ch. xv.] Rambutan, or Hairy Fruit. 315 



a similar character, which, dried, are sometimes met with 

 in this country under the name of "litchis." The fruit 

 is common in gardens or orchards throughout the Malay 

 islands, and is quite wild in Borneo. 



In Batavia it ripens in Fehruary and March, and is 

 common in the streets of Singapore during July and 

 August. In the forests of North- West Borneo it ripens 

 in September, large basketsful of it being collected by 

 the natives and brought in along with tampoe fruit, and 

 occasionally mangosteen and fine durian. A basketful of 

 this fruit at first sight reminds one of strawberries, it 

 being singularly like them in size and colour. 



The bread-fruit tree is frequently met with, but the 

 fruit is not so much used by the Malays as it is by the 

 natives of the South Sea Islands. Another member of 

 the same group, the "nangka," or Jack fruit, is much 

 more generally grown, and produces immense fruits, 

 varying from ten to sevent3 r -nve pounds weight. Like 

 the bread-fruit, it has a rough netted coating, the portion 

 eaten being the gcflden pulp which surrounds the seeds. 

 A smaller fruited, and altogether more delicate flavoured 

 species, affords the " champada," and the habit of the tree 

 is much like the Jack fruit, but the " champada" maybe 

 recognised by its leaves being hairy below, those of the 

 Jack fruits being smooth and gloss}' on both surfaces. 

 This kind is liked both by Malays and Europeans. 



The " tarippe," or "trap," is another allied fruit 

 borne by a round-headed tree, having entire leaves much 

 larger than the last, and hispid on both surfaces. They 

 are also of a pale, rusty-green tint, and the fruits are 

 borne near the extremities of the spreading branches, 

 as in the bread-fruit, and not produced from the main 

 branches or the bole of the tree, as in the case of the 

 Jack fruits and " champada." This is the most palat- 



