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Identifier: journalofbombayn221913bomb (find matches)
Title: Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Bombay Natural History Society
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Bombay, Bombay Natural History Society
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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or sale in all the markets. It issmaller in quantity than the pith of the true Sago Palm, moredifficult to extract, and inferior in quality. It has got a certainpeculiar flavoxu- from which the meal of the true sago is free. According to Jumelle, about 400 trees can be planted to the acre,and each tree yields about 154 lbs. of sago. This gives the enormoustotal of 61,600 lbs. to the acre. Roxburgh sajs that one palm gaveabout 150 lbs. of good sago-meal. (cl) The Fruit.—The juice of the fleshy outer covering of thefruit is highly stimulating and corrosive. If applied to the skin itcauses great pain and inflammation. It is said that the inhabitantsof the Moluccas were in the habit of using in the defence of postsduring the war a liquor obtained by the maceration of this fruit,which the Dutch appropriately denominated hell-water. From 1. Watt. Commerce. Prod, of India, (1908), p. 92. 2. Jumelle. Les Cultures Coloniales. PI. (Aliment) 27 ; (1900). JouRN. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. Plate LI.
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Arenga obtusifolia, Mart., in the Botanic G-ardens of Calcutta. THE PALMS OF BRITISR INDIA AND CEYLON. 453 tlie albumen of the seed, when free from this noxious covering, theChinese prepare sweetmeat. (e) Fibre.—At the base of the petioles completely embracingthe trunk, is found a beautiful black horse-hair-like fibre, known asthe Eju or Gomuta fibre. This fibrous substance is superior inqualit)^, cheapness and durability to that obtained from the husk ofthe coconut, and is well known for its power of resisting wet. Ithas been recommended for ropes intended for use under water andeven as covering for submarine telegraph cables. The coarsest fibre, according to Watt, is onl)^ fit for brush-making. For this purpose the leaves are first washed and thensoaked in an alkaline solution. ^ The natives of the Indian Islands use the fibre for every purposeof cordage, domestic and naval:- The coarser parts, says Seemann, found with this vegetable horse-hair, are used by all the tribeswho write

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