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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
petals linear, sub-equal ; anthers oblong, much shorter than the 
filaments. Female umbels sub-similar. Peduncles stout, flatten- 
ed : bracteoles very minute, subulate or 0. Staminodes 3, ovary 
short, obtusely trigonous ; stigmas short, obtuse, recurved. Berry 
about iin. diam. 
Uses: — The large tuberous roots are so like those of S. 
China, Linn., as not to be distinguished by the eye. The juice 
of the fresh root is taken inwardly for the cure of rheumatic 
pains, and the refuse, after extracting the juice, applied to the 
affected parts. (Roxburgh.) 
1272. 8. macrophylla, Roxb. h.f.b.i., vi. 310. 
Roxb. 725. 
Vern. : — Jangli-aushbab, Ohobchini (H.i ; Kumarika (B.) ; 
Atkir (Santal) ; Chopchini (Nepal) ; Guti, giitwel, gholyel (Mar.) ; 
Malait-tamara (Tam.) ; Konda dontena, konda tamara, konda 
gurava tige, sitapu, chettu, kistapa, tamara, kummara baddu 
(Tel.); Kal-teimara (Malay.). 
Habitat : — Tropical Himalaya, from Kumaon eastward, Assam, 
Bengal, Chittagong, Burma, the Central Provinces and Konkan. 
Fairly common in the Sal Forests of the Siwalik Division, 
(Kanjilal). 
A large, thickly climber. Stem sometimes exceeding fin. 
diam., stout, terete. Leaves ovate or orbicular, 6-18in. long, 
thinly coriaceous, cuspidate, shining above ; nerves 5-7, from 
the rounded or sub-cordate base, cirrlii long. Petiole stout, 
l-ljin. long, the lower half narrowed and sheathing. Male 
peduncles f-lfin., slender. Umbels many-fid, 2-3, many flowered. 
Pedicels not exceeding fin., stout in fruit. Sepals £in. long, 
linear. Stamens as long as the sepals. Staminodes of females 
3, ovary oblong ; stigmas 3 sessile. Berries f l fin. round, 1-2- 
seeded. Seeds biconvex. 
Uses : — In some parts of India, the roots are used as a 
substitute for sarsaparilla in the treatment of venereal disease. 
Among the Santals, they are applied for rheumatism and pains 
in the lower extremities. The inhabitants of Nepal give them 
in doses of three mashas, for the treatment of gonorrhoea and 
other discharges from mucous membranes. (Watt.) 
