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dose is about 20 grains* combined with demulcents and aro- 
matics. 
Mabomedan writers describe them as hot, dry, and useful 
in chronic pulmonary affections, especially those of children ; 
also in dyspeptic vomiting and diarrhoea. They notice their 
use in fever and want of appetite, and say that they are good 
external applications in cases of psoriasis (Dymock). 
The fruit of this tree is probably the sumak, sold in the 
Punjab bazars and used to strengthen the digestion (Brandis). 
The galls powdered, fried with ghi and a little sugar 
added, may be given internally with good effect in dysentery 
(Surgeon-Major Thompson, C. I. E., in Watts’s Dictionary.) 
326 . — Mangifera indica, Linn, h . f . b . i ., ii . 13 , 
Roxb. 
Sans. : — Amra ; Chuta (the juicy) ; Madhahduta (messenger 
of spring). 
Vern. : — Amb, am (H.) ; Am (B.); Manga maram, maa, 
mangas (Tam.) ; AmM (Dec.); Mslkaudamu, mavi (Tel.) ; Amba- 
riujhada (Guz.) ; Mavina, mavu, amba(Kan.); Marka(Gond.) ; 
TJli (Kol.); U1 (Santal.). 
Eng. : — The Mango- 
Habitat: — Throughout tropical India. 
A large, evergreen tree. Bark thick, dark grey, nearly 
black, rough, with numerous small fissures and exfoliating 
scales. Wood grey, in old trees, sometimes dark brown, with 
black streaks, and hard ; in younger trees coarse-grained, soft 
(Gamble). Branches widely spreading. Leaves dark green, 
coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, blade 5-12in., petiole -f-l£in. ; 
secondary nerves slightly arching, numerous, alternating with 
shorter intermediate nerves. Panicles larger, erect, pubescent. 
Flowers fragrant, nearly sessile, petals twice the length of 
Calyx-lobes. Anther one, oval, purple, steritle stamens minute, 
2-4. Drupe 2-6in. long, yellow when ripe. There are many 
cultivated varieties all over India. 
