752 
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
exserted, linear-lanceolate, subsessile, hairy at the back. Ovary 
7-9-celled. Berry 1 by fin., ovoid, smooth, green, fleshy, 1-2 
or 3-seeded. Seeds £-lin. long. 
Uses : —It is used as an ointment in cases of rheumatism. 
The butter is an excellent emollient for chapped hands, &c., 
during the winter months. It seems deserving of further 
attention (Watt, I 406). 
The kernels yield from 60 to 65 per cent, of fat. The fat has a whitish 
colour and agreeable odour, and is used for edible purposes. It has been 
recommended for the preparation of ointments. The constants are : Specific 
gravity at 100°, 0-86—089; melting point, 39°; saponification value, 190 to 194; 
iodine value, 41 to 42; Reichert-Meissl value, 0-44 to 125. Fatty acids 
about 95 per cent., melting at 51° to 53". The fat consists of the glycerides 
of oleic and palmitic acids and a small amount of phytosterol. 
724. Mimusops Elengi, Linn., h.f.b.i., hi. 548; 
Roxb. 318. 
Sans. : — Vakula. 
Fern: — Bakul (Beng.) ; Molsarl (Hind.); Gholsari, bhblsari 
(Dec.) ; Mogadam (Tam.) ; Pogada-manu (Tel.); Elangi (Mai.) ; 
Bakuli, ovali (Bom.). Buckhul ; ranjal (Kan.). 
Habitat : — Deccan and Malay Peninsulas, frequently culti- 
vated in North India. 
A large, ornamental, glabrous, evergreen tree, 50ft. Bark 
dark-grey, rough, deeply cracked, with vertical or transverse 
fissures ; wood very hard, close and even-grained. Sapwood 
reddish-brown; heartwood dark-red. Leaves 31 by lfin., ellip- 
tic, shortly acuminate, base rhomboid, nerves slendet, numer- 
ously horizontal, scattered, shining. Petioles fin., youngest 
shoots, pedicels and outside of the calyx, with very short 
rusty pubescence. Flowers white, very fragrant, nearly lin., 
across, pedicles l-|in. Calyx segments 8. Corolla decidu- 
ous, leaves in 2 series, 16-20, narrow, lanceolate stamens 
8, usually ; staminodes 8, short, densely hairy on the back, 
acute, serrate or subentire. Berry 1-seeded, |-lin., ovoid, 
yellow. The fragrant smell of the Corolla persistent long after 
it dries. 
