It is of about the size and appearance of a yellow egg plum, and in taste like a mealy potatoe, with, however, a trace of that astringency so common to Australian wild fruits.
"The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine"
Frank Jardine and Alexander Jardine
Observed the tree called gharod, or gharoth, or gurd; it bears a seed-pod which is used in tanning leather, from its great astringency.
"Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846"
James Richardson
If Japanese tea "stands," it acquires a coarse bitterness and an unwholesome astringency.
"Unbeaten-Tracks-in-Japan"
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)