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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
blade 3-4in., by 1 Jin., narrowed into petiole Jin. long. Flowers, 
white, generally tetrandrous, arranged in lax terminal or axillary 
pedunculate cymes; peduncles f-lin. long, pedicels short. Co- 
rymbs 1-3., small, pubescent or sub-pubescent. Calyx at flower- 
time Jin., minutely pubescent. Corolla-lobes usually 4, Jin. 
Filaments glabrous. Drupe ovoid, mucronate Jin. long, gla- 
brous, longitudinally striate, yellow or reddish-brown vvhen ripe, 
with gelatinous edible pulp, usually 1-seeded. 
Use : — The decoction of the bark possesses astringent pro- 
perties and is used as a gargle (Ph. fnd ). 
813 . C.vestita, Hook. /. and Tli. ii . f . b . i ., iv . 139 . 
Verv. : — Kumbi, ICarirk (Pb ) ; Kumpaiman, pin indak, 
chinta, aj4nta, bairula, berula (H . ) . Latora (Oudh). Godela 
(Ajtnere). 
Habitat : — Sub-Himalayan tract, from the Jhelum to the 
Rarda river and Oudh. 
A small deciduous tree, attaining 30ft. Innovations fulvous- 
woolly. Bark Jin. thick, -dark grey, exfoliating when old in 
large woody scales ; inner bark silvery grey. The wood has the 
same structure as that of C. Rothii and C. Macleodii, except that 
the concentric lines are more often interrupted. Leaves 3-6 by 
2J-5in., broad elliptic or orbicular, acuminate, coriaceous, scab- 
rous above, tomentose beneath, until mature, base cuneate or 
cordate, not rounded. Lateral nerves 3-5 pair, the lowest sub- 
basal. The cystolith-cells on the upper surface of leaves con- 
spicuous as raised, generally white disks on upper surface in 
this species and in C. Macleodii (Brandis). Petioles 1-1 J. Flowers 
pedicelled, yellowish white, polygamous, in dense compound 
cymes, tomentose and woolly, the male flowers usually in unila- 
teral racemes. Calyx 2 in. long, distinctly ribbed and furrowed 
outside, teeth unequal. Corolla-lobes Jin., obovate-oblong, 
spreading ; tube long as the lobe. Drupe (a berry, as C.B. 
Clarke calls it), |in. ellipsoid, supported by the accrescent 
saucer-shaped Calyx and cuspidate with the remains of the 
style, filled inside with a gelatinous pulp. The fruit is edible. 
Use: — Fruit used similarly to other species. (Watt), 
