A hand-book of Indian products : art manufactures and raw materials / [T. N. Mukharji].

  • Mukharji, T. N.
Date:
1883
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Credit: A hand-book of Indian products : art manufactures and raw materials / [T. N. Mukharji]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mangifera indica. Mango. Veru.—Sanslcrit, kmv&. ] Bengali, Amb ; Hindi, Am; Tamil, Mampaz- ham ; Tehigu, Mamidi-paudlu. A large tree, cultivated almost in all parts of India for its fruit, which is reckoned by the natives as the most delicious fruit in India, but Europeans do not seem to appreciate the varieties most admired by natives. The Ramayan says that the mango was brought to India from Ceylon. The unripe fruit is made into pickles and also sliced and sold in the bazilr in the dried state; ripe fruits are made into jam. The bark and the leaves yield a yellow dye, w'hich is but rarely used’; the dried unripe fruit is, however, used in dyeing as a mordant or a purifier of other substances. A pink-coloured gum exudes from the tree in small quantities. The seed inside the stone is used for food by the poorer classes, especially in the times of scarcity. It is astringent and a valuable re- medy in leucorrhoea. Matricaria Ohamomilla. Chamomile. Syn.—Anthemis nobilis, Vern.—Bengali, Hindi, Babun-phul; Tamil, Chamaindu-pu. A native of Europe and Persia, imported into India from the latter country. The flowers are aromatic, bitter in taste, and considered tonic, carminative, and anodyne. Melia Azadirachta. (M. indica in Brandis ’ Forest Flora.) Nim Tree Syn. —Azadirachta iudica. Vern.— Sanslcrit, Nitnba ; Bengali, Hindi, Nim ; Tamil, Vepu-maram ; lelugu, Vepa ; Burmese, Thembau-ka-makah. A large tree, found almost in all parts of India, but it thrives luxuriantly in the dry climate of the North-West Pro- vinces. Every part of the tree is intensely bitter ; the bark posjsesses febrifuge, astringent, and alterative properties, much used in fevers and cutaneous diseases ; a poultice of the leaves hastens maturation of boils ; the saccharine juice, which