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In Bombay, the juice of the young lea Yes is used as a demulcent in gonorrhœa, cough, etc., either alone or combined with other drugs of similar properties (Dymock).

Sans. : — Biddari.

Vern. : — Badhára, Nâg-phul (Hind.) ; Gannudu, Chinta ganer Chelu (Tel.) ; Nalacomul (Tam.) ; Nilak-kumizh (Tam. ) ; Challa-gummudu (Tel.) ; Nilak-kumazh (Mal.) ; Láhán shivan (Mar.).

Habitat : — Deccan Peninsula and Bengal.

Flowers appear along with young foliage. 4 upper lobes dull orange-pink, lower one lemon-yellow.

A large straggling shrub, with bright yellow flowers some-times climbing, branches frequently spinescent, at times unarmed. Bark brownish white thin. Wood hard grey. Leaves ½-1½in., ovate or obovate, frequently lobed, pubescent when young ; mature beneath, glabrous glaucescent from a coat of