Flora Medica

XYLOCARPUS.pinnated. Panicles axillary or terminal. Flowers few, lax,W. and A.302. X. Granatum " Konig. naturf. 20. p. 2." Roxb.fi. ind.ii. 240. W. and A. i. 121. A. de J. Meliac. 92. Carapa moluccensisLam. diet. i. 261. DC.prodr. i. 626. (Rumf. iii. t. 61. ?)Various parts of the East Indies.Leaves from 6-12 inches long, with the leaflets in 2 pairs, elliptical,obtuse, sometimes slightly acute at base, smooth, about 4 inches long;petioles round, smooth, dark brown. Extremely bitter.303. X. obovatus A. de J. Meliac. p. 92. Carapa obovataBlume Bydr. p.1 79. Coast of Java.(Nirie.)Leaflets in 1-2 pairs, opposite, obovate, rounded, coriaceous, ratherconvex. Calyx urceolate, 4-cleft. Petals 4, oval, concave. Likethe last.SANDORICUM.Calyx shortly 5-lobed. Petals 5, spreading. Stamen-tubecylindrical, 10-toothed, bearing 10 anthers on the inside belowthe apex. Disk expanding upwards into a short membranaceoustube, sheathing the base of the style, torn and 5-toothed at theapex. Ovary half immersed in the bottom of the calyx ovules:2 in each cell, collateral, pendulous. Stigma long, simple andglobose at the base, above 5-lobed ;with the lobes emarginateand slightly diverging. Fruit baccate, apple-like, 3-5-celled.Seeds solitary, with a parcliment-like arillus, pulpy on the outside.Trees. Leaves trifoliolate. Panicles axillary. Flowerscrowded on the partial peduncles.304. S. indicum Car. diss. 359. tt. 202, 203. Lam. ill. t. 350.i.DC.prodr. 621. A. de J. Meliac. 80. W. and A. i. 119.(Rumf. i. t. 61.) Philippines, Moluccas, and various parts ofthe East Indies.A tree. Leaves ternate, on long stalks, alternate leaflets ; ovate,acuminate, entire, smooth above, downy below, as is the common petiole.Flowers small, in racemes, about 6 inches long. Fruit the sizeand form of an apple, with an acid alliaceous flavour, and a tenderwhitish flesh. Root aromatic, stomachic and antispasmodic. It isemployed in Java against leucorrhaea, combined with the bark of theroot of Xylocarpus obovatus, which is extremely bitter. Illume.153