N. 0. BOARGINEJJ. 
859 
Use -. — It is used like C. obliqua, Willd. 
Ohemical composition.— The pulp of the fruit of 0. obliqua freed from seeds 
had the following composition 
Moisture 
per cent. 
... 1285 
Extracted by hot water 
... 04-25 
Sugar (by copper estimation) 
... 2976 
Acidity neutralizing Na HO 
... 0-28 
Alkalinity of ash as KBO ..» 
... 800 
Total ash 
... 8-85 
Ash in insoluble residue 
... 1-52 
Tfre alcoholic extract solution in water gave no indication of an alkaloid, 
and was not rendered turbid with lime water. Sebesten plums appear to have 
properties similar to prunes, as they exert a gentle laxative action when 
taken in any quantity. 
A decoction of the bark of 0. Myxa was not affected by iodine solution, 
and was only slightly turned green by ferric chloride. The alcoholic extract 
contained some white, transparent crystals belonging to the square prismatic 
system. They had no peculiar taste, were neutral in reaction and unaffected 
by alkaloidal reagents and the stronger mineral acids. The aqueous extract 
was dark-coloured, free from bitterness, and substance like cathartin was 
precipitated from it by six volumes of alcohol. Nothing was found in the 
bark to account for its reputed tonic action. Some simple crystals of calcium 
oxalate were present, and the reduction of this salt to carbonate, by burning, 
contributed largely to the 12 75 per cent, of ash. 
812. G. Rothii, Rcem. and Sch. h.f.b.i., iv. 138. 
Syn : — C. angustifolia, Roxb. 198. 
Vern .: — Gondi, gondni ( H, ) ; Liar, lidli, (Sind.); Narvilli 
(Tam.) ; Gondani' (Mar.) ; Gondui, gundi (Bomb.) ; Gundi 
(Guz.) 
Habitat : — West India, from the Punjab, Hurdwar and 
Scinde to Malabar. 
A small or middle-sized tree, attaining 30ft. “ Bark grey or 
brownish grey, with deep longitudinal furrows. Wood compact, 
hard ; sapwood yellowish ; heartwood brown, streaked in different 
shades. The bark when wounded yield's a gum, and the liber 
is made into ropes ” (Gamble). “ The bands of wood-parenchyma 
broad, heartwood not scented, ” 6ays Brandis. Leaves nearly 
opposite, cuneate-oblong, entire, stellate-pubescent beneath, 
rough above ; pinnate nerves, 4-6 pairs ; rather obscure ; 
