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762 The dried leaves, soaked in water and made into a poultice, are used in indolent ulcers (Watt).

The properties of this plant are said, according to Sanskrit writers, to resemble those of J, grandiflorum (Dutt).

Sans. : — Kunda.

Vern :— Mográ (M.) ; Koonda(B.) ; Kundphul, Kunda, Chameli (H.) ; Katu-tsjiregam-mulla (Malay), Vikhm Mogrâ (Bomb.).

Habitat :— Common, from the Himalaya throughout India.

A scandent short shrub. The stem spirally twisted, 1/13in. wedges, which turn round each other rope-fashion. Bark light-brown, extremely thin. Wood white, moderately hard (Gamble). Branchlets, pedicels and Calyx densely fulvous-villous. Leaves, simple, ovate acute, often mucronate, opposite, softly tomentose on both surfaces, often at length glabrate above, beased round or often cordate ; main nerves 4-6 pairs. Petiole ¼-⅜ in. long, densely villous. Flowers white, fragrant, sessile, in dense, terminal capitate cymes, often at the extremeties of short axillary branches ; bracts large, ovate, acute, foliaceous, green. Calyx ½-5/6in. long, densely fulvous-villous, teeth, linear, ⅓-½in. long, subulate, fulvous-hairy. Corolla glabrous ; tube ¾-⅞in. long ; lobes 6 — 9, elliptic-oblong, acute, often mucronate, ½in. long. Carpels 1-2, globose, ¼in. diam., black, surrounded by the suberect Calyx- teeth.

Uses : — Dried leaves, soaked in water and made into a poultice, used in indolent ulcers to generate a healthy action. Root said to be an efficient antidote in snake-bite (Lindley and S. Arjun).

Sans. : — Mâdhavi ; Nava-mallika ; Saptala.

Vern. : — Kûsar rânjai, kund (Bomb.) ; Bara-kunda (B.) ; Adivi-mulli (Tel.) ; Chameli ; bara Kunda (H.)