N. O. APOOYNAOE*. 
799 
A small, deciduous tree. Bark Jin. thick, grey, corky. Wood 
white, moderately hard, even-grained. Twigs glabrous, pubes- 
ulous. Leaves membranous, elliptic-ovate or lanceolate or ovate- 
oblong, obtusely acuminate or caudate, 3-5 by 1-1 Jin. ; nerves 
6-12 pair, faint till the leaves are old, then strong beneath, base 
acute or rounded ; petiole very short. Cymes sometimes 5in. 
diam., with slender, spreading, dichotomous branches; bracts 
minute. Flowers white or cream-coloured, J-fin. diam. Sepals 
ovate-obtuse. Corolla-lobes linear-oblong. Scales linear, scattered. 
Stamens large. Follicles 6-8in. long or more, cylindric, slender, 
smooth, tips adhering. Seeds J-fin., glabrous, except for the 
coma, linear. 
Uses: — The root-bark and seeds are adulterated with, and 
also used as substitutes for Holarrhena antidysenterica. 
“ The bark may be distinguished from the true Conessi 
(Holarrhena antidysenterica) bark by its darker color, and by 
its not exfoliating in patches (absence of rhytidoma); the seeds 
by their want of bitterness. The bark is used as a tonic and 
the seeds as an aphrodisiac ; both are articles of commerce, the 
former being more frequently met with in the shops than true 
Conessi bark.” (Pharmacographia Indica, Vol. II, p. 398). 
761. W. tomento$a, Rcem. and Schult., h.f.b.i., 
iii. 653. 
Syn. Nerium tomentosum, Roxb. 243. 
V ern. : — Dudhi, dharauli, daira, Kala inderjau (H.) ; Dudh- 
koraiza ( B.) ; Sandi-kya (Kol.) ; Atkura, burn mucbkunda 
(Santal) ; Dudhi, kildwa, keor (Pb.) ; Dudhi, kadu-inderjao, 
daira (Bomb.) ; Kalu mderjau (Mar.) ; Tdlla pal, koila mukri, 
koyila mokiri, putta jilledu, pedda pdla (Tel.) Bile kude, gidda 
(Kan). 
Habitat : — Throughout India, extending in the Sub-Himala- 
yau tracts Westward. Eastward to Sikkim. In Dun and 
Saharanpur Forests. Rajputana plentiful on the Hill Road to 
Mount Abu, in fruit, in November. Behar, Assam, Chittagong, 
Burma, Ceylon. 
