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INDEX 



Banana fiber, 175 

 Banana figs, 91 

 Banana flour, 91 

 Bananas, 84-94 



composition of, 90 



profits from, 41 



statistics about, 88, 89 



varieties of, 87 

 Bankul oil, 266 

 Banteng, 332 

 Baobab, 189 

 Baphia nitida, 234 

 Barwood, 234 

 Bassia, 283 

 Bay oil, 289 

 Bear grass, 190 

 Beef cattle, 326 

 Bees, 345 

 Belgaum oil, 266 

 Ben oil, 279 

 Benzoin, 258 

 Bergamot, 103 

 Bergamot oil, 259 

 Beri-beri and rice diet; 146 

 Bermuda grass, 315 

 Bertholletia excelsa, 139 

 Betel nut, 225 

 Beverages, 64-81 



Bibliography of tropical agricul- 

 ture, 349-355 

 Bilimbi, 137 

 Bingo-i mat rush, 187 

 Bird pepper, 244 

 Bixa orellana, 236 

 Black sand, 17 

 Black tea, 71 

 Blackwood, 292 

 Blumea balsamifera, 208 

 Boehmeria nivea, 176 

 Bombax malabaricum, 178 

 Bonavist bean, 311 

 Books on tropical agriculture, 349- 



355 



Borassus ftabellifer, 182 

 Borneo camphor, 208 



Bos bubalus, 330 



indicus, 327 

 Boswellia s errata, 256 

 Bowstring hemp, 179 

 Brazil nut, 139 

 Brazilwood, 233 

 Breadfruit, 157 

 Bromelia, 184 



Broussonetia papyrifera, 189 

 Brucine, 219 

 Buffalo, African, 331 



Indian, 330 

 Bull's heart, 128 

 Bulnesia sarmienti, 260 

 Bursera, 289 

 Bursera tomentosa, 212 

 Buttons, vegetable ivory, 297 

 Butyrospermum parkii, 282 



Cacao, 73-79 



beans, fermentation of, 77 

 culture and varieties of, 74, 75 

 statistics about, 79 



Caesalpinia, 233 



Ceesalpinia coriaria, 231 



Cajun fiber, 172 



Cajuput oil, 289 



Calabar bean, 222 



Calabacillo cacao, 75 



Calabash nutmeg, 251 



Calamus rotang, 192 



Calathea allouya, 153 



Calisaya bark, 215 



Calophyllum inophyllum, 212 



Calotropis gigantea, 178 



Camel, 337 



Camellia thea, 70 



Camphor, 208 



Camphor oil, 288 



Camwood, 234 



Cananga odorata, 255 



Canari oil, 279 



Canarium commune, 140 



Canavalia, 309 



Candellia wax, 213 



