It appears also, from trials made, that one part of divi-divi is sufficient for tanning as much leather as four parts of bark, and the process occupies but one-third of the time.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference

Dr. Hamilton states that, according to some admirably conducted experiments of Mr. Rootsey, of Bristol, undertaken at his request, the pods of divi-divi contain above 50 per cent. of tannin.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference

The first process -- the making of leather -- does not lie within the scope of this work; suffice it to say, that the hair or fur is first removed by lime, etc, and that after the skin is scraped it is treated variously with oak bark, valonia, sumach, divi-divi, etc.; it is a long and tedious process, and certainly does not lie within the province of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference

The backroads of Aruba take travelers past eerie rock formations, cacti and our famous divi-divi trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Fears of England Twenty20 travel chaos ease] Reference

In a dramatic performance every night, the fading sun dances on a jagged landscape of cactuses and divi-divi trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Travel] Reference

Make the most of your precious vacation days in a place where the divi-divi trees delight and the cacti stands tall.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Gladstone will be the better pleased, and take another farthing off 'divi-divi,' or some other commodity in general use and of universal appreciation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General] Reference

This is an economical proceeding in many cases, especially in working with many of the old tannin materials, like sumac, divi-divi, myrobalans, and the modern direct dyes, which during the dyeing operations are not completely extracted out of the bath, or in other words the dye-bath is not exhausted of colouring matter, and therefore it can be used again for another lot of goods simply by adding fresh material to make up for that absorbed by the first lot.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics] Reference

1849 into Liverpool from Valparaiso, as a substitute for divi-divi in tanning. 3,200 lbs. of divi-divi were exported from the port of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference

Myrobalans, 14 lbs. divi-divi, 11 lbs. oak galls.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference

Among the latter, one species, the "divi-divi," abounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference

This is an economical proceeding in many cases, especially in working with many of the old tannin materials like sumac, divi-divi, myrobolams, and the modern direct dyes which in the dyeing operations are not completely extracted out of the bath, or in other words, the dye-bath is not exhausted of colouring matter, and, therefore, it can be used again for another lot of goods, simply by adding fresh material to make up for that absorbed by the first lot of goods.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student] Reference