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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
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507. B. acutangula, Gaertn. h.f.b.i., ii. 508; 
Roxb. 440. 
Habitat : — Very common, from the Himalaya throughout 
India; no tree is more plentiful in the plains of Bengal. 
Fern. Hijgal, samundar-phal, panniari, in gar (H.) ; Hijal, 
samandar (B.) ; Kinjolo (Uriya), Hindol (Ass.); Ijar (Monghyr) ; 
Hinjal (Santal) ; Saprung (Kol.) ; Batta, kurpa, kadamic (Tel.) ; 
Hole kanva (Kan.) ; Ingar, ijal, samundar-phal, kana-pachethi 
(Bomb.) ; Piwar, newar, tiwar, datte-phal (Mar.) ; Samudra phula 
(Cutch) ; Niwar (Concan) ; Sjeria-samstravadi (Mai.) 
A middle-sized, evergreen, glabrous tree. Bark ^in. thick, 
dark-brown, rough. Wood white, shining, soft, even-grained. 
Leaves obovate or oblanceolate, minutely denticulate ; blade 
2-5in-long, narrowed into petiole, £-£in. long. Flowers red, |in. 
across, in long, slender, pendulous racemes G-loin. long. Calyx- 
segments rounded, ciliate. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit oblong, bluntly 
quadragular, l^-l|in. long, crowned by the persistent calyx lobes. 
Uses. — The root is bitter and supposed to be similar to Cin- 
chona in its properties. It is also held to be cooling and aperi- 
ent. The seeds are very warm and dry, used as an aromatic in 
colic and in parturition, also in ophthalmia (Watt). Consid- 
ered by the natives of Bombay to be warm and stimulating and 
emetic, often prescribed alone or in combination with other 
medicines as an external application in colds. A few grains 
often given as an emetic to children suffering from catarrh, and 
seldom fail to induce vomiting (Dymock). The kernels pow- 
dered and prepared with sago and butter are said to be used in 
diarrhoea (Watt). The juice of the leaves is given in dirrahoea. 
The powdered seeds are used as suuff in headache (U. C. Dutt.) 
The fruit rubbed in water is administered as an emetic (Lisboa). 
508. Careya grborea, Roxb., h.f.b.i,, ii. 511, 
Roxb., 447. 
Sans. — Kumbhi. 
Vern. — Kumbi, vakamba, kutnbh, (H. and Pb.) ; Kumbha, 
kumbhasala, kembya, vakumbha (Mar.) ; Gummar (Gond.) ; 
