N. O. MALVAOH®. 
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Use : — In Ceylon it is valued as a febrifuge (Dutliie’s 
Flora Upper Gangetic Plain, Vol. I, p. 89). 
164. H. cannabinus, Linn., h.f.b.i., i. 339. 
Roxb. 528. 
Sans.: — MAchikA, Plialfnnla, Rajjuda-AmbashtA, AmbalikA. 
Ndli ; garmikura. 
Vern. : — San. (H.) ; Mesta-pat (B.) ; Ambidi (Dee.); 
Palungu (Tam.) ; Gbongu-kuru. (Tel.); Dare kudrum (Santal.) ; 
kanuriya (Orissa); kudrum (Behar) ; Sajjado (Sind).; Pim- 
drike gida, holada (Kan.). 
(Porebunder and Guj.) Bbindi Amboi ; (Marathi) A mb Adi ; 
(Hindi) PAtsan AmbAr?. (J. Indraji.) 
Habitat Generally cultivated; apparently wild east of 
the Northern Ghauts. 
An annual or perennial herb. Stem glabrous, prickly. 
Lower leaves entire, cordate, upper deeply palmately-lobed, lobes 
narrow serrate ; mid-nerve glandular beneath. Petiole prickly, 
lower much larger than the blade. Stipules linear, pointed. 
Peduncles very short, axillary. Bracteoles 7-10, linear, shorter 
than the Calyx. Sepals bristly, lanceolate, connate below the 
middle, with a gland at the back of each. Corolla large, spread- 
ing, yellow with a crimson centre. Capsule globose, pointed 
bristly. Seeds nearly glabrous. All parts agreeably acid. 
Parts used: — The seeds, leaves and juice. 
Use:— The seeds are used as an external application to 
pains and bruises, and are said r,o be .aphrodisiac and fatten- 
ing. 
One tola of the juice of the flowers, with sugar and 
black pepper is a popular remedy for biliousness with acidity 
(Dymock). The leaves are purgative. 
. 165. H. Sabdariffa, Linn., h.f.b.i., i. 340. 
Vern. : — Lal-ambadi, Patwa (H. Bomb. I; Mesta, (B); LA1- 
ambadi (Sind.); Sivappu-kaslmrnk-kai (Tam.); Erra-gom-kaya 
(Tel.); Polechi (Mai); Arak kud rnmi, togat. arak. (Santal.); 
Pulachakin, pundibija (Kan.). 
