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p. 59) ; B. longifolia, Benth. ; the " Nangwesn," " Njombo " or 

 " Mjombo," of the Nyasaland Protectorate (Buchanan, Kew Bull. 

 1892, p. 59 ; Purves, Herb. Kew), and B. Woodiana, Harms, are all 

 described as possessing a fibrous bark from which a " cloth" is 

 obtained, 



TAMARINDUS, Linn. 



Tamarindus indica, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 308. 



III. — Rheede, Hort. Mai. i. t. 23 ; Rumpf, Amb. ii. t. 23 ; Bergius, 

 Mat. Med. Reg. Veg. i. p. 34 ; Plenck, Ic. i. t. 3] ; Jacq. Icon. Select. 

 Stirp. Am. t. 10 ; Lam. Encycl. t. 25, f. 1 ; Desc. Ant.ii. t. 126 ; Tuss. 

 Ant. iii. t. 35 ; Hayne, Darst. Beschr. Gewache, x. t. 41 ; Nees von 

 Esenbeck, Plant. Medic. Dtisseld. t. 343 ; Wagner, Pharm. Med. Bot. 

 t. 41 ; Guimpel, i\bbild. Beschr. t. 44 ; Woodville, Med. Bot. iii. 

 t. 161 ; Steph. & Ch. Med. Bot. t. 88 ; Burnett, PL Util. i. t. 12a ; 

 Cassone, Fl. Medico-Farmacentica ii. t. 114 ; Ralph, Ic. Carp. t, 19, 

 f. 1 ; Bot, Mag. t. 4563 (T. officinalis) ; Lemaire, le Jard. Fl. ii. 1852, 

 t. 133 ; Berg & Schmidt, Darst. Beschr. Pharm. ii. t. 9c. ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Svlv. t. 184 : Baillon, Hist. PI. ii. fie. 73-76 ; Bentl. & Trimen, Med. 

 PI. t. 92 ; Vidal, Fl. For. Filip. t. 43d (pod) ; Kohler, Med. Pflan. ii. ; 

 Engl. & Prantl, Pflan. iii. pt, 3,f. 79 ; Tschirch, Ind. Heil. Nutzpfl. 

 tfc. 49, 50 (Tamarindenallee) ; Shattuck, Bahama Is. t. 33 (habit) : 

 Contr. U.S. Nat, Herb. ix. t. 66; Karst. & Schenck, Veg. bild. vi. 

 t. 40 ; Sim, For. Fl. and For. Res. Port. E. Afr. t. 47 ; Engl. & Drude, 

 Veg. Erde, ix. f. 66. 



Vernac. names. — Ajagbon (Yoruba, Thompson) ; Tsamia (Konta- 

 gora, Dalziel) ; Tsamia (Hausa, Dudgeon) ; Madilo or Kily (Mada- 

 gascar, Baron) ; Bwemba (Nyasaland. Purves) ; Looquajoo (Usagara, 

 Grant) ; [Kamalindo (Guam), Sampalok, Sambalagui, Sambag, 

 Sambagui, Tamarindo (Philippines) Safford] ; Tamr hindee (Arabic, 

 Hooker) ; [Tamarindeiro (Port,) Egansela Umqwembe or Mamieba 

 (Quelimane) Sim'] ; Dakhar ; D'Kar ; Diammi ; Diane ; Kharalle, 

 Tombi ; Tomi ; Boscogna, Kared ; Kara ; Tombigui (F. W. Afr. 



various parts, Chevalier). Tamarind ; Indian Tamarind ; Indian 



Date. 



Native of the East and West Indies. Cultivated in India,' Burmah, 

 Tropical Africa, &c. 



The pulp of the fruit is well known for its medicinal properties — 

 used as a laxative for which purpose it is imported from India and 

 the West Indies. For export the pulpy portion is in India pressed 

 together, usually without sugar. Egyptian Tamarinds are made into 

 cakes and dried in the sun, and the West Indian product is prepared 

 with syrup. In India as well as for medicinal purposes, it is used in 

 curries, chutnies and sauces (Hooper, Agric. Ledg. No. 2, 1907, p. 13). 

 In Northern Nigeria a beverage is made by steeping the pods in 

 water, generally mixed with onions (Dudgeon, N. Nigeria Gaz. 

 July 31st, 1909, p. 100) ; and in F. W. Africa the pulp is used to coag- 

 ulate rubber latex (Chevalier, Les. Veg. Util. L'Afriq. Trop. Franc, iii. 

 p. 130). Tamarinds are given in Burmah as a tonic to working 

 elephants. 



In 1909, 3250 cwts., value £2302, of Tamarinds were imported 

 into England [including 77 cwts., value £63. from Foreign Countries, 

 and 3173 cwts., value £2239 from B. W. India Islands] (Trade of 

 the United Kingdom, i. 1910, p. 227). 



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