ALANGIUM

(Lat.), n. n. A?l(a3)-a?n(an)'ji?(gi?)-u8m(u#m). From alang i or alingie, the Malabar name for A. dec a pet alum. Fr., alangier. Syn.: Angolam [Adanson], Angola mia (Scopoli], Kara-angolam [Adanson]. A genus of alang i a ceo us trees growing in India, established by Lamarck. [B, 19, 170.]—A. dec a pet alum [Lamarek]. Syn.: Grewia salvifolia [Linnæus]. Sage-leaved a.; akola, akar-kant a, alang i or alingi-marum, angolam. A species growing in rocky places in Malabar. The juice of the bitter, aromatic root is employed as an anthelminthic and the root itself as a hydragogue cathartic in cases of dropsy, and in the form of a powder as an antidote to snake-bites. [B, 172, 173: L, 49.|—A. hexapetalum [Roxburgh]. Kara-angolam. A species growing Bengal, Malabar, and ‘Africa, having properties similar to those of A. dec a pet alum. and also used as a hydragogue cathartic. [B, 172, 173; L, 49.]—A. Lamarekii [Thwaites]. See À. hexapetalum.—A. t = tosum [De Candolle]. See A. dec a pet alum.