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AAL

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 2 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AAL  , also known as A'L, AcH, or Alm, the Hindustani names for the Morinda tinctoria and Morinda citrifolia,

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plants extensively cultivated in India on account of the reddish dye-stuff which their roots contain . The name is also applied to the dye, but the
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common trade name is Suranji . Its properties are due to the presence of a
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glucoside known as Morindin, which is compounded from glucose and probably a trioxy-methyl-anthraquinone .

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