The Commercial Products of India Being An Abridgement of “The Dictionary of the Economic Products of India”

The majority of the trees are of the great value to the inhabitants of the tracts whore they are at all prevalent both sources of TIMBER and loam. [...] In the third year they will flower Perfect Condition of and bear fruit ; and according to the experts of the tanning industry in Cawnpore the bark is in its most 'perfect condition when the trees are from 4 to 6 years Bark. [...] The yield and quality of the gum of the tanning bark' and of the timber—its three chief products—greatly depend on the condition of the plant. [...] and rain darkens the colour and lowers the value of the gum besides making it astringent owing to the quantity of tannin (from the bark doubtless) with which it becomes charged. [...] and in the early part of the hot weather during April and May the sale of green pods forms an important item in the forest revenue of that Province.