Uses: — " The small buds, ground with round pepper, are sniffed into the nose in severe headache" (Revd. A. Campbell, Santal Mission, Pachumba). " Roots used as a medicine in Assam" (H. Z. Darrab, Esq., Assam).
The juice is used to kill worms in sores (Dymock).
594. Nauclea ovalifolia, Roxb. h.f.b.i., iii. 27 ; Roxb, 173.
The Fl. Br. Ind. considers it to be a doubtful species.
" Possibly Adiná sessilifolia. Don refers it to Uncaria elliptica, which is not a Khasian plant.
Vern. :— Shál (Sylhet).
Habitat : — " A native of the forests of Silhet, where it is called shál by the natives" (Roxb).
A small tree. Leaves oblong, glabrous ; rather coriaceous, 6-10by 3-6in., glossy above, base cordate, tip rounded. Stipules broadly oblong. Peduncles l-2in., very stout 1-3 terminal, solitary 1-headed. Flower-heads 1½in. diam., villous. Corolla shaggily silky. Stigma clavate, capsule ½in , cuneate.
Use : — The bark is said to possess bitterness equal to that of Cinchona, and is used by the border tribes in the treatment of endemic fevers and bowel complaints (Ph. Ind).
595. Hymenodictyon excelsum, Wall, h.f.b.i., iii. 35.
Syn. : — Cinchona Excelsa, Roxb. 178.
Vern. :— Bhaulan ; Bhalena (H) ; Kalakurwah (Bomb.); Bandâri (Dec.) ; Bartu (Pb.) Bandâru (Tel.); Sagapu (Tam.); Pundaroo, Kâla buchnak (H.) ; Bodoka, Konoo (Uriya) ; Sali (Kol.) ; Bhorkhend (Santal) ; Bhoursâl (Mar.) ; Dudiyetta, dudippa, chêtippa, bûrja, bandâra (Tel.) Bandaray anui (Kan.). Kukurkát, lamkana (Merwara).
Habitat : — Dry hills ; base of the Western Himalaya from Garwhal to Nepal ; throughout the Deccan and Central India to the Annamallays ; and in Chittagong.
A large, deciduous tree, 30-40ft. Bark of trunk furrowed and rough, that of branches smooth ; ½-¾ in. thick, grey,
