N. 0. EUPHORBIACEiE. 
1149 
also Garbha-kara, “productive of impregnation,’' and medicinal 
properties are attributed to them. The bard wrinkled nuts are 
generally worn only as a charm, but are sometimes given inter- 
nally in colds on account of their supposed heating properties, 
(Pharmacogr. Ind. III. 271. 
The seeds yield a rather turbid oil of an olive-brown colour, which on 
standing deposits the more solid portion. It is used for burning. In 1905 the 
seeds were tested in the Indian Museum and found to give 28'86 per cent, of 
kernels and the kernels yielded to other 42'9 per cent, of a clear light-yellow 
oil. — (Hooper.) 
1139. Antidesma Bunitts, Spreng., H.F.B.I., v. 
358. 
Syn. : — Stilago Bunias, Linn, Roxb. 713. 
Veni . : — Ariya poriyam (Mai.) ; Amati (M.). 
Habitat : — Throughout the hotter parts of India, from the 
Nepal and Sikkim Terai and Assam southward to Singapur 
and Ceylon. (J. D. Hooker.) Western Ghats from theKonkan 
forward. (Gamble.) 
A small, evergreen tree. Bark greyish-brown. Wood red, 
hard ; young parts pubescent. Leaves very variable, rather large, 
4-6in.‘ by 1£ 2£in., lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate, tapering at 
base, slightly acuminate, apiculate, glabrous, shining. Petiole 
short, stout ; stipule acicular, hairy, quickly deciduous. Flowers 
numerous, lax, reddish; spikes solitary, l-3in. stalked, terminating 
branchlets. Male flowers sometimes branched at base, sessile ; 
female flowers slightly stalked. Male calyx tomentose ; segments 
3, shallow, rounded ; disk lobed, glabrous ; stamens 3, exserted ; 
pistillode, short, truncate. Female flower Ovary glabrous ; 
Stigmas 3, large, shorty dilated, spreading. Fruit |in., globose, 
ovoid, stalked, smooth, very juicy, black when ripe, previously 
red. The fruit is acidulous and pleasant to taste. (Trimen.) 
Uses:- -The acid leaves are used in snake-bites, and, when 
young, are boiled and used in syphilitic cachexia. (Lindley.) 
1140. A. Alexiteria, Linn., h.f.b.i., v. 359. 
Vern. : — Noli tali-marum (Tam.). 
Habitat : — Southern Deccan Peninsula. 
