
masna, (Pushto). Galls: — Kakka-tashingi ; (Tam.); Galls: — 
Kakarashingi (Tel.) Galls: — Dusptapu chattwa (Kan.). 
Habitat. — Sulaiman and Salt Ranges, Punjab. Outer 
Western Himalaya, extending as far as Kumaon, Junsar and 
Tehri-Garhwal. 
A middle-sized, deciduous tree. Bark grey, rough. Wood 
very hard, close and even-grained. Sapvvood white. Heart- 
wood yellowish brown, beautifully mottled with yellow and 
dark veins. Young shoots red. Leaves aromatic, alternate, 
impari-or paripinnate, finely pubescent when young, 6-9in. 
long ; leaflets 4-6 pair, usually opposite or subopposite (Kanjilal); 
minutely petioluled, 3-6 by 1-lfin., lanceolate from an oblique 
base, long, acuminate, entire, hard, coriaceous, glabrous; main- 
lateral nerves about 20 pair, slender. Inflorescence a lateral 
panicle. Flowers small, apetalous, dioecious. Male flowers : 
Panicles 2-4in. long, compact, pubescent. Calyx gamosepalous, 
3 -5ft. Stamens 5-7 on a black disk ; anthers large red. 
Female flowers : Panicles 6-10in. long, lax, thyrsoid. Sepals 
4, free, linear, deciduous. Ovary sessile, 1-celled. Styles 3. 
Cohering near the base. Drupe |in. diam., oblique, broader 
than long, glabrous, rugose. Irregularly shaped galls, called 
Kakra singi, from the leaves, often 6-7in. long. 
Part used : — The gall. 
Uses : — By the Sanskrit writers the gall is considered as 
tonic, expectorant and useful in cough, phthisis, asthma, fever, 
want of appetite and irritability of the stomach. The usual 
