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NUTS 



NUTS 



about *s inch in diameter, of a Chinese tree. Borne sinRly in three- 

 chambenxl capsules. The nuts consist of relatively hirge, brown 

 setxis. having hani shells with a thick coating of a fatty substance, 

 which is usctl in various ways as a substitute for annnal taliow. 

 I->\>in China ami Japan. ' 



Semecarpus Anacardium. MAUKiNt:-XuT. M.\rany-Nut. 

 Maksh-Nit. OuiKNTAL Cashew. A nacaitUdcca'. Fig. 2539. The 

 black, lobi'-like, suniewliat contorietl seed of about 1 inch in length, 

 by *« inch wide, and 's inch thick, of an evergreen tree native 

 to the warmer parts of .-Vsia. A very useful ink is made by mixing 

 lime with the green juice of these seeds. It is said that to a con- 

 siderable extent the natives roast and cat tlusc t>co(ls. 



I'nless rojistcii. these nuts shouKl be hantllcd with groat precau- 

 tion, as in the raw condition they possess extromcly poisonous 

 properties similar to those of the American poisons, ivy and sumac, 

 and the cashew, to which it is closely related. 



Staphylea trifolia. .Vmerican Bi„\nDEn->JiTT. Stapkyleacex. The 

 fruit of a shrub common in eastern and northern I'nited States. 

 Triangular in form, measuring from 1 Vi to 1 ^ i inches in length by 

 about *4 inch in width, covered with a thin papery shell of a reddish 

 brown or buckwheat color, and having a rather long, sharp point 

 at the apex. Fruit three-celled, each cell containing several (usually 

 three) small, smooth and very hard shining seeds. Fruits remain on 

 shrubs during winter. Of use only as ornamentals. 



Stiychnos potatorum. CLEARixG-Ntrr. Indian Gum-Nuts. 

 Water-filtkk-Xct. Loganiacex. The seed of an oriental tree, 

 which is largely employed by the natives because of its power of 

 causing intpurities in water to settle to the bottom. Receptacles 

 in wliich water is to be placed are vigorously rubbed with one of 

 the nuts; later the water is poured in and the impurities quickly 

 unite together at the bottom, leaving the water perfectly clear. 



Telfairia pedata. Tabebui v. Cucurbitacex. Fig, 2539. The 

 thin, broad seed, in form resembling a longitudinal section of a 

 shortened tulip bulb, of a rapidly growing tropical climber from 

 Africa. T>*pical specimens measure about 1 H inches in length, by 

 slightly more in width, and about H inch in thickness. They 

 are covered with a tough fibrous seedcoat of a straw-color. Within 

 this b a solid palatable kernel, resembling the Brazil-nut greatly 

 in tettnre and somewhat in flavor. 



Terminalia Catappa. Tropical Almond. Demarara Almond. 

 Malabar .Almond. Myrobolan-Nut. Tavola-Nut. Cornbrc- 

 taceac. The oblong, broad-oval, smooth-surfaced seed, with a sharp 

 ridge marking the sutures on the two sides, of a very tall deciduous 

 trf-e of southern .\sia. The long and very slender kernel, encased 

 within the thick porous husk of this seed is said to have an almond- 

 like flavor. 



Theobroma Cacao. Chocolate- Nut. Chocolate-Bean. Ster- 

 culiacex. The dark reddish brown, bean-like seeds of a small genus 

 of tropical America which affords the cacao butter of commerce. 

 These seeds are about J-s inch long, by J^ inch wide and ^-^ inch 

 thick. 



Thespesia populnea. Portia-Nut. Malvaces. The small obo- 

 void brown seeds of a tree, native to tropical parts of the Old 

 World. Seeds have a netted veined surface, yellowish brown pubes- 

 cence on inner edges, especially at apex, and a thin but stout shell. 

 Portia-nuts >ield an oil used as an illuininant. 



Torreya nucifera. Torrey-Nut. False Nutmeg. Taxace^. 

 The small brown-colored, somewhat mottled, thin-shelled, oblong- 

 oval sce<ls. of a good-sized coniferous tree native to Japan. Eaten 

 either raw or roasted. 



Trapa natans. Water Chestnut. Water Caltrops. Water- 

 Nut. Horn Chestnut. Jesuit Chestnut. Trapacex. Fig. 2539. 

 The seed of a water-plant of southern Europe, much sought after 

 by the nitives for their agreeable kernels which become inedible 

 with the hardening of the shell. In form, these nuts are very irreg- 

 ular, measuring from 2 to 3 inches between the tips of the short 

 stout horns, and about 1 inch in depth through the irregularly 

 shaped head of the nut. These nuts are of a slatish brown color 

 and their surface is quite smooth. 



Trapa bispinosa. Singh ara-Nitt. Trapacex. Fig. 2539. Southern 

 Asia and northern .Airica. According to Watt, in the "Commercial 

 Products of India," "This aquatic plant has been grown in India 

 from the most ancient times. ... In certain parts of the 

 country the kernels are ground down and employed for making the 

 colored powder (gulal) used during the Iloh festival." They are 

 also used niedicinally and as a staple article of food. 



In growing, the nuts "mature under water" and arc "gathered in 

 November and December." In certain sections it is "extensively 

 cultivated, e. g., in Kashmir, the United and Central Provinces, etc. 



"The kernel abounds in starch, and is eaten either raw or rooked, 

 especially by the Hindus. It may be boiled wliole, after soaking a 

 night in water, rouglily broken up and made into a sort of porridge, 

 or ground to meal and into chapattis." 



