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peduncles, and pedicels clothed with dark-brown hairs. 
Stamens monadelphous, the sheath deeply 2-fid. Corolla 
twice the length of the Calyx, £-£in., finely downy ; teeth 
deltoid, the two upper ones largest. Pod li-2in., broad, 
often 2-seeded ; orbicular ; wing about j-Jin. 
Uses : — Not noticed by Sanskrit or Mahomedan writers. 
Natives on the Coromandel Coast use the gum for toothache 
(Ainslie/. The bark of the tree is used in Goa as an astringent 
(Dymock;. Kino is officinal in both Indian and British 
Pharmacopoeias. It is used as an astringent in diarrhoea and 
pyrosis. Its action being milder, it is better adapted for children 
and delicate females (Ph. Ind). 
Rumphius states that the gum cures diarrhoea, and the 
bruised leaves are useful as an external application to boils, 
sores, and skin diseases. 
407 . Pongamia glabra, Vent, h.f.b.i., ii. 240 . 
Syn. : — Galedupa indica, Lam, Roxb. 538. 
Sans. : — Karanja, naktamla. 
Vern. : — Karanja (H. & B.) ; Pungam-maram (Tam.) ; Ka- 
nuga-chettu, kranuga (Tel.); Kidamar (Mar.); Pongam, 
unnamaram (Mai.) ; Sookchein (Pb.). 
Habitat : — Central and East Himalayas to Ceylon. Found 
especially near the coast, and commonly met with in the Concan. 
A moderate-sized tree, almost evergreen. Bark soft, ^in. 
thick, greyish-brown, covered with tubercles. Wood moderately 
hard, white, turning yellow on exposure ; no heartwood, leaves 
imparipinnate, glabrous, brightly green ; leaflets 5-7 opposite 
sub-coriaceous, without stipels, ovate, shortly acuminate, 2-5in. 
long. Flowers in simple, peduncled, axillary, pubescent racemes, 
nearly as long as the leaves, white and purple. Corolla gin., 
standard silky on the back. Stamens 10, the 10th filament 
free at the base, in the middle connate with the rest. Pod 
woody, glabrous, turgid indehiscent g-H n - thick, lj-2in. 
long, with a short decurved point. Seed 1, l£-2in. long, oily. 
Uses In Hindu medicine, the seeds are used as an external 
