LEGUMINOSZ.. : 835 
non-drying oils. By expression from the dry seeds we 
C. Mueller has examined nine samples of East Indian 
marinds with the following results :— 
Pulp free from seeds, | Dry pulp. 
Seeds. 
Pot. | Tart. | Citric.) Pot. | Tartaric 
Water. | Insol. Bitart.| acid, | acid |Bitart.) acid. 
st °/, 38:0 .........| 30°81 | 20°2 | 6°01 | 8-80 3-95 | 8 25 | 12-25 
(52 0 Sees 91:92 | 12-2 | 4-66 | 5-29 | 0°64 | 6-21 | 6°77 
oo 2 2 are 7°00 | 16:2 | 5:27 | 6°63 *20 | 7:20| 9-09 
He found very small quantities of malic acid, which were 
culated as citric acid.—(Pharm. Centralhalle, 1882, Nos. 49 
Jommerce.—Large quantities of Tamarinds are shipped 
srsia and other northern countries. Some go to Europe, 
they are used for pharmaceutical purposes. The red 
from Guzerat is most esteemed, and is worth Rs. 50 per 
y of 7cwts. Some of the inferior kinds are not worth 
than Rs. 20. . 
e pulp is prepared for the market by removing the seeds 
epicarp by hand; the pulpy portion is then usually mixed 
about 10 per cent. of salt and trodden into a mass with 
naked feet; there are several qualities in the market, the 
‘difference being in the amount of care which has been 
n preparing them, the best is free from fibre and. husk, 
orst contains both as well as the seeds. Careful house- 
rs prepare their own pulp, and expose it for a week to 
and dew to ripen it. 
ind seeds are universally eaten by the natives; they 
ted and soaked to remove the outer skin, then 
_ when they become tolerably palatable. In the 
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