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Gugal comes to India from Arabia mixed with Myrrh. This latter is
not traced to its origin.
Guggulu —(Sanskrit) =
Gum Hotai— Gum of C. Playfairii,
Gunda beroza- Gum-resin of Boswellia serrata (Gundha-birosa or
Gundab ferozah) often only before drying, after which it is called Sukha-
biroza, but Mohideen Sheriff says by misapplication.
Habaghadi = iTyrjaiW. The word means female Myrrh.
Hab-el-Balasan, Habbul-balasan —Arabian and Mahratti name for
fruits of Balm of Gilead. Lisboa wrongly refers the name to Com
miphora Berryi. Irving writes the word Hub-ool-balsam in his
Materia Medica of Patna.
Hab-bul balasan, Habulas balesa —Mahratti for Mecca balsam
corruption of Hab-el-balasan. The name should be verified.
Hadramaut Myrrh —Dyer’s name for Myrrh from Makal and Aden.
Hagr moeddu— The Somali name of Commiphora Hildebrandtii
Compare Mohr madow.
Hebbakhade, =Afai$a£/Wz\
Hirabol, Heerabol —Hindi and Bengali for Myrrh, contrasted with
Byssabot.
Hoboli— Abyssinian for Myrrh.
Hodaidia jebeli— Dyer gives this name after Fliickiger and Hanbury for
Myrrh from N. W. Yemen.
Hotai resin. —A soapy gum-resin yielded by Commiphora Playfairii.
It is called Dukh by Hindus in Muscat and Diji, Dijaj or Dijjaj in
Arabia. It is used in the place of soap.
Jatayu (Chinghalese) = /.
Kafal wood —Said to’ be fragrant heartwood of Commiphora eryth-
nca-—the variety of the coast of Erythrgea. The name is said by
Engler to be applied also to C. abyssinica.
Karam, Karambol. —Mahratti for African Myrrh.
Kashfa. —The same at Kishar Kundur.
Kataf wood, —The fragrant heartwood of Commiphora Kataf.
Katel. —Said by Wiesner to be a Bombay name for Mecca Balsam. Evi
dently a muddle derived from misunderstanding the expression
Balasan-ka-tel.
Kerbeta, Kerobeta. —Abyssinian for Myrrh tree.
Khaddash.— Schweinfurth uses the word as the Arabic for Myrrh, Engler
takes it as the Abyssinian name for Commiphora abyssinica.
Khafli .—The same as Kishar Kundur.
Kishar Kundur. —A name of Mahomedan writers in India for the bark of
the frankincense tree with scraps of olibanum on it.
Kou-shikaha (Sanskrit)=Gzz^a/.
Kundur Madahraj. —A name of Mahomedan writers in India for tears of
olibanum made by shaking the moist gum-resin in a basket until the
particles agglomerate.