FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 



Psidium pyriferum. W. White Guam. 

 Psidium pomiferum. W. Red Guava. 



Linn. Syst. Icosandria Monogynia. 



The fruit, used as a fruit. 



Vernacular. Peyara, Anjeer, Lal-payara (red), Beng. Suffrijam 

 (white), Amrut (white), Lal-suffrijam (red), Hind. Jam, Dec. 

 Malacka-pela (red), Mai. Coia, Tarn. Jama, Tel. Suda-pera 

 (white), Ratu-pera (red), Cey. Jambu, Malaya. 

 Habitat. West Indies. Naturalized throughout the East Indies. 

 Remarks. First noticed by De Valdes. P. cattleyanum of South 

 America has purple fruit. 



Funica Granatum. Linn. Pomegranate. 



Linn. Syst. Icosandria Monogynia, 



The fruit, used as a fruit. 



Vernacular. Darimba, Sans. Anar t Gulnar, Hind. Dalim, Darim t 

 Darmee, Beng. Madala, Mai. Madalum, Magilan, Tarn. 

 Dadima-pandoo, Puvvu danimma t Tel. Delumghedie, Cey. Ruman, 

 Rana, Kilkul, Arab. Anar, Pers. Delema, Malay. Ganysalan, 

 Java. 

 Habitat. Northern Africa, Armenia, Mazanderan, Bokhara, Cabul, 



Cashmire. Cultivated widely in Asia. 



Remarks. Mentioned in the Bible (as Numb. xx. 5). Hippocrates 

 calls the rind <ri8eiov and the grains KOKKUVCS. It is the Punicum Malum, 

 Granatum, and Balaustium of Pliny. He mentions a seedless variety, 

 Apyrenum, as the most agreeable. The famous pomegranate of Balabagh, 

 in Mazanderan, is also without seed, and is probably identical with the 

 Apyrenum of the ancients. 



Syzygium Jambolanum. W. et A. 



Linn. Syst. Icosandria Monogynia. 



The fruit, used as a fruit. 



Vernacular. Jaman, Hind. Kdlajam, Beng. Jambool t Dec. Perin- 

 njara, Mai. Nawel, Tarn. Naredoo, Tel. 



Habitat. India. 



Remarks. The berry of Eugenia caryophylaeum is eaten in Ceylon. 

 E. cotinifolia is the Cayenne Cherry, and E. pseudo-Psidium the Bastard 

 Guava of the West Indies. N. O. 87. Lecythidaeese presents us with 

 Bertholletia excelsa, the Brazil or Castanha nut tree, and Lecythis ollaria, 

 the tree which yields the Sapucaya or Monkey-pot nut, the finest of all 

 nuts. 



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