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132. Calophyllum inophyllum, Lin., h.f.b.i., 
i. 273, Roxb. 437. Alexandrian Laurel. 
Sans : — Punndga. 
Vern.: — Sultana cliampa, Surpan, surpunka until (H.); 
Sultan cliainp3, punn^g (B.) ; Polong punang, (Uriya; ; Surangi, 
purreya, duggerful, undi (Sind.) ; undi (Bomb.) ; Udi (Cutch.); 
Surfan, undi, surpanka (Dec.) ; Undi, undelar wundi, surangi, 
nagchampa, pumag, undag (Mar.) ; Biutango, puuna, Ponna 
(Mai.); Piunay, pungain, puniiaivirar, punnagam (Tam.) ; Puna, 
punds, ponna pumagamu, ponna-chettu, ponna-vittulu (Tel.) ; 
Wiima pinne, ponna bija(Kand 
Habitat : — Western Peninsula, Orissa and South India 
An evergreen, middle-sized, ornamental tree or shrub, 
glabrous. Buds only with minute rusty hairs. “ Bark grey or 
blackish brown, smooth. Wood reddish brown, moderately 
hard, close-grained. Pores moderate sized, arranged in groups 
or oblique strings. Medullary rays extremely fine and numerous, 
bent round the pores. Occasional interrupted concentric lines 
of darker, but softer tissue, prominent on all sections” (Gamble). 
Leaves elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, or obovate, coriaceous ; blade 
4-8iu., by 3-4in., Harrowed into petiole, J-l^-in. long, shining on 
both surfaces ; veins many fine. Flowers scented, pure white, 
fto liu. diam., in axillary racemes ; Racemes in upper axils loose, 
4-6in. long, shorter than the leaves, lax, few-flowered. Pedicels 
slender, 1-2 in. Petals 4, like the inner sepals. Stamens 
numerous ; filaments in 4 bundles. Rumphius and Blume 
say that the petals are sometimes 0-8. Ovary globose, stipitate ; 
style much exceeding the Stamens. Stigula peltate, lobed. 
Fruit yellow, round, 1 in. diam., smooth, pulpy. The seeds 
yield oil used for lamps ; often cultivated. 
Parts used : —The oil of the seeds, aud seeds. 
Uses : — The kernels of this tree yield a grateful-smelling 
fixed oil, held by the natives in high esteem as an external 
application in rheumatism. From the bark exudes a resinous 
substance, Tacamahaca, said to recemble myrrh, and to be a 
useful remedy for indolent ulcers. (Pharm. Indica.) 
