N. O. VERBBlOiACEjE. 
1005 
A small tree, up to 30ft. high, or large pubescent semiscand- 
ent shrub. Bark light brown thin smooth. Wood grey hardclose-. 
grained. Branches cinereous. Leaves small lf-2|in. long, ovate or 
rhomboid more or less sinnate-crenate, often broader ban long, 
truncate subeordate at base, often apiculate, undulate, rather 
thick puberulous beneath. Petiole f-lin. pubescent. Flowers 
white or pink, fragrant, moderate-sized on slender pubescent 
pedicels ; cymes small, axillary, dichotomous combined to form 
a rounded terminal panicle. Bracts small leafy,' oblong, obtuse, 
mucronate. Calyx large, over fin., segment cut fully half way, 
ovate acuminate, glabrous, veiny. Corolla-tube 1 in , slightly 
pubescent outside, lobes fin , very nearly equal, oval or elliptic- 
obtuse. Drupe, not seen, says Trimen Dry, f-f in. long separating 
in 4 pyrenes, says Brandis, slightly succulent, says C. B. Clarke. 
N.B . — The specific name is given by Trimen as C. Plilomides, Linn f. He 
says it is incorrectly given as C. Ehlomoides (K.R.K.). 
Mr. H. H. Haines, I. P. S. gives Safed, tekar as its Marathi name, and 
mentions a variety of it as Var. Donaldi, and gives Kala tekar, as its Marathi 
name. He says the ‘ Safed tekar ’ is used in native medicine, but not the * Kala 
tekar,’ which is distinguished! by the following characteristics Leaves 
attaining 8'25" (while those of ‘safed tekar' only reach 1*75' '), glabrous, 
membranous, with a cuneate base (type pubescent on both sides). Calyx - 25'' 
in flower and enlarged calyx as long as lobes of fruit only, which is - 3'' long- 
fin 4 safed tekar ’ the sepals are acuminate and are at least 12" longer than 
the fruit), glabrous, deltoid apiculate. Corolla ’75" long (The Indian Forester, 
Aug., 1914, p. 402). 
Uses : — In Bombay, the root is used as a bitter tonic, and is 
' given in the convalescence of measles (S. Arjun). In Southern 
India, the juice of the leaves is given in neglected syphilitic 
complaints in doses of half an ounce or more twice daily 
(Ainslie). TheSantals rub the plant over their bodies in dropsy 
and give it to their cattle to cure them of diarrhoea and worms 
or when the stomach swells (Campbell). 
964 . C. serratum, Spreng. h.f.b.i., iv . 592 . 
Syn . : — Volkameria serrata, Linn. Roxh 479. 
Sons. : — Barbara 
Vern . : — Barangi (H.) ; Ban-bakri (Jaunsar) ; Chua (Nepal) ; 
Yi (Lepcha); Chirudekku (Tam.) ; Brahman mari (Tel.) ; Bharang, 
hharangi or Bhangra (Bomb.) ; Bharanga-mula, mula-root (Mar.) ; 
Bharurgi Guz.). 
