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subject, Mr. Jacobs, states that, when prepared in .March or 
April while the sap is ascending, unpleasant effects have been 
observed, such as stupor, dilatation of the pupil, &c., which 
symptoms, however, pass off without perceptible injury to the 
system. There appears little doubt that, if given in large doses, 
the bark, leaves, and fruits are all toxic, producing narcotism 
followed by death. Dr. Burton Brown (Punjab Poisons) records 
a case in which a European girl ate the berries, became insen- 
sible and died. Descourtilz says that six to eight seeds cause 
nausea, spasm and choleraic symptoms, sometimes followed by 
death” (Watt). 
Margosa Oil. 
This oil is obtained from the seeds of Melia uzedarach: 
It has a Sp. Gr. of 0‘9028 ; at 04740° ; Saponification nnmber, 196'9 ; iodine 
number, 62. The oil is solid at the ordinary temperature. 
264. M. dubia, Cav, h. f. b. i., i. 545. 
Syn. : — M. Superba, Roxb ; M. Robusta, Roxb. 369. 
Vern. : — Nimbara, limbada (Bomb.) 
The fruit, kala khajur, kuaru khajur (Bomb.) ; Dingkur- 
long (Assam) ; Lapshi (Nepal) ; Kadu khajur (Guz.) ; Mallay 
vembu (Tam.) ; Bevu, letta-beru, kad-bevu, Karibevin, ara-bevu 
(Kam. 
Habitat : — Wild and cultivated in the Eastern and West- 
ern Peninsulas. 
A very large handsome tree, deciduous, very fast-growing. 
Bark smooth, dark brown or dark purplish brown, thin. 
Wood soft, sapwood grey, heartwood reddish white. Young 
parts stellate-mealy. Leaves crowded, very large, l-3ft. or 
more, bi-or somewhat — tripinnate, pinnae 3-6 pair, distant, 
opposite or nearly so ; leaflets 2-5 pair, in each pinna and a 
terminal one, stalked, oval or ovate, slightly oblique at base, 
acuminate, coarsely shallowly crenate, the lowest often again 
pinnate, glabrous ; rachis cylindric, glabrous, dilated at base. 
Corymbose panicles numerous, 4-8in. long. Peduncle axillary, 
stellate-scurfy. Calyx-segments lanceolate, acute, stellate-mealy. 
Petals white, linear-oblong, obtuse reflexed, stellate-mealy 
