monkey-face tree

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English

Etymology

Calque of Tamil (corunga munji marum)

Noun

monkey-face tree (plural monkey-face trees)

  1. Any tree of species Mallotus philippensis (syn. Rottlera tinctoria), of tropical India.
    Synonym: kamala tree
    • 1895, “Board of Trade Journal of Tariff and Trade Notices and Miscellaneous Commercial Information”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 19, H.M. Stationery Office:
      Kamela, or, as it is sometimes termed in India, kinbil, is a powdery substance, obtained from the exterior of the fruit of the Mallotus Philippinensis, or monkey-face tree, a small evergreen species found all over tropical India, the bark of which, it may be mentioned, possesses useful tanning properties.

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