Flora Medica

TERMINALIA.somewhat entire, smooth on each side. Petioles without glands. Racemesthe length of the leaves. Drupe ovate, acuminate, boat-shaped,between fleshy and leathery. Ribs of the young leaves and calycesdowny. Root used in Jamaica in diarrhoea.146. T. Benzoin Linn. f. suppl. Croton Benzoe Linn,mant. 297. Catappa Benzoin Gcertn. ii. t. 127- T. angustifoliaJacq. hort. vind. iii. t. 100. DC. iii.prodr. 11. EastIndies.Leaves linear-lanceolate, somewhat repand, attenuated at both ends,the under side and the petioles pubescent or hairy. Glands 2, at theapex of the petiole. Drupes compressed, 2-winged, gibbous on oneside. W. and A. A milky juice flows from the stem, and concretesinto a fragrant substance resembling Benzoin, and used in churches inthe Mauritius as a kind of incense. Royle.147. T. belerica Roxb. corom. ii. 198. Fl. ind. ii. 431. DC.prodr. iii. 12. Myrobalanus belerica Gcertn. ii. t. 97. TaniRheed. iv. t. 10. Mountainous parts of the Circars of India,Leaves crowded about the extremities of the branches, petioled, oval ,entire, firm, smooth, 6 or 7 inches long, and 2i broad. Petiolesround, from 2 to 3 inches long, with two opposite glands on the upperside of the apex, and sometimes near the base. Spikes axillary, solitary,simple, erect. Flowers small, of a dirty grey colour. The maleflowers towards the apex of the spike the hermaphrodite ones below.;Drupe oval, somewhat pentagonal, the size of a nutmeg, fleshy, coveredwith a grey silk down. Kernels of the fruit eaten in India and reckonedintoxicating. Bark abounding in a gum, resembling Gum Arabic, solublein water, burning away in the flame of a candle. Ainslie reckonsthe fruit astringent, tonic, and attenuant.F 3