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Asáná (Mar. and cutch) ; Asano (Bom. and Guz.) ; Faturfoda (Goa) ; Vengemaram, venge (Tam.) ; Gundebingula, pantangi, áuem (Tel.).

Habitat: — Along the foot-hills of the Himalaya, from the Punjab to Bhotan ; Khasia Mts., Behar on Parusnath ; Coromandel.

A. moderate-sized, grabrous deciduous tree. Wood grey, moderately hard, nearly glabrous. Branches often pustulate. Leaves membranous, very variable, 3-5in. long, obovate or broad elliptic, glabrous or shining above, paler beneath ; lateral nerves 10-15 pair, more or less arched ; cross nervules rather strong ; petiole 1/10-⅓in. long ; stipules deciduous. Flowers monœious, says J.D. Hooker. But Rai Bahadur Upend ranath Kanjilal says thus: — I have seen several trees with only male, and several others with only female flowers, and so far none with both" (Forest Flora, United Provinces, Siwalik and Jaunsar divisions, p. 346, foot- note, 1911, Calcutta). The flowers are small, greenish-yellow, shortly pedicelled ; bracts many and crowded, membranous pubescent. Calyx 1/10-1/5 diam. ; lobes triangular-ovate, unaltered in fruit. Ovary enclosed in disk. Styles 2, 2-fid. Petals oblanceolate Fruit ovoid, 1/5in. long, black when ripe, seated on the unaltered calyx. The fruits are not eaten, says Kanjilal.

Uses: — Reported to possess anthelmintic properties. Much used in Bombay and Goa as an astringent medicine. (Watt.)

Syn. : — Cluytiacollina, Roxb. 704.

Vern. : — Woadugu maram(Tam.); Kadishen, Korsi (Tel.); Garrar, garári (H.) ; Karada (Uriya) ; Parasu, pas, pasu, larchuter (Kol.) ; Kargalli (Santal) ; Ghara (Berar) ; Garari (Mar.); Kergali (Karwar) ; Ganari (C. P.).

Habitat : — Dry hills in various parts of India from Simla to Behar, and southward to Central India, and the Deccan Peninsula.

A small, deciduous tree. Bark ¼in. thick, dark-brown, almost black, often with a reddish tinge, rough with numerous