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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
245. — A. malabarica, D. C. h.f.b.i., I. 518. 
Vern. of the resin : — Mudde-dhOpa, b&gfi-dhupa (Bom.); Peru, 
peru-marattup-pattai, maddi-pal (Tam.); Perumarum, pedda- 
manu-patta, maddi-palu (Tel.) : Mattip-pal (Mai.) ; Guggula- 
dhfip, ud (Mar.) ; Dhfip, baga-dhup (Kan.) ; Ladan (Dec.) 
Kumbalu, Walbilin (Sin.) 
Habitat : — Western Peninsula, in Canara. Ceylon low country 
of the moist regions. Cochin China. 
A lofty tree, with straight trunk and rough bark ; branch- 
lets, with. large closely placed leaf-scars. Young parts pubescent, 
with fine simple stellate hairs. Wood very light soft spongy. 
Leaves very large, l|-2ft., crowded, spreading, pinnate ; rachis 
cylindric, with a raised line along upper side, very finely stellate- 
pubescent, much thickened at base ; leaflets 16-20, distant, 
opposite or sub-opposite, shortly stalked, 3-5in., ovate-oblong, 
tapering, acute, unequal at base, with upper half larger and 
rounded, and lower half acute, entire, margin slightly reflexed, 
glabrous, glaucous beneath, rather thick. Flowers white, small ; 
the bisexual, rather larger than the male, numerous, pedicellate, 
in long, loose, stalked, axillary panicles. Calyx small, hairy, 
segments acute. Stamens exceeding petals. Ovary ovoid, glab- 
rous. Samara 2£-3in., flat, oblong, obtuse at both ends, 
papery, glabrous, with the seed about the middle. Seed much 
compressed, circular. 
Trimen says : “The bark is tonic and febrifuge. A 
brown, fragrant, resinous exudation is given by the inner bark, 
and is used in Dysentery as well as material for incense.” 
Parts used : — The bark, fruit and gum. 
Uses The bark is given in dyspepsia, and is also considered 
a valuable tonic and febrifuge. It yields a fragrant resin, 
which, reduced to powder, - mixed with milk and strained, is 
given in small doses in dysentery, and also in bronchitis, and 
is reputed to be an excellent remedy, chiefly owing to its 
balsamic properties. “ The fruit, triturated with mango, and 
mixed with rice, is reckoned useful in cases of ophthalmia, and 
the juice of the fresh bark, in 1 ounce doses with an equal 
