148 THE USES OF PLANTS. 



been entirely overlooked, and the result is that not 

 a single Indian gum is to-day of any commercial 

 value.' 



AURANTIACE^E. 



Feronia elephantum, Corn, WOOD-APPLE GUM, of 

 South-west India. Cheap and useful. 



<&gle Marmelos, Corr., said to yield * a good 

 arable.' 



MELIACE^E. 

 Melia Azedarach, L. 



BOMBACE/E. 



Bombax Malabaricum, DC., etc., MUCHERUS. 

 Adansonia digitata, L. 



STERCULIACKfi. 



Sterculia urens, Roxb., etc., of India, and 5. traga- 

 cantha, Lindl., etc., of tropical Africa. KUTEERA or 

 AFRICAN TRAGACANTH. 



CACTACE^E. 

 Cactus and Opuntia, spp. 



MORINGACE.E. 



Moringa pterygosperma, Gaertn., a red gum, used in 

 Indian medicine. 



BROMELIACE^E. 



Puya, spp. CHAGUAL, from S. lago de Chili, re- 

 sembles Gum Arabic, 75 per cent, soluble. It has 

 only recently been introduced. 



