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[7] _Ritha_, the berry of the soap-nut tree, _Sapindus trifoliatus_ or _mukorossi_.
Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885
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First, her maids washed it beautifully clean with the juice of the lime and the lather of the soap-nut; then it was combed and brushed until every hair glistened like ebony; next it was twisted up and stuck full of the quaint golden and tortoise-shell bodkins, with here and there a spray of jasmine and chumpaka.
Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines Rounsevelle Wildman 1882
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The hair should then be washed thoroughly with soap-nut (ritha) solution or acacia concinna.
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The hair should then be washed thoroughly with soap-nut (ritha) solution or acacia concinna.
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