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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
Sirisha (B); Sirasa, shirrus, suri, (Sind); Vaghe, kat vaghe (Tam.) ; 
Dira san (Tel.) ; Chapot siris (Santal) ; Tinia (Uriya) ; Kalbaghi, 
bengha, dirisana, goddahunse (Kan) ; Cbicbola, mothSsiras 
(Mar.) ; Doli, saras (Panch mahals) ; Pilo sarshio (Guz.l. 
Habitat : — From tropical Himalayas throughout India. 
A large, deciduous, unarmed tree. Bark brownish grey, 
rough, with numerous short irregular oiacks. Wood hard ; sap- 
wood large, white or yellowish ; heart-wood dark-brown, streaked 
with lighter or darker streaks. Leaves with glabrous or 
downy rachises and a gland near the base of the main petiole ; 
pinnaj 4-8, with or without a gland between the lowest. Leaf- 
lets short-stalked, rigidly sub-coriaceous, obliquely-oblong, lfin. 
long, glabrous or finely grey, downy ; mid-rib prominent ; reti- 
culate veins, nearly as prominent as secondary nerves. Flower- 
heads many, large, white, fragrant, on penduncles, 2-4in. long, in 
fascicles of 2-4 from the upper axils, forming short corymbose 
racemes. Flowers lfin. long to the extremity of stamens ; 
pedicels very nearly as long as Calyx. Galyx half the length 
of Corolla. Corolla greenish yellow, fin. ; teeth short, lanceo- 
late. Style filiform. Pods thin, straw-coloured strap-shaped, 
firm, yellow-brown, dehiscent, 8-12 by l-2in., 6-10-seeded. 
Parts used : — The seeds, bark, flowers and leaves. 
Uses : — The seeds form part of an anjan used for ophthalmic 
diseases (Stewart). The oil extracted from them is considered 
useful in leprosy. The bark is applied to injuries to the eye, 
(Madden.) 
The bark and seeds are astringent, given in piles, diarrhoea, 
etc. The flowers are used as a cooling medicine, and also 
externally applied in boils, eruptions and swellings. The 
leaves useful in ophthalmia (Baden-Powell’s Punj. Products, 
p. 345). 
“ Powdered seeds have been successfully administered in cases 
of scrofulous enlargement of the glands. A paste of powdered 
seeds and water is useful as a local application at the same 
time (Asst-Surg. Gholam Nabi). “ The powder of the root- 
bark is used to strengthen the gums when they are spongy 
and ulcerative (Native-Surgeon, R. Moodeliar, Madras). 
