FOREST Piionn.Ts. 



Vateria Malabar ica. The seeds yield by boiling a solid 

 fat of a pale yellow colour, used for burning. It might be 

 utilized iu the manufacture of soap and candles. 



Xi/Ua dolabriformis. The seeds are said to yield an oil. 



TAN BARKS AND DYES. 



Acacia arabica. The bark of this tree is occasionally used 

 for tanning. It yields an excellent brown dye, which can be 

 changed to black by the addition of proto-sulphate of iron, 

 as a mordant. I have often dyed shikar suits with it, and 

 the colour is permanent. Many of the other acacias are used 

 for dyeing and tanning notably A. Decurrens an Australian 

 species. 



Albizzia LebbeJc. The bark of this tree is occasionally 

 used for tanning. 



Areca Catechu. The nuts are used for dyeing and might 

 be used for tanning, were they not too expensive for this 

 purpose. 



Artocarpus integrifolia. The wood of this tree made into 

 a decoction produces a yellow dye. 



Bixa orellana. The reddish powder that covers the seeds 

 of this plant are used for dyeing. 



Briedelia retusa. The bark of this thorny tree can be 

 used for tanning. 



Butea frondosa. The gaudy flowers of this, tree are used 

 for dyeing ; but the colours are fleeting. 



CcBsalphinia Sappan. This small tree is most extensively 

 cultivated throughout Malabar. It reaches a larger size iu 

 Wynaad, however, than it does on the Coast. When a daughter 

 is born in a Thean family, the father plants a certain number 

 of Sappan trees, which form her dowry when married. There 

 are factories at Calicut where the dye is prepared. I found 

 on visiting them that the wood cut into chips was boiled, 

 and a quantity of country arrowroot was then thrown into 

 the decoction and when saturated, removed and dried. 

 This pink powder is exported in large quantities to the 



