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it has currently been applied, and the name Te/osma (tA, far, and 66727), odor) is 
here proposed, the type species being 7. odoratissima as above cited.—Frederick V. 
Coville. 
Tephrosia mariana. Same as Cracca mariana. 
Terminalia catappa. INDIAN ALMOND. MALABAR ALMOND, 
Family Combretaceae. 
Loca. NAMES.—Talisai (Guam); Talisai, Dalisai (Philippines); Talie (Samoa); 
Kaorika, Kauarika (Karotonga); Tavola (Fiji); Kamani (Hawaii); Almendro 
(Spanish America); Badamier (French); Saori (Solomon Islands); Tipop, 
Tipapop (Ponape, Caroline Islands). 
A handsome deciduous tree with branches in horizontal whorls, large leaves, 
which usually turn scarlet before falling, and an edible almond-like fruit. Leaves 
alternate, clustered toward the ends of the branches, short-petioled, obovate from a 
cordate but very narrow base, 15 to 20 cm. long, usually softly hairy when young, 
glabrous or hairy when adult, with 2 glandular depressions near the base of the 
midrib on the under side which are often obscure or wanting; petiole 6 to 19 mm. 
long; flowers small, spicate; spikes solitary, axillary, simple, gray or rusty tomen- 
tose, the upper flowers male, the lower hermaphrodite, the bracts minute at the 
base of each flower, soon deciduous; calyx tube produced above the ovary with a 
campanulate mouth, limb of 6 short valvate triangular lobes, deciduous; petals none; 
stamens 10 inserted on the calyx tube; epigynous disk within them densely hairy; 
ovary I-celled, inferior; style long, simple; fruit 2.5 to 3.8 cm. long, ellipsoid, slightly 
compressed so as to show two ridges, finally glabrous. 
A very common tree in Guam, often growing near the shore, but also found inland. 
The kernels of the fruit are of a fine almond-like consistency and flavor. The crows 
(Corvus kubaryi) are very fond of them, and the natives eat them as delicacies either 
fresh or candied. The bark and leaves are astringent and contain tannin. In India 
they are mixed with iron salts to forma black pigment, with which the natives in 
certain localities color their teeth and make ink. This species is an excellent shade 
tree. It is of wide tropical distribution and is often planted for ornament and for 
the sake of its nuts. It has been introduced into Hawaii and the natives have 
applied to it the Polynesian name for Calophyllum inophyllum (kamanu, or kamani) 
owing to the appearance of its foliage, which from a distance looks somewhat like 
that of the latter species. It is easily propagated from the seed. 
The wood is hard and of a reddish color, the sapwood lighter colored than the 
heartwood, In Guam it is used for troughs, carts, and posts, and if ‘‘daog’’ wood 
(Calophyllum imophyllum) can not be obtained it is used for making cart wheels, 
though it is inferior to that species in toughness and durability. The Fijians and 
Samoans make drums of the hollowed trunks. 
REFERENCES: 
Terminalia catappa L. Mant. 1: 128. 1767. 
Thatch plants. 
The principal materials used for thatching are the leaves of Cocos nucifera and 
fringes of sword grass or neti (.Nipheagrostis floridula) and of the leaflets of the nipa 
palm (Nypa fruticans). See p. 148. 
Theobroma cacao. Cacao. CHOCOLATE TREE. PLATE LXVIL. 
Family Sterculiaceae. 
LocaL NAMES.—Cacao (Spanish); Kdkao (Guam). 
The seeds of this plant are the ‘‘chocolate beans”’ or ‘‘chocolate nuts’’ of com- 
merce. It isa small tree with a bare stem which generally rises to a height of about 2 
meters before branching, and reaches a height of 5 or 6 meters. Sometimes, however, 
under good conditions of moisture, soil, and situation it grows higher. The tree is 
cauliflorous; that is, the flowers spring forth from the trunk and older branches. 
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