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Journal of Herbert Edward Pretyman written during his expedition to the Kittar Mountains, between Kenneh (on the Nile) and the Red Sea, 1891

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The seeds were raised at Great Carlton, and some of the young plants transferred to the Royal Gardens, Kew. Among them—Moringa aptera, Cassia obovata (the senna of commerce), Capparis spinosa, Zygophyllum album. Before mineral oils were introduced the oil of Ben, produced from the moringa aptera, was used by watchmakers.

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