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Sapium Indicum

A widely distributed Asiatic tree which yields an acrid, milky juice, which, as also the leaves of the plant, furnishes a kind of dye. The fruit in its green state is acid, and is eaten as a condiment...

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A widely distributed Asiatic tree which yields an

acrid, milky juice, which, as also the leaves of the plant,

furnishes a kind of dye. The fruit in its green state is acid, and

is eaten as a condiment in Borneo.



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