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are very astringent and have been used more or less in 
medicine. 
Garcinia Livingstonei, tropical Africa. G. Xanthochymus, 
Malay Archipelago. 
Harpephylium caffrum. Anacardiaceae. Kaffir plum.— 
A tree native of the Cape of Good Hope, with edible, plum- 
like fruits. 
Hovenia dulcis. Rhamnaceae. Japanese raisin tree—A 
small tree, also known as the coral tree, distributed over 
China, Japan, and the Himalayas. The fruits, which are 
about the size of a pea and borne on enlarged fleshy 
peduncles, contain a sweet juice and are edible. 
Hymenaea Courbaril. Leguminosae. Courbaril tree or 
West Indian locust.—A large tree with simple bilobed leaves, 
Nnative of the West Indies and tropical America. The diam- 
eter of the true stem is 6-9 feet, surrounded by buttresses 
measuring around the base over 80 feet in circumference. 
Some trees are supposed to be more than a thousand years 
old. The pods are thick, flat, 3-4 inches long and 2 inches 
broad. They contain a few bean-like seeds, imbedded in 
> which becomes mealy as the pod ripens, and is eaten 
y the natives. 
_ Inga dulcis. Leguminosae.—A tree of the Mimosa sec- 
tion of the bean family. It is a large showy specimen with 
simple winged leaves, cultivated for its pods which are 2 or 
more feet long, 3 inches broad, and pendulous. The seeds 
are imbedded in a sweet pulp which is eaten by the natives. 
Different species of Inga are common throughout the whole 
_ of tropical America and the West Indies, the pods of all 
containing a sweet, mucilaginous, edible pulp. 
Lansium domesticwm. Meliaceae. Lanseh.—A tree native 
of and cultivated throughout the Malay Archipelago. The 
fruit is yellow, the size of a pigeon’s egg, and is produced in 
bunches. When ripe it consists of a transparent, pleasant, 
subacid pulp, enclosed in a very bitter skin, which must be 
removed before the fruit is eaten. The natives value the 
lanseh next to the mangosteen and durian in flavor, and 
Europeans rank it foremost among the Malayan fruits. 
Lucuma mammosa. Sapotaceae. Marmalade plum.—The 
marmalade plum tree is native of the West Indies and South 
America. The fruit is filled with an agreeably flavored pulp, 
and the seeds, which contain hydrocyanic acid, are used in 
the West Indies as a substitute for bitter almonds in flavoring. 
Lucwma Bonplandia, Cuba. L. serpentaria, Jamaica. L. 
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Rivicoa var. angustifolia, B 
