Souroutont

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The souroutont was a piece of measure in French India in the Pondichery province . It was used in the betel trade.

1 souroutont = 3000 betel leaves
1 adoucou = 48 betel leaves

literature

Johann Christian Nelkenbrecher: General pocket book of coin, measure and weight, the exchange, money and fund rates, etc. For bankers and merchants. Georg Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1871, p. 431