N. O. SAPOTACE®. 
747 
721. Bassia latifolia, Roxb., h.f.b.i., hi. 544 ; 
Roxb. 411. 
Sans. : — Madhuka. 
Fern.: — Mahwd, mahud, mahula, maul (H. and B.) ; Moha 
(Uriya) ; Mandukum (K61.); Matkom (Santal.) ; Mahuri (Bhil) ; 
IrCip, irrip, irhu (Gond.) ; Mohu (Kurku) ; Mova, mahua, moha 
(Bom.); Mahuda or Mahura (Guz.) ; Mowda, randcha-mdhdcha- 
jh£da, ran4cha-ipp6cha-jh&da, moho, maod&, mohS. (Mar.) ; Illupi, 
elupa, kit illipi, kathi-iluppai, kittu-iluppai, kattu-irrupai 
(Tam.) ; Ippi, ippa, yeppa, adavi-ippe-chettu (Tel.) ; Hogue, 
hippe, kadu-ippe-gida (Kan.) ; Poonam, kittrippa banam (Mala). 
Eng . : — The Butter or Hahui tree. 
Habitat: — Throughout Central India, from West Bengal to 
the Western Ghauts ; also wild in the Kumaon Terai. 
A large, evergreen tree, says Gamble ; “ Deciduous, ” says 
Kanjilal ; usually with a short trunk and rounded crown, young 
shoots, young leaves, stipules and pedicels tawny tomentose. 
Bark Jin. thick grey, or blackish with vertical cracks, the inner 
portion reddish or milky, exfoliating in thin scales. Wood from 
hard to very hard ; sapwood large ; heartwood reddish-brown. 
Branches many, spreading, forming a close symmetrical head. 
Leaves firm, clustered near ends of branches, 5-9in. long, 
elliptic or oblong elliptic; main lateral nerves 10-12 pair, base 
cuneate, petiole l-l£in. long. Stipules subulate, pubescent, soon 
falling. Flowers in dense clusters at the ends of branches, 
pedicels l-2in. long. Calyx fin., divided nearly to the base, 
coriaceous, segments 4-5, densely tomentose outside. Corolla 
fin. long, cream-coloured, fleshy, juicy, sweet, early caducous, 
tube ovoid, lobes short, erect, 7-4, usually 8-9, stamens 24-26, 
anthers subsessile, hairy at the back, inserted in 3 series inside 
the Calyx-tube. Ovary hirsute ; style lin. or more in length, 
hairy at the base. Berry ovoid, fleshy, green, l-2in. lpng, 
1-4-seeded, seeds £-lin. long. 
Use : — The flowers yield a distilled spirit, which is described 
by Sushruta as heating, astringe nt, tonic and appetising. The 
flowers are regarded as cooling, tonic and nutritive. They 
