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obovate. Stamens 20, connate at the base, 15 fertile in groups 
of 5 each, alternating with 5 staminodes, which are nearly as 
long as the petals. Anthers 2-celled, extrorse ; style entire, 
twisted ; Stigmas 5. Capsule subglobose, bristly, half the length 
of the persistent Calyx, 5-valved, dividing longitudinally. Seeds 
8-12, 2-seriate in each cell ; not winged. Cotyledons plaited, 
2-partite. 
Parts used : — The fruit and root. 
Uses : — The fruit is officinal on account of its mucilaginous 
properties. The root is employed as a medicine by the Santals 
(Revd. A. Campbell). 
185 . Eriolcena quinquelocularis, Wight. 
H.F.B., I. 371 . 
Vern : — Bhawat (Chutia Nagpur). 
Habitat : — Behar ; Western Peninsula, chiefly on the west 
side, from Bombay southwards; Chutia Nagpur ; Nilghiri Mts. 
Belgaum Ghats (S. Mahratta country), Coimbatore. 
A tree, herbaceous portions stellate hairy. Leaves round- 
ish, toothed, apex acute, shortly acuminate, base cordate, 2£-3 
in., each way, palmately-7-nerved, thinly stellately hairy or 
glabrascent above, whitish and softly pubescent beneath. 
Petioles 2in. Bracteoles a little distant from the flower, minute, 
caducous, entire or lobed. Cymes at end of branches ; peduncles 
longer than the leaves ; stellate-hairy. Pedicels shorter than 
the flower, jointed above the middle. Flower-buds ovate, oblong. 
Sepals fin. Petals equalling sepals ; claw broad, pubescent. 
Column as long as the petals. Stigma revolute, 5-10-lobed. 
Style hairy. Capsule lfin., oblong, pointed, 5-10-valved ; 
valves not tubercled, usually villous at the angles. Seeds 
numerous. Flowers in J uly and August. 
Use : -Poultice of root heals wounds (J. J. Wood’s Plants 
of Chutia Nagpur, p. 85). 
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