dita

[A native word.] Bot.: A tree of the Dogbane family (Aросупассе). It is widely diffused throughout India and the Malayan Islands. It is a stiff-branched tree, attaining a height of 50 ft. to 80 ft., with a furrowed trunk; it has oblong leaves, 3 in. to 6 in. long, and 2 in. to 4 in. wide, produced in fours round the branches. The bark is intensely bitter, and is used by the natives in bowel complaints, and its milky juice as a kind of gutta-perch a. It has recently been introduced into this country for use in medicine. ( Smith .) dita bark, 8. The bark of Alstonia scholar is, which grows in the Philippines.