Legume Species

Abstract

Cassie perfume distilled from the flowers. Cassie absolute used in preparation of violet bouquets, extensively used in European perfumery. Cassie pomades manufactured in Uttar Pradesh and the Punjab. Pods contain 23% tannin, a glucoside of ellagic acid, and are used for tanning leather. Bark also used for tanning and dyeing leather in combination with iron ores and salts. In Bengal and West Indies pods used for a black leather dye. Gummy substance from pods used in Java as cement for broken crockery. Gum exuding from trunk considered superior to gum arabic in arts. In Ivory Coast trees used as ingredient in arrow poison; elsewhere used as fences and to check erosion. Wood is hard and durable underground, used for wooden plows and for pegs. Often planted as an ornamental.