314 
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
Vern. : — Priyangu (B, H, Mar. and Sans.) 
Habitat : — Western Peninsula, from the Concan and 
Midnapore southwards. 
A large evergreen tree (near the coast in Kanara, a shrub). 
Bark light brown, smooth, peeling off in flat rectangular scales. 
Wood bright red, hard, very tough, close-grained, handsomely 
marked. Annual rings distinguished by a darker belt. Pores 
small, scanty, in narrow rings of whitish tissue which run 
concentrically and appear on a cross-section as narrow wavy 
lines. Medullary rays fine, numerous, evenly distributed ; the 
distance between them equal t,o or less than the diameter of the 
pores. Youngest shoots and inflorescences clothed with round 
peltate scales. Leaves 3-7in. Leaflets 1 j-4j by §-3in., glabrous 
opposite, pale beneath ; naked part of common petiole as long 
as the upper portion ; petiolules i l 0 to ^in. Flowers ^in. 
diarn. ; in. diam, says Brandis. Panicles rather supra- 
axillary, pyramidal ; elongate, pedicels short. Calyx dull yellow, 
often covered with stellate hairs. Petals yellow. Fruit iin. 
diam. ; buff-coloured, very minutely pilose. Seed ovoid, sur- 
rounded with a white thick, slighty acid edible pulp, embryo 
green, radicle minutely pilose. 
Use : — Said by the Sanscrit writers to be cooling, and 
useful in burning of the body and painful micturition. The 
fruit is described as sweet, astringent a nd tonic. (U. K. Dutt.) 
267. Amuora rohituka, W. and A. H. F. B. I., 
i. 559. 
Syn. : — Andersonia Rohituka, Roxb. 314. 
Sans. : — Rohitaka. 
Vern. : — Harin hara, harm khana (H.) ; Tikta-raj, pitraj 
(B.) ; Bandri phal (Nepal); Sohaga (Oudh) ; Sikru (Kol.); 
Tanga ruk (Lepcha) ; Lota amari, amora amari (Assam) ; 
Shem-maram (Tam. and Mai.) ; Chaw-a-manu, rohitakah (Tel.) 
Habitat : — Assam, Sylhet, Cachar, Oudh, Western Penin- 
ula, from Concan to Travancore. 
