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Rh Ovary ovoid-oblong, 1-celled, 1-rarely 2-ovuled. Drupe ovoid, a globose, yellow, ¾ covered by the accrescent membranous calyx, apiculate.

Use:—— In Chutia Nagpur, a preparation of the bark is given for proverty of blood during fevers (Campbell).

Vern. :—Merone met (Santal) (Porebunder and Guj.) Sudi ; Himi. Tadholi, called Shigroti at Junagadh (J. Indraji).

Habitat : — Hot valleys of the Western Himalaya, from Nipal westward and in the Punjab, Porebunder.

An undershrub, with a woody root-stock, from which annual shoots, about 2ft. high, spring up during the rains. Stems ribbed. Leaves alternate, 1½-2½- by ⅓-½in., oblong lanceolate, subsessile, glabrous and light green above, glaucous beneath ; margins recurved ; midrib prominent beneath, straight ; lateral nerves indistinct. Flowers solitary, 2/5in. across ; buds ovoid. Calyx minute, accrescent. Petals 3, oblong-lanceolate; fertile stamens 3, opposite to the petals. Staminodes 5-6, bifid, longer than the fertile Stamens. Ovary 1-celled. Style simple, terminal. Fruit the size of a pea, globular, (Kanjilal).

On the crest of the Saharanpur, Sewalik, behind Rampur. Hot valleys of the Western Himalaya. From Nepal westward and in the Punjab. Bengal, in the grass lands of the sub-Himalayan tract.

Use:— The fruit is used medicinally by the Santals (Campbell).

Vern: — Puvana, puvenagah ( = the plank) adul, odul ( = the oil).

Habitat: — Eastern and Western Peninsulas; Cochin, Malacca, Maingay, and Travancore, the Concan, in evergreen parts.

A climbing, branched shrub. Wood without zones. Branches terete. Leaves alternate simple, coriaceous, 4-10 by 2-4in., glabrous, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, pale on both