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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
Peea, (Kharwar) ; Tarop, (Santal) ; Charu, char, chara, charo, 
(Uriya) ; Achar, char, char-ka-jhar, chiron ji (tlie fruit), char-ka- 
gond (the gum), (C.P.) ; Saraka, surraka, herka, char-ka-gadh 
(the gum), (Gond) ; Taro, tarope, (Kurku); Sir, (Bhil) ; Char-ki- 
charoli (.the kernel), (Duk) ; Piyal, charoli, char, biji, (Bomb.) ; 
Charwari, ( (Hyderabad); Char, chironji (the fruit), (Behar); 
Mowda or katimango, marum, kat mail, aima, katma-maram 
(the plant), katma-payam or katma param (the fruit), katma- 
parpu (the kernel), (Tam.) ; Chara, sara, charu madudi, ehiuna 
mora, morli morlu-banka, morlu-chettu, ch&ra-chetlu, charu- 
chettu, or sarachettu. ch&ra-mamidi, jarumamidi (the plant), 
chara-pandu (the fruit), chara-puppu, charu-puppu (the ker- 
nel), (Tel); Nuskul, murkalu, murukalu, (Kan . ) ; Kdla maram, 
(Mala); Charoli, (Guj., Cutch) ; Pyal-char, (Mai.); Lonepho, 
lunbo, lamboben, lombo or lonpo, loneopomaa, (Burm.) 
Habitat : — A tree leafless only for a very short time. 
Found in the Sub-Himalayan tract from the Sutlej eastward, 
ascending to 2,000 feet ; throughout India and Burma, common 
in the hotter and drier parts of the empire, and frequently asso- 
ciated with the sal, the mahua, and the dak. 
A middle-sized tree, leafless only for a short time, attaining 
50ft. Bark 1 in. thick, dark grey, sometimes nearly black, 
rough, tessallated, with regular' “ boss ’’-like prominence. 
Wood greyish brown, moderately hard, with a small, dark- 
coloured heart-wood (Gamble). Leaves 6-10in., very coriaceous 
or hard, nerves prominent, 15-20 pair, stout or nearly straight, 
usually broadly oblong, rounded at the tip, closely reticulate, 
softly hairy beneath. Petiole in., stout, pubescent. 
Panicles terminal and axillary, tornentose, shorter than the 
leaves ; pyramidal branches stout, bracts small, caducous. Flow- 
ers crowded, sessile, greenish white, Jin. diam. Calyx 5-toothed, 
petals oblong. Disk fleshy. Stamens 10, spreading as long as 
the petals. Drupe black, Jin., subglobose, slightly compressed, 
edible. Stones hard, bony, 2-valved. Seed oily, edible, pleasant 
to taste when fresh, soon gets randid on keeping. 
Parts used : — The fruit, seed, gum, roots, leaves. 
Uses : — By Hindu writers the frui't is said to be sweet and 
