1188 
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
(2) A sample of the fresh fruit was gathered in Calcutta. 
As the sample was very wet, it was partially dried for analyst. It then 
contained : 
Water 
... 12-9 
Albuminoids* 
... 81 
Oil 
... 61 
Carbohydrates | ... 
... 35'5 
Fibre 
... 31-0 
Ash J 
... 6-4 
The alcoholic extract contains a glueoside, a trace of acid, but no appreci- 
able quantities of Itannin or alkaloid. The colouring matter is precipitated 
from its deep purple alkaline solution as a reddish brown deposit which dries 
to an almost black powder. 
1177 . F. Benjamina, Linn., 
H.F.B.I., V. 508 . 
Syn. : — F. comosa, Roxb. 644 
Vern . : — Sunonijar (Santal); Juripakri Assam, Chittagong 
(Nepal); Kunhip (Lepcha); Pimpri (Bomb.); Jili (Chutia Nagpur); 
Putra-janvi (Tel.) 
Habitat : — Base of the Eastern Himalaya, Assam, and the 
Deccan Peninsula. 
A very large, evergreen tree, with drooping branches. Wood 
soft, light-brown, in alternate layers of light-brown, soft tissue 
and darker (light on a vertical section) hard tissue, the breadth 
of the soft layers about half that of the hard ones. Pores moder- 
ate-sized to large, very scanty, evenly distributed. Medullary 
rays fine to moderately broad, rather numerous, uniform. 
A fine, avenue tree, and excellent for shade. (Gamble.) The 
tree is 50-60ft. in height ; it has 12-20ft., clear stem ; and 
6-8ft. girth. (Kurz.) 
An evergreen tree, with a dense, divaricate crown and 
pendulous branches, all parts glabrous ; stipules small, lanceo- 
late, glabrous ; leaves ovate to elliptically ovate on a slender 
petiole, 5-8in. long, obtuse at the base, rather long and bluish, 
* Containing nitrogen ... ... ... 131 per cent, 
t Ditto colouring matter ... ... 77 
+ ffcDitto silica (Si O,). ... ... 0-35 
ILDitto phosphoric acid (P 2 0 4 > ... 0-53 
