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1184 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS.

Vern.:— Tut, tutri (H.); Tut (B.) ; Nuni, bola (Assam); kimbu (Nepal) ; Mekrap, nambyong (Lepcha) ; Singtok (Bhutia) ; Tut, tutri, ambor, setur, tula ambor (Bomb.) ; Tut (M.) ; Shetur (Guz.) ; Kambili-púch ; Mushu kattai (Tam.) ; Kambali, kambali-búchi (Tel.) ; Hippal- verali (Kan.).

Habitat : — Temperate and Sub-tropical Himalaya, from Kashmir to Sikkim ; wild and cultivated (for silk- worm feeding) in Bengal, Assam, etc.

A moderate-sized, deciduous tree, with reddish or yellowish- brown, smooth bark, marked with long, horizontal lanticels. Leaves 2-5 by l-3in., ovate, caudate, acuminate, sharply serrate, often lobed, membranous, pubescent when young, scabrous when mature, 3-nerved at base ; petiole ½-1½in., long, sparsely hairy. Flowers monoecious. Female spikes ⅓-½in. long, ovoid ; styles long, hairy. Fruiting spikes black when ripe. Peduncle 1/10-1/5in. long, slender. Some consider this a more form of M. alba, with long points to the rougher leaves, connate styles and obovate sepals.

Uses : — The fruit has an agreeable, aromatic and acid flavor, is cooling and laxative, allays thirst, and is grateful in fevers.

The bark is supposed to be vermifuge and purgative.

The root is considered anthelmintic and astringent.

A decoction of the leaves is used as a gargle in inflammation and thickening of the vocal cords.

Sans. :— Tula.

Vern. : — Tút, túl, tulklu, chinni, chun (H.) ; Tut, chinni, satur, tutla, shah-tut (Bomb.) ; Uppu nute (Kan.).

Habitat :— Cultivated in the Punjab and N.-W. Himalaya.

A small or moderate-sized, deciduous tree, 30-40ft. Bark brown, rather rough. Wood hard ; sapwood white ; heartwood yellow or yellowish-brown, darkening on exposure, young shoots, petioles and underside leaves along nerves, slightly pubescent. Leaves ovate-dentate, frequently lobed, acute ; base often cordate, 2-3in., sometimes larger, rather membranous ; petiole ½-lin.;