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It is said that the apatot alone produces a red dye. A yellow dye is produced by boiling the leaves of the Tamarindus indica L. in water until a strong liquor is obtained. Lemon juice is also applied to bark to give it a yellow hue. The bamboo strips used in decorating basketry are blackened by holding them in the smoke of burning rice-straw.
The aroka, or Saraca indica, is said to preserve chastity, and is dedicated to Kama, the Indian god of love, while with the negroes of Senegambia the baobab-tree is an object of worship. The Tamarindus Indica is in Ceylon dedicated to Siva, the god of destruction; and in Thibet, the jambu or rose-apple is believed to be the representative of the divine amarita-tree which bears ambrosia.
This deposit is rubbed on the teeth, at intervals, for several days until they become a shiny black. A second method is to use a powder known as tapEl which is secured from the lamod tree. The writer did not see this tree but, from the description given of it, believes it to be the tamarindus. This powder is put on leaves and is chewed.
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