Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Tangēdu

by Edgar Thurston

Tangēdu.— Tangēdu or Tangēdla {Cassia auriculata) has been recorded as an exogamous sept of Kāpu and Padma Sāle. The bark of this shrub is one of the most valuable Indian tanning agents, and is, like myrabolams {Terminalia fruits), used in the manufacture of indigenous dyes.