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 MAIDEN PLUM. See Comocladia integrifolia. 



MAIZE. See Zea Mays. 



MAJOE BITTER. See Picramnia antidesma, 



MAMMEA AMERICANA, Linn. 



Mammee. 



Native of West Indies and tropical America. 



A spreading tree, 40 to 60 feet high ; leaves simple, opposite ; flowers 

 laro-e, white, fragrant ; fruit larger than an orange, russet-brown, 



(Guttiferce.) 



Wood " remarkably durable, well adapted for house building, posts 

 and piles ; stands damp. It is beautifully grained and used for fancy 



work." (Harrison,) 



Bark. Gum applied to extract jiggers ; " dissolved in lime-juice, it 

 destroys maggots in sores at a single dressing ; and an infusion of the 

 bark is astringent, and is useful to strengthen the recent cicatrices of 



sores." 



Flowers. " A liqueur has been obtained by distillation from the 

 flowers infused in spirits of wine, known in Martinique by the name 

 of " Creme cles Creoles" (Macfadyen.) 



Fruit of a sweetish, somewhat aromatic taste, and of a peculiar 

 odour. 



MAMMEE SAPOTA. See Lucuma mammosa. 



MANDIOC. See Manihot utilissima. 



MANGIFERA INDICA. Linn. 

 Mango. 



Native of the East Indies. 



A tree ; leaves, simple ; flowers small. 



Wood : "Distributed over the cleared hills on the metamorphic soils ; 

 planted in hedge rows and around habitations. Introduced in 

 eighteenth century from the East Indies, and now growing sponta- 

 neously in the interior of the island up to 4,000 feet ; diameter up to 

 four feet, height thirty feet. As a timber it has only a few special 

 uses." (Hooper.) 



MANGO. See Mangifera indica. 



MANGROVE, RED. See Rhizophora mangle. 



MANGROVE, WHITE, See Laguncularia racemosa. 



