MISCELLANEOUS ECONOMIC PRODUCTS 



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Botanical and Common Name. 



Mimusops hexandra. " Pallu." 5. 

 Phyllanthus Emblica. " Xelli." S 



Rhizophora mucronata | Man- 

 "Kadol." S : "Randal." T. - grove 

 Ceriops Candolleana. J harks 



Rumex hymenocepalus. "Canaigre" 



Terminalia belerica " Myrobolan; 

 Bulu," S 

 T.-Chebula, "Aralu,"S. 



Native Country, etc. 



Parts from which tannin 

 is obtained. 



Ceylon and India. Moder- Bark. 



ate-sixed tree.' 

 . Ceylon. India, Java, etc. ! Fruits. 



Small shrub or tree. 

 Ceylon and Eastern Tro-j 

 ipics. Moderate-sixed sprea- 

 ding trees, inhabiting 

 lagoons j 

 'Mexico. A tuberous Tuberous roots. 



perennial.! 

 Ceylon, India, Malaya. A Fruits. 



\ery large tree. 

 Ceylon, India. Malaya. A 

 moderate-sixed tree. 



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VEGETABLE-WAX, GUMS, RESINS, ETC. 



Candcllila Wax This vegetable wax is obtained from Eu- 

 phorbia aniisiphyllitica (N. O. Euphorbiacese), a small plant, 

 native of Mexico, which produces a considerable quantity of the 

 wax in a thin coating over all parts of the stems and branches. 

 In America the wax is classed with bees-wax in quality; having a 

 high melting point, it is claimed to be superior to Carnauba palm 

 wax, and is said to be in good demand in London, The wax is 

 obtained from plants growing wild in Mexico in arid regions, those 

 in moist districts furnishing little or none; it is extracted by a simple 

 process of boiling, by which a yield of about Z% to 4% of wax 

 (of about 90 % purity) is obtained. Candellila wax is used at 

 present in the manufacture of shoe polishes, floor waxes, varnishes, 

 carbon papers, gramophone records and for electrical insulation. 

 etc. It sells for about Is. per pound delivered in Europe. The 

 Candellila plant (signifying ''little candle") is easily propagated by 

 cuttings. The name is also applied to Pcdilanthns Pavonis, another 

 Euphorbiaceous shrub of North Mexico, 2\ to 4 ft. in height. 



Carnauba Wax. A product of the Brazilian Wax-palm (Co- 

 pernicia ccrifcra), a moderately-large, handsome palm, 30 to 40 ft. 

 high, found in abundance in the forests of Brazil. On the under- 

 side of the leaves is deposited a thin layer of wax, which is col- 

 lected either by gathering the leaves and exposing them in a dry 

 place to wither, when the wax cracks and peels off in flakes, or 

 by scraping the wax from the leaves, it being afterwards melted 

 and poured into moulds. Another mode of collecting is by 



