

Group of African Oil Palms in Bahia. 



The Oil or Dende Palm as it is called in Southern 

 Brazil is believed to have been introduced from Af-rica in 

 the .early days of the slave trade and it has become per- 

 fectly acclimatized there. In West Africa its nuts which 

 are borne in large crowded bunches form an important arti- 

 cle of export, special steamship lines having been organ- 

 ized to carry them to Hamburgh. In Brazil the oil is used 

 extensively for table purposes quite as we use olive oil. 

 Photo No. 15408 taken Dec. 26, 1913, by Dorsett, Shamel 

 and Popenoe at Bahia, Brazil. 



