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continued and intermittent fevers. They have also been found 
useful in some cases of asthma.” 
In Madras, an ointment is made from the powdered seeds 
with castor oil and applied externally in hydrocele and orchitis 
(Watt, ii 406.) 
In Malay, the young leaves are used in intermittent fevers 
and for expelling intestinal worms 'Dr. Ch. Rice, Watt. ii. 5). 
The seeds are officinal in the Indian Pharmacopoeia, and 
useful in malarial fevers 
In disorders of the liver, the tender leaves are considered 
very efficacious (T. N. Mukerji). 
In Cochin China, the leaves are reckoned as a de-obstruent 
and emmenagogue and that an oil expressed from them is useful 
in convulsions, palsy and similar complaints (Drury). 
The seeds of Ocesalpina bonducella yield an alkaloid, for which the 
name natin is suggested. The oil has Hi 7 0 9132, iodine value 96’ 1, and 
saponification value 292‘8. 
J. Ch. I. 15-41912, p. 857. 
410. C. bonduc, Roxb. h.f.b.i., ii. 255, Roxb. 
358. 
Habitat : — The Eastern and Western Peninsulas. 
Very near C. Bonducella, Fleming , from which it differs 
by its more robust, less downy branches, larger leaflets (often 
2-3in. long), the absence of the reduced stipular pinna, by its 
smaller erect, not squarrose, bracts and more tropical dispersion 
(J. G. Bakes). 
Uses : — The seeds of this are of a yellow color. Messrs Haeckel 
and Schlagendenhauffen have obtained from the cotyledons of 
both kinds a bitter principle as a white powder. Clinical experi- 
ence is reported to have proved beyond doubt that this bitter 
principle represents the therapeutic properties of the seed, and 
Dr. Isnard reports that in doses of 10 to 20. centigrams its effects 
in intermittent fever equal those of the salts of quinine. (Ph. 
Journal, July 31st, 1886, pp. 8 and 12 ) 
411. C. Nuga, Ait, h.f.b.i., ii. 255. 
Syn. : — C. paniculata, Roxb. 358. 
Vem. : — Kaku mflllu (Mai.). 
