294 STURTEVANT S NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 



Greigia sphacelata Regel. Bromeliaceac. 



Chile. The sweet, pulpy frviits, called chupon, are greedily eaten by children. 



Grevillea sp.? Proteaceae. silk-bark oak. 



A species at Swan River Colony, Australia, has a large, yellow, spicate inflorescence 

 nearly a foot long. The natives, says Drummond, collect the flowers and suck the honey 

 from them. They call the plant woadjar} 



Grewia asiatica Linn. Tiliaceae. 



East Indies. This plant is cultivated in India, says Brandis,* for the small, not very 

 succulent, pleasantly acid fruit. The bark of this tree is also employed for making rope. 

 Masters ' says the small, red fruits, on account of their pleasant, acid taste, are commonly 

 used in India for flavoring slierbets. Firminger ^ says the pea-sized fruits, with a stone 

 in the center, are sour and uneatable. The berries have a pleasant, acid taste and are 

 used for making sherbets.' 



G. hirsuta Vahl. 



Tropical Asia. A shrub or small tree whose pleasant, acid fruit is much used for making 

 sherbets.' 



G. megalocarpa Beauv. 



Tropical Africa. The black fruit is edible." 



G. oppositifolia Buch.-Ham. 



Hindustan. The berries have a pleasant, acid taste and are used for sherbets.' They 

 are also eaten.' 



G. pilosa Lam. 



East Indies and tropical Africa. The fruit of a shrub, probably this, is called karanto 

 on the Bassi hills of India and is eaten.^" 



G. populifolia Vahl. 



East Indies and tropical Africa. The fruit, v/ith a scanty but pleasant pulp, is eaten 

 in Sind, where it is called gungo. In the Punjab, it is called gangee.^^ 



G. salvifolia Heyne. 



East Indies. The small, dry, subacid fruit is eaten in India.'* 



' Hooker, W. J. Journ. Bot. 2:360. 1840. 



' Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 41. 1874. 



'Masters, M. T. Treas. Bot. 1:552. 1870. 



* Firminger, T. A. C. Card. Ind. 200. 1874. 



.' Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 735. 1879. (G. elastica) 



Royle, J. F. Illuslr. Bot. Himal. 1:104. 1839. 



'Don, G. Hist. DicM. Pis. 1:550. 1831. 



Drury, H. Useful Pis. Ind. 235. 1873. 



Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 38. 1874. 

 > Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 39. 1874. 

 " Brandis, D. Fo'est Fl. 38. 1874. 

 "Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 43. 1874. 



