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N.O. COMBRETACE^. CHAP. VII. 



TfTRMiNALiA CHEBULA. Eng. Chebulic Myrabolans. Dak. Halda. Tarn. Useful 

 Kaduk-kai. Ka7i. Alale-kai. Plants. 



Fruit the Myraholan of commerce, used as a dye and tanning stuff. 



Terminalia bellerica, Eng. Belleric Myrabolans. Buk. Balda. 

 Tarn. Tanrik-kai. Kan. Tari-kai. 



Fruit used for dyeing yellow and black. 



Terminalia tomentosa. Duh. Jangli-karanj. Tarn, Karuppu- 

 maruta-maram . 



Bark used for dyeing black. 



N.O. RUBIACE^. 

 RuBiA CORDIFOLIA. Eng. Indian Madder. Buk. Man jit. Tani. 



Manjitti. Kan. Manjusbta. 

 Roots yield a kind of madder. 



N.O. URTJCACE^. 

 Artocarpus integrifolia. Eng. Indian Jack Tree. Buh. Phunus. 



Tarn. Palah-marum. 

 Saw-dust of the wood yields a yellow dye. 



N.O. EUPHORBIACE^. 

 Phtllanthus emblica. Buk. Anvulah. Tarn. Nelli-kai. Kan. 



Nelli-kai. 

 Bark astringent, used in dyeing. 



Mallotus Philippinensis. Eng. l^amela. Tarn. Kamela. 

 A powder from the outer surface of the fruit gives a yellow dye. 



C. FIBRES. Fibres. 



N.O. MALYACE^, 



Hibiscus cannabinus. Eng. Dukhaui Hemp. Buk. Ambari. Tarn. 

 Palungu. 



This plant yields a very excellent fibre. In addition to this one 

 there are six other species of Hibiscus on the Hills, all of which contain 

 fibre. In fact, as a rule, all the herbaceous plants of the Mallow 

 family contain fibre. 



N.O. LEGUMINOS^. 

 Several Grotalarias and Bauliinias contain fibre. A laro-e, climbing 

 species of BauMnia yields the fibrous bark u.sed on the Government 

 Cinchona Estates for tying on the moss, used in the mossing system of 

 harvesting the cinchona bark. 



N.O. ASCLEPIADE^. 



Calotropis gigantea. Eng. Mudar. Bu,lc. Akra. Tarn. Erukkam. 



Kan. Yakkeda. 

 Yields a strong and durable fibre, used by native fishermen for 

 making fisliing lines. 



