Steinmetz:Galla
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
[edit] Galla halepensis
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Capuliferae
- English Names
- Oak galls
- Aleppo galls
- Turkey galls
- Oak apples
- Nutgalls
- Natural Habitat
- Part(s) Used
- Gallae Halepensis, an excrescence caused by the gall, wisp (Cynips tinctoria) on Oak species, especially Quercus infectoria (which see)
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- Constituent(s)
- gallo-tannic acid
- gallic acid
- starch
- resin
- sugar
- ellagic acid
- wax
- gum
- essential oil
- Action
- astringent; used in dyeing and tanning
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[edit] Galla sinensis
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Eastern Asia (especially China
- Japan)
- Northern India
- Part(s) Used
- Gallae sinensis seu japonicae (an excrescence caused by certain insects (Schlecteudalia sinensis), sucking the young twigs of some Sumach species, especially Rhus semialata
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- Constituent(s)
- astringent; used in dyeing and tanning
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