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ovoid, smooth ; style very short, lateral stigma dilated. Female flowers, perianth of gall flowers ; ache tie trigonous, granular ; style sub-terminal, long, hairy ; stigma bifid. The Indian representative of F. carica, Linn. (J. D. Hooker.)

Uses : — The fruits contain chiefly sugar and mucilage, and accordingly act as a demulcent and laxative. They are principally used as diet in cases of constipation and in diseases of the lungs and bladder. They are also used as poultices. (Punjab Products.)

Syn. : — F. racemosa, Wall.

Vern. : — Gúlar paroa, lelka, umar, umrái, tue, dimeri (H.) ; Yajna dumbar (B.) ; Loá (Kol.) ; Dumer (Chutia Nagpur) ; Dimeri (Uriya) ; Dumri (Nepal) ; Tchongtay (Lepcha) ; Thoja (Gond.) ; Alawa (Kurku) ; Kathgúlar, krumbal, rumbal, batbar, palák, kakammal, dadhuri (Pb.) ; Ormul (Pushtu) ; Umbar gúlar (C. P.) ; Umbar (Bomb.) ; Umbara, atti, rumadi (Mar.) ; Umbar (Guz.) ; Atti (Tam.) ; Moydi, atti, badda, paidi, mari, medi (Tel.) ; Kulla-kith, atti (the gum is called Chandarasa) (Kan.)

Habitat :— Outer Himalaya and plains and low hills of India, from Rajputana and Salt Range to the Khasia Mts , Burma and the Deccan Peninsula.

A large, erect, deciduous tree up to 60 ft. high. Bark ⅓in. thick, smooth, reddish-brown, with a few large cracks. Wood grey or greyish-brown, soft with broad, light-coloured bands of loose tissue, alternating with narrower, interrupted, darker bands of firmer texture. Pores large and very large, sub-divided. Medullary rays moderately broad and fine, bent where they touch the pores. (Gamble.) Shoots glabrous or pubescent, Leaves 4-7in., tapering to the point, entire, base obtuse, rarely acute, 3-nervecl ; petiole l-2in. ; stipules ½-lin., ovate, lanceolate, pubescent, Receptacles 1¼in. diam., reddish ; umbilicus depressed ; base of young much contracted ; basal bracts 3. Male flowers near the mouth of the receptacle, sessile ; sepals 3-4,