N. O. MELIACJEjE. 
315 
A middle-sized evergreen tree, with a heavy crown. “ Bark 
thin, grey. Wood reddish, close and even-graiued, hard ; pores 
small and moderate-sized. Medullary rays moderately broad, 
uniform and equidistant, distantly visible on radial section. 
Pores joined by reddish, soft, wavy, concentric lines. The 
concentric bands in this species are remarkable ” (Gamble). 
Youngest shoots pubescent. Leaves l-3ft. . Leaflets 9-15, 3-9in. 
by l 1 -4in., more or less elliptic or ovate, acuminate, opposite, 
base usually obtuse, shortly petiolulate ; secondary nerves 
prominent beneath. Flowers white, bracteate, subsessile. 
Trimen says, yellow. Panicles spicate, male branched, female 
simple, solitary much shorter than the leaves ; or branched (W. 
P. Hiern). Male flowers 1 , female Jin. long. Calyx 5-partite ; 
petals 3, anthers 6, attached to the tube at its base. Staminal- 
tube 6-toothed. Ovary sessile, short ; style short, stigma 
trigonous, angles opposite the Calyx-lobes. Fruit globose, 
yellow or reddish when ripe, 1-lJin. diam., smooth, 3-celled, 
3-valved, pericarp coriaceous. Seed one, oblong^ with a scarlet 
arillus. • The Beeds supply an economic oil. 
Trimen — Sinhalese name, Hingul ; found in Ceylon in 
most regions up to about 3000ft. 
Parts used : — The bark and seed. 
Use : — The bark of this plant is used as an astringent 
(Watt). The ripe seeds yield an oil which is used as a 
stimulating liniment in rheumatism (D. Basu)— Watt’s Dictio- 
nary. 
The seeds spherical, brownish black with a pale brown hilum, and con- 
sisted of a thin brittle husk whioh adhered to the kernel. Weight of 1 seed 
about 0-7 grin. 
Two samples of seed contained 42-5 and 43-5 per cent, of oil respectively. 
The oil is viscous, clear, and yellow brown ; it has an unpleasant smell 
and bitter taste. Sp. gr. at 15'’ C. 0-929—0-931 ; Saponification value, 193-0 — 
192-3; Iodine value, 131-7— 102-5; Hehner value, 92-4 ; unsaponifiable matter, 
1-2 per cent ; Rechert-Meissl value 1-2 ; Solidif pt, of fatty acids (titer test), 
32-40 C 
The Oil is suitable for Soap-Making. The residual cake could be used 
only as Manure on account of its bitter taste, 
(Bull. Imp. Inst. 1913). 
