54 STURTEVANT S NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 



Anthocephalus morindaefolius Korth. Rubiaceae. 



East Indies and Sumatra. This large tree is cultivated in Bengal, North India and 

 elsewhere. The flowers are offered on Hindu shrines. The yellow fruit, the size of a 

 small orange, is eaten.' The plant is a native of the Siamese countries.* 



Anthriscus cerefolium Hoffm. Umbelliferae. chervil. 



Europe, Orient and north Asia. This is an old fashioned pot-herb, an annual, which 

 appears in garden catalogs. Chervil is said to be a native of Europe and was cultivated 

 in England by Gerarde' in 1597. Parkinson * says " it is sown in gardens to serve as 

 salad herb." Pliny' mentions its use by the Syrians, who cultivated it as a food, and 

 ate it both boiled and raw. Booth ' says the French and Dutch have scarcely a soup 

 or a salad in which chervil does not form a part and as a seasoner is by many preferred 

 to parsley. It seems still to find occasional use in England, Chervil was cultivated in 

 Brazil in 1647 ' but there are no references to its early use in America. The earlier writers 

 on American gardening mention it, however, from McMahon * in 1806. The leaves, 

 when young, are the parts used to impart a warm, aromatic flavor to soups, stews and 

 salads. Gerarde ^ speaks of the roots as being edible. There are curled-leaved varieties 



Antidesma bunius Spreng. Euphorhiaceae. 



A tree of Nepal, Amboina and Malabar. Its shining, deep red, fruits are subacid 

 and palatable.!" In Java, the fruits are used, principally by Europeans, for preserving." 



A. diandrum Spreng. 



East Indies. The berries are eaten by the natives." The leaves are acid and are 

 made into preserve." 



A. ghesaembilla Gaertn. 



East Indies, Malay, Australia and African tropics. The small drupes, dark purple 

 when ripe, with pulp agreeably acid, are eaten." 



Apios tuberosa Moench. Leguminosae. groundnut, wild bean. 



Northeast America. The tubers are used as food. Kalm '* says this is the hopniss 

 of the Indians on the Delaware, who ate the roots; that the Swedes ate them for want 



' Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 261. 1876. 



'Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. SS^^- 1879. { Nauclea cadamba) 



'Gerarde, J. Herb. 1040. 1633 or 1636. 



Mcintosh, C. Book Card. 2:171. 1855. (Chaerophyllum sativum) 

 ' Ibid. 



Booth, W. B. Treas. Bot. 1:74. 1870. 

 'Churchill Co. Foy. 2:132. 1732. 



' McMahon, B. Amer. Card. Cal. 191. 1806. 



Gerarde, J. Herb. 1040. 1633 or 1636. 

 Wight, R. Icon. Pis. 3: PI. 819. 

 "Black, A. A. Treas. Bot. 1:75. 1870. 

 "Black, A. A. Treas. Bot. 1:76. 1870. 

 "Brandis, D. Forest Fl. ^4.7. 1874. 



" Ibid. 



"Kalm, P. Trav. No. Amer. 1:400. 1772. 



