1136 
iNbUN Medicinal plants. 
Asana (Mar. and Cutcli) ; Asauo (Bom. and Guz.); Faturfoda 
(Goa) ; Vengemaram, venge ,Tam.) ; Guudebingnla, pantangi, 
auem (Tel.). 
Habitat : — Along the foot-hills of the Himalaya, from the 
Punjab to Bhotan ; Khasia Mts., Behar on Parusnath ; Coro- 
mandel. 
A moderate-sized, grabrous deciduous tree. Wood grey, 
moderately hard, nearly glabrous. Branches often pustulate. 
Leaves membranous, very variable, 3-5in. long, obovate or broad 
elliptic, glabrous or shining above, paler beneath ; lateral nerves 
10-15 pair, more or less arched ; cross nervules rather strong; 
petiole io'lin. long ; stipules deciduous. Flowers monoeious, says 
J.D. Hooker. But Rai Bahadur Upend rauath Kanjilal says thus: — 
1 have s«en several trees with only male, and several others with 
only female flowers, and so far none with both" (Forest Flora, 
United Provinces, Siwalik and Jaunsar divisions, p. 346, foot- 
note, 1911, Calcutta). The flowers are small, greenish-yellow, 
shortly pedicelled ; bracts many and crowded, membranous 
pubescent. Calyx j^-gin. diam. ; lobes triangular-ovate, unaltered 
in fruit. Ovary enclosed in. disk. Styles 2, 2-fid. Petals 
oblanceolate Fruit ovoid, £in. long, black when ripe, seated on 
the unaltered calyx. The fruits are not eaten, says Kanjilal. 
Uses : — Reported to possess anthelmintic properties. Much 
used in Bombay and Goa as an astri ngent medicine. (Watt.) 
1127 , Cleistanthus collinus, Benth., ii.f.b.i., v. ■ 
274 . 
Syn. : - Cluytia coliina, Eoxb. 704. 
Veen. : — Woadugu maram(Tam ); Kadishen, Korsi (Tel.); 
Garrar, garari (H.) ; Karada (Uriya) ; Parasu, pas, pasu, lar- 
chuter iKol.); Kargalli (Santal) ; Ghara (Berar) ; Garari (Mar.); 
Kergali (Kanvar) ; Ganari (C. P.). 
Habitat : — Dry hills in various parts of India from Simla 
to Behar, and southward to Central India, and the Deccan 
Peninsula. 
A small, deciduous tree. Bark jin. thick, dark-brown, almost 
black, often with a reddish tinge, rough with numerous 
