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N. 0. STERCULIACEiE. 
178. Sterculia fcetida, Linn. H.F.B.I., I. 354, 
Roxb. 510. 
V 'em. : — Jangli-badam (H. and M.' ; Jungli-badam, pun 
(Bomb.) ; Kuo-mbad, virhoi (Goa) ; Goldaru, nagalkuda (M) ; 
Pinari, kuddurai-pudduki, kudra-plukku, pinari-inarum (Tam.) ; 
Gurapu-badam (Tel); Bhatala penari (Kan.) 
Habitat : — Western and Southern India, Burma, Ceylon. 
A large deciduous tree. Bark thin, white. Wood grey, 
spongy, soft. Branches whorled, horizontal. Leaves digitate, 
crowded at the ends of branches. Leaflets 7-9, elliptic lanceo- 
late, about 6 by 2in., pubescent when young, adult glabrous 
beneath. Petioles 3in. Stipules ensiform, caducous. Panicles 
erect, numerous-flowered, spreading (formed immediately under 
the leaves of the present year, Roxb.), branches glabrous, ulti- 
mate pedicels shorter than the flower, jointed in the middle. 
Bracteoles minute. Flowers polygamous, red, yellow or dull 
purple. Calyx deeply 5-parted, in. diam., dull orange 
coloured, eampanulate ; lobes oblong-lanceolate, spreading, vill- 
ous within, much longer than the tube. Anthers 12-15. Car- 
pels 5 downy ; style curved. Follicles as large as the fist, 
woody, scarlet, oblong, boat-shaped, shortly beaked, villous in- 
side, nearly glabrous outside. Seeds black, 10-15, in each follicle. 
Cotyledons thick, fleshy ; albumen 0. 
Flowers dull orange. Smelling most offensively, with the 
odour of carrion. The great pendulous bright red follicles gap- 
ing open and showing the black seeds which are very striking 
objects (Trimen). The seeds are eaten roasted. 
Parts used : — The leaves, seeds and follicles. 
Uses : — The leaves are considered as repellent and aperient. 
Loureiro informs us that the seeds are oily, and when swallow- 
ed incautiously they bring on nausea and vertigo. Horsfield 
adds that the capsule is mucilaginous and astringent. (Ainslie.) 
179. S. wrens, Roxb. h.f.b.i., i. 355, Roxb. 507. 
Vern. : — Gulu, kfilu, gular, buli (H.) ; Odla (Ass.) ; Pdnd- 
ruka, kindol, kar&i s&rdol, s&rdora (Bomb.) ; Makchund ; Gur- 
