N. O. LEGUMINOS/E. 
469 
relarala, rela-kayalu, suvarnam (Tel.); Konak-kayatMa.) ; Kakee 
(Kan.). 
A moderate-sized, deciduous tree, at times large, erect, 
glabrous in all its parts. Bark |in. thick, compact, greenish- 
grey and smooth when young, dark-reddish brown and rough 
when old, exfoliating in many-sided patches. Wood very hard ; 
sapwood large ; heart-wood varying in colour from grey or 
vellowish-red to brick-red, darkens much on exposure (Gamble). 
Youngest shoots silky. Branches slender. Leaves 1 2-1 Sin. 
long. Leaflets 4-8 pair, ovate or ovate-oblong, acute or shortly 
acuminate, base cuneate ; 2-5, l|-3|-in., sub-coriaceous, glabrous 
and bright-green above, pale, and more or less silvery-pubescent, 
particularly on nervation beneath ; lateral nerves numerous, 
branching; petiolules {-I’m. long; stipules minute-pubescent. 
Flowers large, fragrant, bright-yellow, in lax pendulous racemes, 
12-20in. long; Pedicels l|-2|in. long, pubescent, bracts 
minute, caducous. Calyx 4in. long, divided to the base; 
segments oblong, obtuse, puberulous. Corolla Hin across ; 
petils o-bovate, veined, shortly clawed. Stamens all antheri- 
fertms; 3 lower largest, with curved filaments, and oblong anthers, 
dehiscing longitudinally ; 4, with short filaments, the anthers 
dehiscing by basal-pores ; the remaining 3 short, anthers with- 
out pollen. Pod cylindrical, l-2ft. long, lin. thick, pendulous, 
smooth, shining, dark-brown indehiscent ; seeds numerous, 
horizontal, in black sweet pulp and completely separated by 
thin transverse dissepiments ; small, ovoid, slightly compressed, 
smooth, shining, yellowish-brown, cotyledons flat, albumen horny 
(Talbot). 
Parts used : — The pulp, root-bark, flowers, bark, leaves and 
roots. 
Uses:— in Hindu medicine, the pulp is used as a cathartic; 
and the root is also described as a laxative, useful in fever, heart 
disease, retained excretions, biliousness, &c. (Dutt). In the 
Makhzan-El-Adwiya, the pulp is described as lenitive, useful for 
relieving thoracic obstructions and heat of blood, and is a safe 
aperient for children and 'women. Externally, it fs said to be a 
good application for gout, rheumatism, &c. The flowers are 
