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Rh Uses :— The root is useful in ringworm (Honnigberger). The milky juice, which exudes on an incision in the bark of this plant, is alleged to have the power of destroying the unhealthy lining walls of chronic sinuses and fistulas (Surg- Major B. Gupta, in Watt's Dictionary).

Vern. : — Chamba, Chirichog, Kiri (Kashmir) ; Bansu, Kwer, Dumni (Chenab) ; Dassi, Sanosem (Ravi) ; Suni, Somun (Sutlej) ; Chambeli (Kumaun).

Habitat : — The Salt Range and Himalaya, from the Indus to the Sarda.

A large, twining shrub. Youngest shoots slightly pubescent. Branches long, weak, dark-green, slightly ribbed. Leaves opposite imparipinnate ; rachis channelled. Leaflets 2-3 pair, the terminal largest, lanceolate or rhomboid oblong, acute 2-3in. long ; the upper pair generally confluent with the terminal leaflet. Petiole marginate. Flowers white, with faint pink-streaks outside, delightfully fragrant, in lax terminal cymes, rarely solitary and axillary. Pedicels slender, ⅓-1in. long. Calyx-teeth linear, half, ⅔ the length of the Corolla-tube. Corol- la-tube about lin. Lobes usually 5, acute, about ½in. long, elliptic. Berries of 2 carpels ellipsoid, ⅓in. long.

Use : — The root has been found useful in ringworm (Honnigberger).

Sans. : — Játi.

Vern. :— Chambeli (H. and Bomb.) ; Játi (B.) ; Jaji (Tel.) ; Ghambeli (Guz.) ; Jáhi (U. P.).

Habitat : — Sub-Himalayan tract, from the Chenab westward, Oudb, Central India, Jumna to Godavery, Saharanpur, Siwalik, Dun.

A large, glabrous shrub, erect while young, say Kanjilal and Brandis, usually climbing or scrambling when older. Branches ribbed. Leaves opposite 3-4in., imparipinnate. Leaflets 3-7,