N. 0. SP0TACE.E. 
755 
la the Concan, the milky juice, made into a paste with the 
leaves of Cassia fistula and seeds of Calophyllum inophyllum, 
is applied to boils. The juice of a Loranthus, which grows 
upon the tree, is extracted by heat and given with long-pepper 
in cramp (Dymock). 
The oil is used tor medicinal purposes. It is yellowish and non-drying^nd 
deposits white fats at 30°. The specific gravity' at 40° is 0'905, and the acid 
value, 25. The constants are : saponification value, 195 '4 ; iodine value, 72-5 ; 
Reichert-Meissl value, 017. Fatty acids and unsaponifiable, 95 ; melting 
point, 38° ; neutralisation value, 200'5 ; iodine value, 75.6. 
726 . M. Kauki, Linn, h.f.b.i., iii. 549 ; Roxb. 
318 . 
Sans : — Ksheerika. 
Vern . : — Ksheerni (B) ; Kheeri, Chirui (H.) ; Manilkara 
(Mai.) ; Adoma (Goa) ; Kanki (Mar.). 
Halitat : — Occasionally planted as far west as Hoshiarpore, 
Multan, Lahore, and Eminabad, near Gujranwala. Native of 
Burma and Malacca, grows in Ratnagiri and Ghatkoper. 
A large tree. Leaves 4. by 2in., obtuse or scarcely acute, 
obovate-elliptic, or obovate, densely silky, white beneath, base 
cuneate, nerves obscure. Petiole 1-1’in Pedicels lin., densely 
clustered near the ends of the branches, cinnamoneous-tomentose. 
Calyx-lobes 6, Rn., ovate, subacute, brown, tomentose. Corolla 
|in. long, lobes narrow acute. Stamens 6-8. Staminodes 6-8, 
serrate or lobed. Berry f-lin., globose smooth. Seeds usually 
3-4. 
Uses : — The seeds made into powder are used in ophthalmia, 
and also employed internally as a tonic and febrifuge ; and the 
root is officinal at Lahore (Stewart). The seeds are considered 
hot and moist, and are prescribed in leprosy, thirst, delirium 
and disorders of the many secretions. They are also con- 
sidered anthelmintic iBaden-Powell). 
The fruit is very sweet and pleasant. The milk of the tree 
is used in inflammation of ear and conjunctivitis, &c. (Dr. 
Emerson). 
The root arn^ bark are believed to be astringent and given 
in infantile diarrhoea, after being ground with water and mixed 
