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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
the leaves — The Nitn or Margosa leaves, Eng. Nimb-ke-pat, 
nim-ka-patta, Rind. Nim-ke-patte, Dult. Vembu-ilai,veppam- 
ilai, Tam. Vepa-aku, Tel. Veppa ela, ariya-veppa-ela, Malyul. 
Bevina-yale, bevina-mara-yale, Kan. Nimpata, Beng. Limba- 
cha-pane, Mah. Liroba-un-pandru, Quz. Kohumba-kola; 
nimba-kola, Cing. Tamayo-e, Bur. Barge-azad-darakhte-hindi, 
barge-nib, Pers. Of the gnra — The Nira or Margosa gum, Eng. 
Nimb-ka-gond, nimb-ka-gond, Hind. Nim-bachk-gond, Duk. 
VAmbu-pishin, veppam-pishin, Tdm. Vepapi-sunu, Tel. Veppa- 
pasha, ariya-veppa-pasha, Malyal. Bevina-gondu, bevina-mara- 
gondu, Kan. Trimen — “ in Ceylon, in Sinhalase, Kohmba, 
Tamil, aVempu.” Nitn-lasa, Beng. Limba-che-gonda, Mah. 
Limba-nu-gundar, Guz. Kohumba-melliyam, nimba melliyam, 
Cing. Tama-si, tama- bin-si, Bur. Samaghe-nib, Samaghe- 
azad-darakhte-hindi, Pers. Of the toddy — The Nim or Margosa 
toddy, Eng. Nimb-kA-nira, Nimba-ka-nira, Hind. Nimba-chaA- 
nira, Duk. Veppam-kallu, Tam. Vepa-kallu, Tel. 
Vern. : — J. Indraji (Porebunder and Guj.) Limbdo. (Marathi) 
Kadu Nimb ; Nimba; (Hindi) Hiva Nim. Vempu (Tamil); 
Kohomba (Sinhalese). 
Habitat: — Common throughout India. 
.4 tall tree, with a straight trunk and long spreading 
branches. Altogether a very handsome, graceful, shady tree in 
the Deccan and the Concan, 40-50ft. Bark grey, with 
numerous scattered tubercles. Wood hard, close-grained ; 
sapwood grey, heart-wood red. Young parts glabrous- Leaves 
8-15in., rather crowded near the ends of branches, simply 
pinnate. Rachis 6-9 inches, says Trimen, glabrous. Leaflets 
2-8 pair and alternate, 1-3 by J-IJin., 9-15 pair, says Hiern ; 
opposite or alternate, very shortly stocked ; lanceolate, falcate, 
very unequal-sided, oblique at base, coarsely dentate-serrate, 
glabrous, pale green. Flowers small, in lax, narrow, axillary 
panicles, 5-8in. long; white, sweet-scented. Sepal rounded, finely 
ciliate ; staminal-tube dilated above, hairy within, teeth truncate, 
trifid, recurved. Anthers small, erect. Ovary 3-celled. Drupe 
oblong-ovoid f-fin., blunt, smooth. Fruit greenish yellow 
when ripe. Pulp scanty ; endocarp bony. Seed solitary. 
