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Rh A small tree, with pale, smooth bark ; young twigs glabrous. Wood close-grained, rather hairy, yellowish white. Leaves opposite or some alternate, 3-5in., oval or oblong-oval, acute at base, usually shortly acuminate, obtuse, entire, glabrous and shining, especially above, dark green ; petioles about ½in. Flowers pale, yellowish green ; about ¾in., on rather long pedicels, loosely arranged in pyramidal divaricate, corymbose Cymes on long, straight, axillary peduncles. Calyx-lobes short, broad ; petioles ⅜in., strap-shaped, acute, inflexed at tip, hairy within the base, supersistent ; stamens shorter than petals, 4, inner shorter, filament slightly dilated at base ; disk tomentose, ovary tomentose, style very short ; fruit nearly globular, harder in centre, but with no distinct stone, 4-celled.

Uses: — According to Dr. Trimen, the bark is used in Ceylon as an external application to sores and ulcers. The whole plant, says he, when bruised, has a warm terebinthinate scent.

The leaves have an orange-like smell when crushed, and are burnt near small-pox patients, with a view to curative effects (STEWART).

Syn. :— Bergera Koenigii, Linn. Roxb. 362.

Sans. : — Surabhi-nimbu ; Paribadhra.

Vern. :— Harri, Katnim (H.) ; Barsinga (B.) ; Gandla, gandi, bowala (Pb.) ; (Guj and Porebunder) Kadhinimb, Kadu-pab, Jhirang (Bomb.) Kadhi-nimb ; Godanimb (Mar. and Bomb) ; Kareé-pân, Karyá-pan (Dec.) ; Karu-Véppilai, Karu-Vembu (Tam.); Kari-vepa-chettu (Tel.); KariVempu, Mishta-Nimb (Tam.) Karapincha (Sinhalese).

Habitat : —Along the foot of the Himalayas, from Garwhal to Sikkim, Bengal, and southward to Travancore.

A small, strong-smelling tree, deciduous in the hot season for a short time, umbrageous when in foliage, pubescent, nearly glabrous, unarmed. Bark thin grey or dark grey, with shallow netted fissures. Wood greyish white or pale brownish yellow, hard, close-grained, durable. Branches slender, young parts