THE COltMON NAAIE3 OF NUTS WITH THEIR TECHNICAL 

 EQUIVALENTS, UNDER WHICH THE NUTS ARE DE.SCRIBED. 



Acajou. Anactirdium occidentals. 



Acorn, edib e Pamnia cornea. 



Aeom. edible Pasania cunpidata. 



Almond fof commerce) Prunua Amyadalus. 



Almond, Deniarara Terminalia CaUipjxi. 



Almond, earth Cyperus escuknluH. 



Almond, ween Piatacia vera. 



Almond. Java Canarium luzonicum. 



A rnond. .Malabar Terminalia Catappa. 



Almond, Peruvian Caryocar ap. 



Almond, tropical Terminalia Catappa. 



Arcca-nut Areca Caterhii. 



Ar-nut Bunium li ulbocastarium. 



Australian-nut Mamdamui tirm folia. 



Barbados-nut , Jatrupha Curms. 



Beazor-nut GuiUindina Boiuiuc 



Beech-nut Fagus gmndi/lora. 



Ben-nut Moringa oleifera. 



Betel-nut - Areca Catechu. 



Bissy-bissy-nut Cola acuminata. 



Bitter-nut Carya cordiformis. 



Bladder-nut, American Staphylea trifolia. 



Boma-nut Pycnocoma macrophylla. 



Bomah-nut Pycnocoma macrophylla. 



Bome-nut Pycnocoma macrophylla. 



Bonduc-nut Guilandina Bonduc. 



Brazil-nut Berthollctia excclsa. 



Bread-nut. ... lirosimum Alicastrum. 



Bread-nut . .('uriiliis Avellana. 



Buffalo-nut , I'l/rulnria oleifera. 



Buriti-nut . . .^laurili.a flexuosa. 



Butternut . Hertholldia excclsa. 



Butternut < 'anj-'car nuciferum. 



Butternut Juglans cinerca. 



Butternut, Guiana Caryocar sp. 



Butter tree Butyrospermuin Parkii. 



Cachew-nut Anacardium occidentale. 



Cahoun-nut Attalea Cohune. 



Caja-nut Anacardium occidentale. 



Cajou-nut Anncurdium (uridcntale. 



Candle-nut Aleun/ts mollnrcana. 



Cashew-nut Annrardnim occidentale. 



Cashew, oriental Semecarpus Anacardium. 



Castana Berthollctia excclsa. 



Castanea Berthollctia excclsa. 



Chestnut, American Sweet Castanea dentata. 



Chestnut, Australian Castanospermum axistrale. 



Chestnut, Cape Calodcndrum capensis. 



Chestnut, Chinese Castanea mollissima. 



Chestnut, creeping Castanea alni/olia. 



Chestnut, dwarf Castanea pumila. 



Chestnut, earth Bunium Bulbocastanum. 



Chestnut, European Castanea sativa. 



Chestnut, Fiji Inocarpus edulis. 



Chestnut, French Castanea sativa. 



Chestnut, horn I'rapa natans. 



Chestnut, horse JEsculus Hippocastanum. 



Chestnut, Italian Castanea sativa. 



Chestnut, Japanese Castanea crenata. 



Chestnut, Jesuit Trapa natans. 



Chestnut, Moreton Bay Castanospcrmum australe. 



Chestnut, Otaheite Inocarpus edulis. 



Chestnut, Polynesian Inocarpus eduUs. 



Chestnut, Spanish Castanea sativa. 



Chestnut. South Sea Inocarpus eduHs. 



Chestnut, Tahitian Inocarpus edulis. 



Chestnut, water Trapa 7iatans. 



Chestnut, wild Calodcndrum capensis, 



Chilean-nut Gevuina Avellaria. 



Chinese-nut. Litchi chinensis. 



Chinese tallow-nut Sapium sebiferum. 



Chinquapin Castanea pumila. 



Chocolate-nut Theobroma Cacao. 



Chufa Cyperus esculentus. 



Clearing-nut Strychnos potatorum. 



Cob-nut Corylus Avellana. 



Coconut Cocos nucifera. 



Coconut, dwarf Jubxa spedabilis. 



Coconut, monkey's : Jubxa spectabilis. 



Cohune-nut Attalea Cohune. 



Coker-nut Jubaea spectabilis. 



Cola-nut Cola acuminata. 



Coquilla-nut Attalea funifera. 



Coquita-nut Jubsea spectabilis. 



Cream-nut Berthollctia excclsa. 



Dawa-nut Nephelium Litchi. 



Doom-nut Ilyphcme crinita. 



Doum-nut Hyphane cnnita. 



Durian-nut Durio ziln'thinus. 



Earth-nut Bunium Bulbocastanum* 



Edible rush Cyperus esculentus. 



Elk-nut Pyrularia oleifera. 



Filbeard Corylus Avellana. 



Filbcrd Corylus Ai-eltana. 



Filbert Corylus Avellana. 



Filbert, Lambert's.... '. ., ■ ... .Corylus maxima. 



Fiatiche-nut Pistacia vera. 



Fox-nut Euryale ferox. 



French physic-nut Jatropha Curcas. 



Ginkgo-nut Ginkgo biloba. 



Goober * Arachis hypogxa. 



Goora-nut Cola aciimiinita. 



Gorgon-nut Euryale ferox. 



Gorra-nut Cola acummnla. 



Groundnut Apio.-< tuberosti. 



Groundnut Arachis hypi>g:ca. 



Groundnut Panax Irifolinm. 



Ground pea Arac/(('.s hypoga-a. 



Guru-nut Cola acuminata. 



Hale-nut Corylun ,4 vellana. 



Hawk-nut Bunium Bulbocastanum. 



