. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. LEGUMINOSAE 523 first removed. The broad bean (Vicia Faba) is much cultivated in Europe- for both animal and human food. The seeds of Paprika africana are used aa food by native Africans and in Abyssinia and in the Indian Archipelago are esteemed as a good substitute for coffee. The Australian wattles (Acacia), of which there are many species, vary- greatly in size. The bark of some of these is used for tanning purposes. The wood is
. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. LEGUMINOSAE 523 first removed. The broad bean (Vicia Faba) is much cultivated in Europe- for both animal and human food. The seeds of Paprika africana are used aa food by native Africans and in Abyssinia and in the Indian Archipelago are esteemed as a good substitute for coffee. The Australian wattles (Acacia), of which there are many species, vary- greatly in size. The bark of some of these is used for tanning purposes. The wood is valuable and takes a fine polish, A. Gerrardi being an example of this class. From A. Famesiana is derived the oil of cassia, much used in per- fumery. It is prepared by macerating the flowers in olive oil. Cassia pomade is prepared from fatty substances to which the cassia flowers have been made to impart their perfume. C. occidentalis is used as a substitute for coffee. Many of the legumes produce important gums. From the Algarrobe, or locust tree of Jamaica (Hymenaea Courbaril) is produced a gum said to be superior to shellac; the sweet pulp of the fruit is edible. The gum Kino (Pterocar- pus Marsupitim) is a native of India and yields a gum that is used both for tanning and dying and as an astringent. Kino contains from 40-80 percent of tannin and kino red. P. tinciorius produces a valuable wood, and a related species (P. Dalbergioides) produces a wood similar to mahogany. The Tonka bean or Tonquin (Dipteryx odorata) of Guinea contains the substance cumarin and is used as a snuff and as a scent in cigars. Cumarin is widely distributed in the plant kingdom, especially in such Leguminosae as Dipteryx, Melilotus, and Myroxylon. It occurs in species of other families, as the palm, vernal. Fig. 283. Axwort (Coronilla varia). A poison- ous plant of Europe—adventitious in the U. S. (From Strasburger, Noll, Schenck and Schimper.). Please note that these images are extracted from
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