N. O. 8ALICINE.35. 1367 
Ovary smooth ; stigmas 2, densely plumose, purple. Fruit not 
known. (Duthie.) 
Uses : — The root of the sugarcane is said to have been 
employed in medicine, and to have been considered demulcent 
and diuretic <U. C. Dutt). In Arabian works on Materia Medica, 
sugar is described as detergent and emollient, and is prescribed* 
in doses of twenty direms. Many writers speak of it as attenuant 
and pectoral. It has also been supposed to have virtues in 
calculous complaints (Ainslie). In the Panjab, Baden Powell 
says, sugar is considered by the Natives to be “heavy, tonic, 
and aperient, useful in heat delirium and disorders of the bile 
and wind.” In another part of his work he remarks: “ In cases 
of poisoning by copper, arsenic or corrosive sublimate, sugar 
has been successfully employed as an antidote, and white sugar 
finely pulverised is occasionally sprinkled upon ulcers with 
unhealthy granulations. The Hindus set a great value upon 
sugar, and in medicine it is considered by them as nutritious, 
pectoral, and anthelmintic.”. The use of sugar as an antidote for 
arsenical poisoning is alluded to by many writers (Chisholm, 
Voigt, and others). 
1335. S. arundinaceum , Betz., h.f.b.i., vii. 119. 
Syn. : — Saecharum ciliare, Anders. S. Sara, Rt>xb. 82. 
Sans : — Gfindra, tejanaka, shara. 
Vern. : — Sara, sarkanda, sarpat, ramsar, munja, sarha.r, ikar 
patawar Palwa (H.) ; Sar, (B.); Sar (Santal) ; Sarkara, sarjbar, 
kharkana, kanda (Pb.) ; Darga, karre (Trans-Indus) ; Sar (Sind) ; 
Gundra, ponika, (Teld 
The following names are also given to certain portions of 
the plant in different localities : — Munj (leaf-sheaths), Sar (leaves) 
(Pb); Bind or vind, culm or flowering stem (Doab) ; Sararhi 
(E Districts of U. P.) ; Sentha, kana, lower portion of flower- 
ing stem ; Sirki, til, upper portion of flowering stem ; Thili, 
upper portion of flowering stem (Lahore); Majori, the entire 
flowering stem ; Tilak, tilon, the flowers (Pb.) ; Ghua, the 
flowers (E. Districts, U. PA 
Habitat : — North-West India. 
