368 sturtevant's notes on edible plants 



the taste of potatoes.' Thunberg ' says, in Kaffraria, the roots were eaten roasted, boiled, 

 or stewed with milk and appeared to him to be both palatable and nourishing, tasting 

 much like potatoes. 



Morinda citrifolia Linn. Rubiaceae. awl tree. Indian mulberry. 



Tropical shores in Hindustan, throughout the Malayan Archipelago and neighboring 

 Polynesian islands. Its fruit is a great favorite with the Burmese, served in their cur- 

 ries.' Labillardi^re * says the fruit is in great request among the Friendly Islanders, but 

 Its taste is insipid. Captain Cook states that the fruit is eaten in Tahiti in times of 

 scarcity, and that the taste is very indifferent. 



M. tinctoria Roxb. ach-root. dyers' mulberry. 



East Indies and Malay. According to Brandis,' this species is cultivated throughout 

 India. Don saj^ the green fruits are pickled and eaten with curries. 



Moringa aptera Gaertn. Moringeae. 



Nubia and Arabia. The seeds are exported to Syria and Palestine for medicinal 

 and alimentary use.' 



M. concanensis Nimmo. 



East Indies and India. The unripe fruit is eaten.' 



M. pterygosperma Gaertn. horseradish tree. 



Northwest India. The horseradish tree is cultivated for its fruit, which is eaten 

 as a vegetable and preserved as a pickle, and for its leaves and flowers which are likewise 

 eaten.* Dutt ' says it is cultivated for its leaves, flowers and seed-vessels, which are 

 used by the natives in their curries. The root, says Royle,'" is imiversally known to Euro- 

 pean residents in India as a substitute for horseradish. Ainslie " says the root is generally 

 used and the pods are an excellent vegetable. According to Firminger,'* the root serves 

 as a horseradish and the long, unripe seed-pods are used boiled in curries. It is also cul- 

 tivated by the Burmese for its pods, but by Europeans it is chiefly valued for its roots.'* 

 In the Philippines, the leaves and fruit are cooked and eaten.'* In the West Indies, the 

 oil expressed from the seeds is used in salads.'^ 



' Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 230. 1879. (Vieusseuxia edulis) 

 ' Thunberg, C. P. Traz). 1:144. 1795. {Iris edulis) 



Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 423. 1879. (Af. bracteata) 



* Labillardifere Voy. Recherche Perouse 2:153. 1799- 

 ' Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 278. 1874. 



Baillon, H. Hist. Pis. y.iyo. 1874. 



' Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 130. 1874. 



Ibid. 



Dutt, U. C. Mat. Med. Hindus 117. 1877. 

 " Royle, J. F. Illustr. Bot. Himal. 1:180. 1839. 

 " Ainslie, W. Mat. Ind. 1:175. 1826. 

 " Firminger Gard. /ji. 130. 1874. {Hyperanthera moringa) 

 " Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 298. 1879. 

 " Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



