1 
c 
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• y- 
B 
ie a larSS trSe " ^ ^ 
peninsula both in the cultivation as a shade M or ornamental . 
tree or in the wild state in the coastal forests. It belongs to tx* 
, , _ nr 
^ J* J. 1 i ” — 
aamarn. * *■»“» *“ *■ 2 “ P ”“ n “ ! 
_ M -Pvni •? t.ft RYlCl Wa.I 
--— . 1n tne s tenfle^r fruits, and which 
Gutta or # a gummy resin m the s.cm,^ 
— ' " * " - i __ A rtVl rt Vi Q CJ 
liUI ia wi’ * «■ e'**“*"«' - wv. 
deludes many trees of commercial or economic i«.ort*»<» such “ 
tM H.ngo.teen,the Ceylon Gamboge, and the Iron-wood. In BngH.n 
tois tne. is known ss Alexandrian Lanr.l.Jhe general Malay «*'- 
_ rn _■; +Q Snnfi- 
tnis - _ ^ 
_ t Qii + which is derived from its Dans- 
in the peninsula is PenS£al«^’ ffhl '' n 
^L^ST being; usually suffixed to show that 
krit name Punnaga , 
. _ nclllr) . 
Krll iieuuo * » *** —— 
the tree 1= an inhabitant of the littoral parts of the peninmn 
puds* is, a. far as I *»ve »••» 10 tM ”' ““ 
synonym In Malacoa. The tree has no negater fruiting sea¬ 
son. in the peninsula, hut,in India where then tree is also «il 
end cultivated,its fruits -ay he obtained in February or somewhere 
in August. It produce, round, »arbl.-like fruit, confining a 
targe percentage of oil which does not play any ««* i» 1 °“ 1 
industries a. it doe, in sons parts of India, where the oil-.he 
-i e nci^A in medicinal con- 
_ -i „ n f* *v e ~ 8 commerce-—is usea m 
Laurel or Domoa oil oi ^ * 
. . miT>Tin^ps• For a detailed account 
fections and for illuminating I V 
. nf this oil the reader may consult the Pharma- 
about the nature of this on 
cogr.phia Indica Vol. 1(1889) 173, ‘F B F»ook, Warden and Hoppor, 
„d Lewkowitsch's Chemical Technology .andAflysf^-CilS. 
ir i ir(i chkA ^69. The cake left after the ex- 
Fats and Waxes, Vol. 11(1^ 4; j ✓ 
' 1 __ oY»nin 
M Cl T r _ >-l fill |tf li A I . ■ —— ” > 
— ; ... vepY rich nitrogenous manure for crops, 
pression of the oil is a ver^ 
However both the oil and the cake are unfit for 
'they contain a very, pois^ous element. 
I.t however it i^ncmmmon to find in their fruiting sea¬ 
son, here, the ground below these trees littered with numerous 
partly eaten fruits. A closer inspection about shows tfiAM* the 
_ A — 1 . J 1 (!> It ^ 
author of the damage to he 
n m 3 i r*r»<a "1 . 
