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Garcinia Mangostana, Linn.; Mangosteen. 



A small tree, 20 to 30 ft: high, native of the Malay Peninsula; 

 cultivated in Ceylon, parts of India, and the West Indies. On 

 of the choicest of tropical fruits, regularly shipped from 

 Singapore to Calcutta; but so far attempts to introduce this fruit 

 to the European markets have not been successful, beyond the 

 fact that they have been favourably reported on after travelling 

 from Trinidad (1807), where the iij-t West Indian Fruits were 

 produced in 1875. In Jamaica the Mai _ 



first time in 1886, the plants in both instances being distributed 

 from Kew, The fruit of the "Wild Mangosteen" (G. indica, 

 Chois.) is eaten in India. 



1. 1898, "Mangosteens from the West Indies/' ,,p. 26-27, 



la. ix. 1 (1908) pp. 04-05. 



The Order includes the "Butter & Tallow Tree " (Pentadesma 

 butyracea, Don.), a tree of West Africa; yields a fat from the 

 seeds used by the natives of Sierra Leone for cooking, and the 

 " Mammee Apple" (Mammea americana, Linn.), a large tree of 



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Ternstroemlaceae. 



Caryocar nuciferum, Linn., C. tomentosum, Willd.; Souari 



]N T uts, Butter Nuts. 



Large trees, native of South America. The kernels are valued 

 as dessert nuts. A large supply of nuts of C. nuciferum wa> 

 received at Kew in 1891 from the Botanical Gardens, Demerara, 

 and distributed to various Colonial Gardens (K.B. 1891, p. 277 : 



1892, p. 75). 



Camellia Thea, Link, {Then chinensis, Sims); Tea. 

 A shrub, probably native of Assam and China. Cultivated 

 principally in British India (2034593), Ceylon (1109364), Java 

 216744), and China (161632), the figures stated being the share 



of each country out of a total importation in 1913 of 3,650,434 

 centals. The British Possessions contributed out of this amount 

 3,147.627 centals, in addition to the first two mentioned above, 

 they were South Africa. Xyasaland, Straits Settlements, Hon}- 

 Kong, Australia, Canada, and the West Indies. The foreign 

 countries contributing the remainder of 502,807 centals were, 

 including Java and China, chiefly United States, Japan, Russia. 

 Argentine, &c. Various blends of tea are sold, but broadly they 

 are classed as "China," "Ceylon," and "Indian." "Canton 

 Scented Orange Peko" and " Gunpowder " green tea are special 

 kinds supplied for flavouring. There is in the Museum at Kew 

 a very full series of the teas of commerce. 



1. 1888, " Jamaica and Natal Tea," pp. 86-88; 1889, "Puerh 

 Tea," pp. 118-120; 1890, "Compressed or Tablet Tea/' pp. 

 109-112; 1892, "Lao Tea." pp. 219-222: 1892, "Mauritius 

 Tea." pp. 234-238; 189), "'Tea Cultivation in the Caucasus," 



pp. 58-61; 1896, " Leppett Tea," j>p. 10-16; "White Te» of 



Persia," pp. 157-158. 



