n. o. EurnortniAOE.K. 
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Ii 3(i 0„. It contains hydroxyl groups. By fusion with alkalis at 220-240° it 
yields acetic and benzoic acids together with phloroglucinol. (The Agricul- 
tural Ledger, 1905. No. 4. pp. 61-62.) 
The ash of Kamala contains a considerable proportion of manganese. 
When extracted with ether, Kdmala yields a dark, brownish, resinous 
product from which six distinct substances can be isolated. Five of these, 
namely, rottlerin, isorottlerin, a wax, and two resins, one of high and the 
other of low melting point, form the principal constituents, but there is 
also present a trace of a yellow, crystalline colouring matter. 
Kamala contains also a minute amount of -an essential oil or similar 
substances, giving to it when gently warmed a peculiar odour, but from 
which it can bo readily freod by treatment with steam. 
Kamala contains, moreover, a small quantity of a sugar, which is extract- 
ed from it by water. 
Seeds . — The seeds, of which three are contained in each 
capsule, are black or dark grey, rounded, and slightly flattened 
on one side. They are about the size of black pepper. Their 
resemblance to the fruits of Embelia Ribes has been observed 
in the Panjab where the confusion of the names — baobrang for 
Mallotus and bebrang for Embelia— has existed. In Katha, 
Burma, the seeds ground to a paste are applied to wounds and 
dah cuts. 
Greshofl, in 1898, discovered in the seeds a bitter glucoside soluble in 
water and alcohol, that may be shaken out of a water extract by chloroform. 
The seeds analysed in the Indian Museum afforded Moisture, 8 76 ; fat 
5 85; albuminoids, 16-81; carbohydrates, 47 49; fibre, 17-85; ash, 3-76. They 
are, therefore, not oil-yielding seeds as has been reported. 
1157. Maearanga Roxburghii, Wight, h.f.b.i., 
v. 448. 
Vern. : — Chandkal (Kanara) ; Chandwar, chandtida (Mar.); 
Vattekanni (Tam.) ; Boddichettu (Tel.) ; Chentha-kanni (Mysore). 
Habitat : — The Deccan Peninsula; in the Circars and on 
the ghats, from the Concan to Travancore. 
A small or middle-sized resinous tree. Wood reddish brown 
or soft. Branchlets stout, glaucous, youngest shoots stellateto- 
mentose. Leaves deltoid-or rhombic-ovate or orbicular, broadly 
peltate, cuspidate, palmati-nerved, entire or minutely toothed ; 
5-8in. diam., coriaceous or thin, glabrous above, except the 
pubescent nerves, and eglandular at the rounded base, beneath 
finely pubescent or glabrate and gland-dotted with 6-8 pairs of 
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