N. 0. URTICACEiE. 
1201 
ovoid, smooth ; style very short, lateral stigma dilated. Female 
flowers, perianth of gall flowers ; achene trigonous, granular ; 
style sub-terminal, long, hairy; stigma bifid. The Indian 
representative of F. carica, Linn. (J. D. Hooker.) 
Uses : — The fruits contain chiefly sugar and mucilage, 
and accordingly act as a demulcent and laxative. They are 
principally used as diet in cases of constipation and in diseases 
of the lungs and bladder. They are also used as poultices. 
( Punjab Products.) 
1188. F. glomerato , Rozb., n.F.B.i., v. 535 ; 
Roxb. 646. 
Syn. : — F. racemosa, Wall. 
Vern. : — Gular paroa, lelka, umar, umrai, tue, dimeri (H.) ; 
Yajna dumbar (B.) ; Loa (Kol.) ; Burner (Chutia Nagpur) ; 
Dimeri (Uriya) ; Dum.ri (Nepal) ; Tchongtay (Lepcha) ; Thoja 
(Gond.) ; Alawa (Kurku) ; Kathgular, krumbal, rumbal, 
batbar, palak, kakammal, dadhmi (Pb.) ; Ormul (Pushtu); 
Umbar gular (C. P.) ; Umbar (Bomb.) ; Umbara, atti, ruinadi 
(Mar.); Umbar (Guz.) ; Atti (Tam.); Moydi, atti, badda, 
paidi, mari, medi (Tel.) ; Kid la-kith, atti (the gum is called 
Chandarasa) (Kan.) 
Habitat Outer Himalaya and plains and low bills of India, 
from Bajputana and Salt Range to the Khasia Alts , Burma and 
the Deccan Peninsula. 
A large, erect, deciduous tree up to fid ft. high. Bark jin. 
thick, smooth, reddish-brown, with a few large cracks. Wood 
grey or greyish-brown, soft with broad, light-coloured bands of 
loose tissue, alternating with narrower, interrupted, darker 
bands of firmer texture. Pore3 large and very large, sub-divided. 
Medullary rays moderately broad and fine, bent where they 
touch the pores. (Gamble.) Shoots glabrous or pubescent. 
Leaves 4-7im, tapering to the point, entire, base obtuse, rarely 
acute, 3-nerved ; petiole l-2in. ; stipules J-lin., ovate, lanceolate, 
pubescent. Receptacles 1 jin. diam., reddish ; umbilicus 
depressed ; base of young much contracted ; basal bracts 3. 
Male flowers near the mouth of the receptrcle sessile : sepals 3-4, 
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