754 
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
The following physical and chemical characters were obtained of the fat : 
Specific gravity at 100°, 0'9I29 ; acid value, 45%5 ; saponification value, 213‘9 ; 
Reichert-Meissl value, 10'6 ; titration number of insoluble volatile acids, 
TTJ KOH 0'68 ; iodine value, 66*5 ; unsaponiflable matter, 1'56. Butyro-refrac- 
tometer at 25° C., Degrees 73*5 ; at 40°, 87. Fatty acids : per cent. 89’4 ; 
melting point, 35° ; iodine value, 08 - ll ; neutralisation value, 202 06. Mean 
molecular weight, 277 6. (A. K. Menon.) 
725 — M. hexandra, Roxb., h.f.b.i., iii. 549 ; 
Roxb. 318. 
Syn. : — M. indica, A. Do. 
Sans. : — Rdjadani. 
Vern .: — Khirni (H.) ; Kbirkhejur (B.) ; Ranjana, rdini (M.) 
R4jan ; Kherni (Bomb.) ; Palla (Tam.). 
Habitat: — Deccan Peninsula, extending North to Guzerat, 
Banda and the Circars. 
A large or small, evergreen tree, sometimes shrub only, often 
gregarious. Trunk erect, the branches forming a large shady 
head. Bark grey, smooth, when young, often studded 
with branchlets and clusters of leaves, which degenerate 
into hard, conical, thorn-like protuberances. Wood red, very 
hard, close and even-grained ; in Ceylon, dark, vinous-red, 
purplish-black (Brown), (Gamble). Leaves wholly glabrous, 
shining, generally crowded at the ends of branchlets, ovate- 
oblong, obtuse, emarginate, 2-4in. long, lf-2in. broad, base 
cuneate or rhomboid, coriaceous, nerves obscure. Petiole 
1-fin., pedicels 2-5 together, nearly glabrous, f-f in., clusters sub- 
terminal and along the branches, often dense. Flowers fin. 
across, white or pale-yellow. Calyx-lobes 6, J-jlin., elliptic, 
subacute, obscurely tomentose, or nearly glabrous. Corolla fin. 
long. Stamens 6-8, anthers acute, as long as the filaments. 
Staminodes 6-8, serrate or lobed, glabrous, frequently bifid. 
Ovary 12-celled, hairy. Berry Jin. long., fin. broad. 1-some- 
times, 2-seeded ; yellow when ripe, edible, rather sticky. Seeds 
yield an oil, says Gamble. 
Uses : — The bark is used medicinally and is exactly similar 
to that of M. elengi. “ The bark is much sought -after for 
medicinal purposes and trees are often, greatly injured thereby.” 
(Duthie). 
