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single or in radial strings of 2-4. Medullary rays short, white, 
numerous, the distance between them about equal to the 
diameter of the pores. Annual rings, marked by the darker 
autumn wood, with few pores” (Gamble). Branches opposite. 
J. D. Hooker says that the wood has broad septate pith, and the 
leaves are 5-merous-foliate ; petiole not winged. “ The 
prickly stem resembles that of the Bombax. Leaves l-l|ft., 
clustered at the ends of the branches, equally or unequally 
pinnate ; petiole unarmed. Leaflets opposite, 3-5in., with short 
partial petioles, recurved, ovate-oblong or lanceolate, caudate- 
acuminate, upper base, rounded, lower narVow and ending in 
the costa, nerves 10-12 on the upper half, fewer on the lower. 
Flowers yellow, in large terminal panicles ” (Brandis). J. D. 
Hooker says : “ Cymes terminal, very large, glabrous. Some- 
times lfft. broad; branches opposite, angled; bracts minute 
caducous.” Flowers 4-merous, £in. diam. Petals valvate. Ovary 
globose. Ripe carpels solitary, the size of a pea, tubercled. 
Seed subglobose, blue-black. The unripe carpels taste like 
orange peel, the seeds like black pepper. 
Parts used : — The carpels, oil, bark and root-bark. 
Uses : — The fruit is used for its aromatic and stimulant pro- 
perties. The Mohamedan physicians consider it to be hot 
and dry, and to have astringent, stimulant and digestive pro- 
perties. They prescribe it in dyspepsia arising from atrabilis ; 
also in some forms of diarrhoea. The root-bark is reputed in 
Goa to be purgative of the kidneys. The fruit with ajwan seeds 
is powdered, steeped in water and distilled, and the distillate 
given as a remedy for cholera. In rheumatism, the fruit is 
given in honey (Dymook.) 
The bark and root-bark are also probably equally valuable. 
The essential oil is used for cholera (Watt.) 
227. Z. Budrunga, Wall, h.f.b.i., i. 495. 
Si in. : — Fagara Budrunga, Roxb. 140. 
Vern. : — Budrung (Hin.) ; Brojonali (Assam). 
Habitat: — Tropical Himalaya, Kumaon, forests of Sylliet, 
the Khasia Mountains, Chittagong, and Martaban. 
