The trunk exudes a gum called in India "kanni ki gond," an article of commerce.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
It was the key of the swamp of St. gond, the French centre.
"Waiting for Daylight"
Henry Major Tomlinson
The gond names are probably also those of animals, plants or other objects, but their meaning has now generally been forgotten.
"The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II"
R. V. Russell