687 Kastipadile كاشٹپادلى.—Vide Padill.
688 Kalesur كاليسر or Kulesur; a plant, its leaves and sprigs very thin and small, it is sold in a dried state. It is like the Badsingbose. Its fruit is like the Baer, but a little larger, of a clay color or greenish. It is of two kinds, white and black, both oleaginous and sweet, heavy, increases semen, cures disorders of the three secretions, fevers, disorders of the vagina, dropsy, and it is astringent in its properties. The black kind increases appetite.
689 Kanghi كانگہى.—Cool, pungent; sweetish to the taste; strengthens the system, clears the color of the skin; is astringent, flatulent; useful in affections of the mouth and hectic fever.
690 Kandagolhi كانداگولى.—A kind of onion, used by the weavers of cloth, from which circumstance it has derived its name (“Squills?”). It is like the common onion, but four times as large; it grows in the jungles, and in A. is called Unsul; its properties are described in Yunani works.
691 Kapoor كاپور.—Cool, light, anti-aphrodisiac; beneficial in disorders of the eyes; cures heat of the body, bad taste in the mouth; removes corpulence and swellings of the body, disorders from poison, and clears the brain. A. Kaphoor. It is of four kinds: Poonasir, Bheemseejnie, Saasdaie and Bhaskur, the medicinal properties of all are the same. “Laurus Camphora.”
692 Kupoor كپور.—The same as above; also called Khesia.
693 Kapoorbile كپوربيلى.—A flower; its leaves and root resembling the saffron flower; it is brought from Europe.
694 Goobrowla كبرولا also Goobreyla. A. Khumfusa. P. Jaab. It is described in all Yunani works.
695 Kapithar Jug كپيت هرجوگ.—A kind of Soorinjan; pungent, cool, and dry; increases general heat and bile; cures disorders of blood and mucus; also removes daad; is vermifuge, and is an antidote to poison.
696 Kupass كپاس or Kurpass. “Gossypium herbaceum.” It is sweet, hot, and light; cures disorders of wind; it is the cotton tree; some call it cool. Its seed increases the secretion of animal milk, removes bile, mucus, heat, thirst, fatigue, epilepsy, &c. The wild species is cool, and increases the acuteness of taste and cures ulcers. It is also called Karis or Karpassie.