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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
OF 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION, 
No, 4.] : (1913. 
XX.—_MANDURO: A NEW OIL-YIELDING TREE FROM 
PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA. 
(Balanites Maughamii, Sprague.) 
T, A. SPRAGUE. 
In November, 1911, leafy branches of a species of Balanites 
(Simarubaceae*) were received at Kew from Mr. R. C. F. Maugham, 
nsul at Lourenco Marques, ea eee by a letter from 
which the following paragraphs are extracte 
“I beg to enclose under separate cover some twigs a foliage of 
a tree growing in some profusion in this district, whic j as been 
found, produces a fruit the kernel of which is highly sit and 
yields not less than 60 per cent. of a fine oil perfectly suitable for 
alimentary, lubricating or manufacturing purposes.’ 
“T regret I have no nuts remaining, but I have sent small 
quantities both to the Imperial Institute and the Commercial 
Intelligence Department of the Board of Trade.” 
The material received from Mr. Ma ight was identified as an 
- undescribed species of Dalasi agreeing with a specimen in the 
Kew Herbarium collected at the Rovuma River by Dr. (now Sir 
John) Kirk, and mentioned by Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. i. p. 315, 
under Balanites aegyptiaca, as possibly belonging to a distinet 
species. 
“Tas: following additional information regarding the tree was 
contained in an official report dated 25th Oct., ea from Mr, 
Maugham, a copy of which was transmitted to 
“ A discovery of some value has been pesently made in this 
district by a Portuguese gentleman named Ferreira Leao. ‘his 
discovery takes the form of a large hitherto unidentified tree growing 
plentifully, it is said, in the neighbouring Lebombo Mountains, and — 
elsewhere near at hand, The ores in Eperaan produces a nut or 
* Some botanists have referred the genus to the Zygophylscese, whilst others Z 
ican eae wees a special family, the the Balanitaceae a 
(29173—6a.) Wt, 212—780, 1125, 5/13. D&S, — 
