K. 0. SIMARUBE*’,. 
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paper. Leaves generally approximate at the ends of thick 
short arrested branchlets, obovate, almost sessile, the tapering 
base entire, the upper part toothed. On luxuriant shoots the 
leaves are distant, trifoliate, the lateral leaflets small. Flowers 
unisexual, subsessile, 2 or 3 together. Petal 4-5, strap-shaped. 
Stamens 8-10, alternately longer. Drupe red, when ripe. 
Part used : — The gum. 
Use : — “ It is used in Native medicine as a demulcent, aperi- 
ent, carminative, and alterative ; especially useful in nervous 
diseases, scrofulous affections, urinary disorders and skin- 
diseases, and is used in the preparation of an ointment for bad 
ulcers.” (Watt . 
“Applied as a hot paste to incipient abscesses, as an absorb- 
ent. Is used as an expectorant. Aphrodisiac according to 
Sk. Boali-Saina. Applied locally as a paste in haemorrhoids.” 
(Dr. Emerson.) 
“ Held in highest repute in the treatment of rheumatism, 
given internally and .applied locally ” (Surgn. Robb.) — Watt, 
i. 367. 
255. B. Boxburghii, Am. h.f.b.i., i. 529. 
Syn. : — Amyris commiphora, Roxb. 323. 
Vern. : — Gugala (B.) ; Gugal, mahishabola (Bom.) ; Gugar 
(Sind.) ; Kookul (Tam.). 
Habitat : — Eastern Bengal, Sylhet and Assam. 
Spinescent says Brandis. Branches spiny, (says Alfred 
W. Bennett in Hooker.) Leaves 3-foliate, terminal leaflet very 
finely serrulate, lateral leaflets very small. 
Use: — The gum resin is also used medicinally like other 
species of Balsamodendron. 
Balsamodendron Roxburghii, which, when broken, or braised, diffuses a 
grateful fragrance, like that of the finest myrrh, yet that “ the juice never 
congeals, but is carried off by evaporation, leaving little or nothing behind; 
and all that! he (Dr. Royle) could ever procure was a very minute portion of 
gummy matter, which certainly resembles myrrh both in smell and appear- 
ance, but has no tendency to be even tenacious or elastic.” 
