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Mango

an umbrageous tree, wild on the western Ghats, in the Chutia Nagpore Hills and the Naga Hills, and cultivated all over India. The fruit is considered one of the very best in India; it is laxative. The bark of the root and, to a certain extent, of the stem, is used in diarrhea, etc. The young leaves are good for pectoral complaints, the old ones for cleaning the teeth. The seeds are anthelmintic and the resin of the bark antisyphilitic. The seeds contain gallic acid. The bark and the leaves yield an inferior yellow dye. The dry unripe fruit is used as a mordant, especially in dyeing with safflower. The leaves and the bark are used in parts of India in tanning.

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