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INDTAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
Vern. — Drek, bakain, bakayan, betain, deikna, bakarja, 
mahanib (Hind.) ; Ghor&nim, maha-nim, (Beng.) ; Gara nim, 
(Kol.); Thamaga (Assam) ; Bakainu (Nepal) ; Bukain (N.-W. P.); 
Chein, kachen, bakain, dhek, drek, jek, seed = habbulban (Pb.) ; 
Bakyana, (Pushtu) ; Bakayun, drek (Sind.) Maha limbo, malla 
nim muhli, (C. P.) ; Gouri-nim, gouli-nim (Dec ) ; Nimb, maha- 
limbo, drek, bakayan, wilayati nim (Bomb.) ; Limbara bakana- 
nimb, wilayati-nimb (Mar.) ; Dek(Dun); Bakan litnbodo (Guz.) ; 
Malai, vembu, malai-veppam (Tam.); Taraka vepa, mak&nim, 
konda-vepa (Tel.) ; Bevu, chik bevu, hutchu bevu, kadbevina- 
mara, bettada-bevina (Kan.) ; Mullay vaempfl (Malay.); Ta-ma- 
ka, ka-ma-ka (Burm.) ; Maha-nimba, lunumidella (Sing.) ; 
Habul-bAn (Arab). 
J. Indraji : — (Porbunder and Guj.) Bakan, Bakan-limbdo ; 
(Marathi) Bakayin ; (Hind.) BakAyin. 
English — The Persian Lilac, Indian lilac, or Bead tree. 
A middle-sized, deciduous tree, young shoots and inflores- 
cence sparsely clothed with deciduous stellate hairs, heartwood 
light red ; annual rings marked by a belt of large vessels. 
Pinnate, 3-4 pair, more or less opposite. Leaflets 3-12, ovat - 
lanceolate, more or less deeply serrate, sometimes lobed. Flowers 
lilac, with a strong honey-scent. Staminal-tube purple, |in. 
long, teeth 20-30, linear; anthers glabrous, shorter than, or as 
long as the teeth. Stigma clavate, 5-toothed. Drupe yellow, 
when ripe 3-4in. long. 
Uses. — “ Hindu writers on Materia Medica-seem to have 
almost entirely neglected the Persian Lilac in favour of their 
own nim. It has, however, long been used by the 'Arabs and 
Persians, who brought a knowledge of its virtues with them 
into India. They consider the root-bark, fruit, flowers, and 
leaves to be hot and dry, and to have deobstruent, resolvent, and 
alexipharmic properties. Thus, the flowers and leaves are 
applied as a poultice to relieve nervous headaches. The juice 
of the leaves, administered internally, is said to be anthelmintic, 
antilithic, diuretic, and emmenagogue, and is thought to relieve 
cold swellings, and expel the humors which give rise to them” 
(Dymock). 
