Salvadora, sp.
A decoction of the bark of a species of Salvadora is recommended by Hindu doctors in cases of low fever, and as a tonic. Great confusion, however, exists among the species of this genus, and it is therefore uncertain which one is thus employed. Ainslie mentions Salvadora Persica, but it is very doubtful whether that species is found in any part of India.
CORDIACEÆ.
Cordia Myxa, Linn.
Tonic and febrifuge properties are ascribed to the bark of this tree, it being, according to Horsfield, one of the chief remedies used in fevers by the Javanese, who call it "Kendal." It is a small tree with rounded branches, ovate leaves, smooth on the upper surface but roughish underneath, and usually terminal panicles of flowers, producing yellow, sweet-tasted pulpy fruits about the size of cherries. In the Tamul language it is called "Vidi marum;" "Nekra" in Telinga; "Lesura" in Hindostanee; and "Loloo" in Cinghalese.
SOLANACEÆ.
Solanum xanthocarpum, Schrad. et Wendl. (= Solanum Jacquini, Willd.).
There are two varieties of this plant, one of which was formerly considered a distinct species, and named Solanum Jacquini. All parts of the latter variety are used medicinally, and it is one of the fever remedies employed by the Cinghalese, who call it "Kattoo-wel-battoo." It is a decumbent, spreading annual plant, armed with numerous long white prickles, and has sinuately-pinnatifid prickly leaves. The Tamuls call it "Kandung Kattiri."