262 sturtevant's notes on edible plants 



E. luschnathiana Klotzsch. 



Brazil. The berries are eaten. 



E. mabaeoides Wight. 



Ceylon. The fruit is the size of a small cherry. 



E. macrocarpa Roxb. 



East Indies, where it is called chalta-jamb. The fruit is eaten by the natives.' 



E. makapa Mer. et Lens (?). jambosine. 



This tree is cultivated in the Mauritius under several varieties. The fruit is pear- 

 shaped and edible.^ The jambosine was introduced into Florida at Jacksonville before 

 1877-' 

 E. malaccensis Linn, jambos. large-fruited rose apple, malay apple, rose 



APPLE. 



A tree of the Moluccas, cultivated in the Indian Archipelago, Pacific islands, China 

 and India. " The fruit," says Capt. Cook, at Batavia, " is of a deep red color and an oval 

 shape; the largest, which are always the best, are not bigger than a small apple; they 

 are pleasant and cooling, though they have not much flavor." Rheede says the fruit 

 is of the size and shape of a moderate pear, white with a blush of red, of a very agreeable, 

 vinous taste and smell. Firminger * says the fruit is of the size and form of a very small 

 apple, perfectly smooth, of a pure, translucent white, with a beautiful blush of crimson 

 and that some persons eat it but it is not worth eating. Seemann * says that it is quince- 

 shaped, with an apple-like smell and delicate flavor. In 1839, a specimen of the fruit 

 grown under glass at Cambridge, Massachusetts, was exhibited at the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society's exhibition * and the fruit was pronounced most delicious, partaking 

 of the fragrance of the rose with the sweetness of the peach. The flowers are preserved 

 by the Dutch at Amboina and are frequently eaten as a salad.' 



E. mjrrobalana DC. 



Brazil. The berries are eaten in Brazil.* 



E. nhanica Cambess. 



Brazil. The berries are used as a table fruit.* 



E. oblata Roxb. 



East Indies. It is called goolam and is cultivated for its fruit." 



-Wight, R. Icon. Pis. 2: PI. 612. 1843. 



'Unger, F. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt. 336. 1859. (Jambosa makapa) 



' Amer. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 66. 1877. {Jambosa makapa) 



* Firminger, T. A. C. Card. Ind. 265. 1874. {Jambosa malaccensis) 

 'Seemann, B. Fl. Viti. 77. 1865-73. 



Hist. Mass. Hart. Soc. 249. 1880. 



' Andrews Bot. Reposit. 7:458. 1797. 

 Baillon, H. Hist. Pis. 6:347. 1880. 

 Mueller, F. Sel. Pis. J93. 1891. 

 '= Wight, R. Icon. Pis. 2: PI. 622. 1843. 



