236 DICTIONARY OF POPULAR NAMES KIPPER 



Kipper Nuts. {See Earth Chestnut.) 



Knapweed. {See Bluebottle.) 



Koa, a name in the Sandwich Islands for a species of 

 Acacia called A. Koa, but more probably A. heterophylla.. A 

 tree of moderate height, and a foot and a half or more in dia- 

 meter. It is an extremely handsome dark wood, with shades of 

 lighter colour, and beautifully mottled ; boxes or chests are 

 sometimes made of it. 



Kokoon {Kokoona zeylanica), a native name in Ceylon of 

 a lofty tree of the Hippocratea family. The bark is yellow and 

 corky, and is made into a kind of snuff, and used by the 

 Cingalese ; it excites copious secretions, and is considered bene- 

 ficial in headache. Its seeds yield a lamp oil. 



Kokra-wood {Ajwrosa [Zejndoslachys] Boxbargliii), a tree of 

 the Spurgewort family (Euphorbiace^), with simj^le laurel-like 

 leaves, native of India. The w^ood is used for many purposes. 



Koot. {See Costus.) 



Kotukutuki, name in Kew Zealand for Fuchsia excorticataj 

 a tree of the Evening Primrose family (Onagracese). It attains 

 a height of 10 to 30 feet. Its wood is durable and well 

 adapted for house-building, and by using iron as a mordant 

 forms various-coloured dyes, even to black. 



Kumquat {Citrus japonica), a small tree of the Orange 

 family (Aurantiacese), native of Japan and China. In Chusan 

 it occupies extensive slopes of hills, bearing abundance of yellow 

 fruit, which when ripe presents a very grand appearance. The 

 fruit is preserved in jars, and forms an important export. The 

 plant has been recently introduced into this country, but is too 

 tender for the open air. 



Lablab, a name in India for certain kinds of pulse plants, 

 and now adopted as a genus of the Bean family (Leguminosse). 

 Z. vulgaris and L. euUratus are herbaceous twining plants, similar 

 in growth and habit to the scarlet-runner, originally natives of 

 India, but now cultivated in most w^arm countries for the sake 

 of their pods and seeds. Like the kidney bean, there are many 

 varieties cultivated. The natives use them for covering arbours. 



