N. 0. PHYTOLACCACE/E. 
1071 
stemmed one, as wild in India, and adds three cultivated sorts, 
a red and a white stemmed that are raised from seed, and differ 
only in luxuriance from the corresponding wild forms ; and 
lastly a large sort (B. lueida, L., and cordifolia, Lamk.), which is 
the most cultivated, and is always increased by slips ; it is the 
largest form, covering trellises and" native houses, and is the 
most succulent, and more used as a pot-herb than the others.” 
(J. D. Hooker). 
Uses : — The juice of the leaves is used in catarrhal affec- 
tions of children. (Drury). Demulcent and diuretic, useful in 
gonorrhoea and balanitis. (Asst.-Surg. .T. N. Dey, Jeypore, in 
Watt, I. 404.) 
1052. Basella alba, Linn. h.F.b.i., v. 21. 
Roxb. 275. 
Eng. : — White basil or Indian Spinach. 
Sans. : — "Vishwa-tulasi. ; 'Potaki ; Upodika. 
Vern.: — Poi, myal-ki-bhaji, sufed-bachla, safed-tulsi (H.) ; 
Sufed-bachla-ki bhdji (Duk.) ; Wahlea (Mar.); Vasla-kire, 
Caujang kire, Vellapachalai (Tam.) ; Alubachebali, karu-bach- 
chali, polam-bachchali, pedda-bach-chali (Tel.) ; Biii-basale-balli 
(Kan.); Basella-kfra (Mai.). 
Habitat :■ — Cultivated all over India. 
Uses : — The leaves are made into a pulp used to hasten 
suppuration. 
The juice of the leaves, whioh is demulcent and cooling, is a popular 
application to allay the heat and itching of urticaria arising from dyspepsia, 
an affection which the Hindus consider to be indicative of bile in the blood. 
The boiled leaves are also used as a poultice. 
N. 0. PHYTOLACCACE/E. 
1053. Phytolacca acinoso, Roxb., h.F.b.i., iv. 
Roxb., 389. 
Vern .: — Jirrag (Kumaon) ; Lubar, burgu, denturd, rinsag, 
jirka, matazor, sarunga (Pb.). 
