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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
pubescent Leaves 6-12in. long, imparipinnate, somewhat 
crowded, spreading. Rachis pubescent. Leaflets 16-25, shortly 
stalked, l-2in., oval or oblong-ianceolate, very oblique at base, 
slightly caudate ; obtuse or emarginate, irregularly crenate, 
smooth above, pubescent beneath, the lower ones smaller and 
more rotundate. Corymbs in terminal panicles, penduncled, 
many-flowered ; petiole about T Vn. Flowers white, about Jinch, 
in much-branched, flattened tops ; “ in corymbose terminal 
cymes,” says Trimen. Bracts minute. Sepals small, acute, 
triangular, pubescent. Petals linear, oblong, erect, dotted with 
glands, glabrous, valvate. Stamens inserted on a fleshy disk. 
Filaments narrowed at top, ovary glabrous, without a gynophore, 
2-celled, with 1 (rarely 2) ovules in each cell. Style long, 
stigma large. Berry f-f in., nearly globular, apiculate, rough 
with glands, deep purple or black, when ripe, 2-seeded. The 
characteristic change in colour of the unripe berry from green 
to red, then purple, then black, when perfectly ripe, is very 
noteworthy. 
Parts used : — The bark, root and leaves. 
Uses : — The bark and root are used as stimulants by the 
native physicians. Externally, they are used to cure eruptions 
and the bites of poisonous animals. The green leaves are 
described to be eaten raw for the cure of dysentery ; they are 
also bruised and applied externally to cure eruptions (Roxb). 
An infusion of the toasted leaves is used to stop vomiting 
(Ainslie). In the Punjab, the leaves are applied to bruises 
(Stewart). In Bombay, the leaves are given in decoction with 
bitters as a febrifuge (Dymock.) The plant is noticed in the 
Indian Pharmacopoeia as having tonic and stomachic proper- 
ties. The root is slightly purgative (Watt). 
232. Limonia acidissima, Linn, h.f.b.i., 
i. 507. 
Syn . : — L. crenulata, Roxb. 364. 
Vem. : — Beli(H.); Belsion (Chutia Nagpur) ; Bhenta (Uriya); 
Keiri, Kara (Merwara); Ran limbu, naringi (Bomb.) Kawat, 
nai-bel (Mar.); Toralaga (Tel.); Nai-bel (Kan). 
