1184 
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
Vern. : — Tut, tutri (H.); Tut (B.) ; Nuni, bola (Assam); 
kimbu (Nepal) ; Mekrap, narabyong (Lepcka) ; Singtok (Bhutia) ; 
Tut, tutri, ambor, setur, tula ambor (Bomb.) ; Tut (M ) ; Shetur 
(Guz.) ; Kambili-puch ; Mushu kattai (Tam.); Kambali, 
kambali-buc.hi (Tel.) ; Hippal- verali (Kan.). 
Habitat : — Temperate and Sub-tropical Himalaya, from 
Kashmir to Sikkim ; wild and cultivated (for silk-worm feed-* 
ing) in Bengal, Assam, etc. 
A moderate-sized, deciduous tree, with reddish or yellowish- 
brown, smooth bark, marked with long, horizontal lanticels. 
Leaves 2-5 by l-3in., ovate, caudate, acuminate, sharply serrate, 
often lobed, membranous, pubescent when young, scabrous when 
mature, 3-nerved at base ; petiole £-1 jin., long, sparsely hairy. 
Flowers monoecious. Female spikes |-|in. long, ovoid ; styles 
long, hairy. Fruiting spikes black when ripe. Peduncle iV^in. 
long, slender. Some consider this a more form of M. alba, with 
long points to the rougher leaves, connate styles and obovate 
sepals. 
Uses : — The fruit has an agreeable, aromatic and acid flavor, 
is cooling and laxative, allays thirst, and is grateful in fevers. 
The bark is supposed to be vermifuge and purgative. 
The root is considered anthelmintic and astr ingent. 
A decoction of the leaves is used as a gargle in inflam- 
mation and thickening of the vocal cords. 
1173. M. alba, Linn., h.f.b.i., v. 492; Roxb. 
658. 
Sans. : — Tula. 
Vern. : — Tut, tul, tulklu, chinni, chun (H.; ; Tut, chinni, 
satur, tutla, shah-tut (Bomb.; ; Uppu nute (Kan.). 
Habitat Cultivated in the Punjab and N.-W. Himalaya. 
A small or moderate-sized, deciduous tree, 30-40ft. Bark 
brown, rather rough. Wood hard ; sapwood white ; heartwood 
yellow or yellowish-brown, darkening on exposure, young shoots, 
petioles and underside leaves along nerves, slightly pubescent. 
Leaves ovate-dentate, frequently lobed, acute ; base often cordate, 
2-3in., sometimes larger, rather membranous ; petiole 1-lin.; 
