N. 0. PALMED. 
1315 
of cough, asthma and other chest complaints ; also in fever, 
gonorrhoea, &c. The gum is esteemed as a useful remedy in 
diarrhoea and diseases of the genito-urinary system. Long 
continued use of the fruit is said to produce soreness of the 
gums- Honigberger states that the inspissated juice was, in 
his time, officinal in Lahore. The, natives of South India make 
a paste of the seeds by triturition with water, and apply it 
over the eyelids for opacity of the cornea. The fresh juice is 
cooling and laxative. In the cold season, when the juice does 
not undergo fermentation, it is an excellent medicine. 
“ Date-sugar ” is more nutritious and agreeable than Cane- 
sugar. It can be used as a substitute for maltine and its various 
preparations. (Dr. R. L. Dntt. in Watt’s Die). 
The tree yields a gum ( huhv cb.il), used medicinally in the 
Punjab (Watt.) 
1300. P. sylvestris, Roxb., h.f.b.i., vi., 425 ; 
Roxb. 723. 
Sans. : — Khurjhuri, kharjuru, madhukshir. 
Vern. : — Sendhi, khajur, khaji, thalma, (H.); Kajar, khejur 
(Beng.) ; Khejuri (Ur.); Khajur (ICol.) ; Khijur (Santal) ; Sindi 
(Gond.) ; Khajur, khaji, juice = sendhi, ffiri (Pb.) ; Sendi (Berar) ; 
Boichand, sendri, Shindi (Mar.) ; Kara It (Guz.) ; Itchumpannay, 
peria-itcham itchamnar, (Tam.) ; Tta, peddaita, ita-nara, ishan- 
ehedi (Tel.) ; Ichal kulln, ichalu mttra (Kan.) 
Habitat : — Cultivated throughout the plains of India and 
Burma. Wild in the Indus basin. The seeds are eaten by 
birds and dropped undigested with their excreta. That may 
partly account for so-called wild growth of this very handsome 
hardy palm. 
An erect palm, reaching 40-50ft. high, l-2ft. in girth. Stem 
thick, densely crowded with the bases of the petioles of the 
leaves or marked by prominent scars if the leaves have fallen. 
Wood light-brown, outer cylinder hard and rough ; inner soft. 
The crown 12-15ft. in diameter. Near the ground there is often 
a dense mass of rootlets, no root-suckers. Leaves 10-15ft., quite 
glabrous, greyish-green. Spines up to 4in. long ; leaflets 6-18 
