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obliquely truncate, surrounded with a whitish pulpy aril ofa 
pleasant acid taste. Bark with a thick soft suber, the outer 
layer of which exfoliates in patches; inner bark firm and hard, 
breaking with a short fracture, of a pale red colour. With 
ferric salts it turns black. Taste very astringent. 
Chemical composition.—The bark contains 9°4 per cent. of 
tannin in its watery extract, and leaves 10 per cent. of ash. 
DODONZEA VISCOSA, Linn. 
Fig.— Wight Ill. I, t. 52. Switch Sorrel (Eng.). 
Hab.—Throughout India. The leaves. _ a 
Yernacular—Sanatta, Ban-mendru (Hind.), Jakhmi, Bandari 
_ (Mar.), Bandrike, Bandri (Can.). 
History, Uses, &c.—This overgeen shrub or small tree 
is widely diffused, and in Jamaica is known as “‘ Switch-sorrel.”’ 
According to Dr Bennett it is called “ Apiri” in T4hiti, and 
fillets of it were once used for binding round the heads and 
waists of victors after a battle. The leaves of D. Thunbergiana ~ 
are said to to be used in South Africa against fevers and as a 
purgative. In India D. viscosa does not appear to have been 
mentioned by Sanskrit writers, but amongst the people it has 
@ certain amount of reputation as a febrifuge. In Réunion the 
leaves are esteemed as a sudorific in gout and rheumatism, and 
in Madras they are said to make a capital poultice; from the 
gum, resin, and albumen present in them one would suppose 
that they would retain the heat like a linseed meal poultice. 
From their astringent properties it is probable that they have 
Some febrifuge virtues, while the resins contained in them 
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