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with deep longitudinal furrows. Wood soft to moderate hard ; 
lieartwood orange-brown ; sap wood white. Branches dark brown. 
Leaves ovate-oblong or linear-oblong, silvery beneath, 1 - 3 i n . , 
obtuse ; nerves faint, petiole fin. Flowers 1-3-nate, pedicelled, 
yellow, fragrant. Perianth f-fin. long, silvery, campanulate 
above ; teeth triangular, ovate ; style glabrous. Fruit ellipsoid, 
oblong, -fin. long, red, dry or fleshy ; endocarp thick, long, 
sweet and mealy when ripe. 
Uses : — The flowers are reported to be medicinal. “The 
oil from the seeds with syrup, as a linctus recommended in catar- 
rhal and bronchial affections” (flonnigberger, Vol. IT. p. 273 ) 
1102 . E. umbellatn, Thumb., h.f.b.i., v. 201 . 
/cm. \ — Ghiwain, gliain, kankoli, bammewa (Pb.) ; Ginroi 
(Jaunsar). 
Habitat : — Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to Nepal 
A thorny, deciduous shrub. Bark grey. Wood white, hard, 
even-grained, warps in seasoning. Branches numerous, often 
forming a dense bush. Branchlets and underside of leaves 
densely clothed with shining silvery scales, upperskle bright 
green with scattered stellate hairs. Leaves 1-3 by f-fin., elliptic- 
lanceolate ; blade fin.; petiole fin. long. Flowers white, exqui- 
sitely scented ; axillary often fasciculate on the current year’s 
branchlets appearing with or after the leaves. Upper portion of 
perianth slender tubular. Fruit ovoid or globose, fin. long, 
succulent ; endocarp ribbed, coriaceous, clothed inside with a 
dense felt of white hairs. 
Uses : — The seeds are said to be used as a stimulant in coughs, 
the expressed oil in pulmonary affections, and the flowers as a 
cardiac and astri ngent. (Watt.) 
1103 . E. lati folia, Linn., ii.f.b.i., v. 202 . 
Sijn. : — E. conferta, Rurb. 148. 
Fern. Ghiwain, mijhanla (Kumaun) ; Loharu (Garlnval); 
Jarila (Nepal) ; Guara (Beng.) ; Kaniboong(Magh.) ; Kunlun (II.) ; 
Shenshong (Garo Hills) ; Amgul, nurgi (Bomb.). 
Habitat : — Subtropical and temperate Himalaya, from 
Kmnaon to Sikkim ; Bliotan and the Mishmi Hills ; Khasia Mts., 
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