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Also known as Catechu, Cutch is extracted from acacia trees, used in the tanning process of converting animals skins and hides into leather (Watt 1885, 74-75). Sometimes known as white catechu, Gambier is extracted from the uncaria gambir plant (Watt 1885, 77).
Database name: Cutch, Cutch and Gambier, Gambier
https://books.google.ca/books?id=2fMHAAAAQAAJ&dq=leather%20manufacture&pg=PA74#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://books.google.ca/books?id=2fMHAAAAQAAJ&dq=leather%20manufacture&pg=PA77#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catechu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambier_(extract)
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