MxVNUAL OF THE NILAGIRI DISTRICT. 135 



N.O. STERCULIACE^. CHAP. VII. 



Stercdlia FOiTiDA. Eng. Sterculia seeds. Tavi. Pinari-kai. Useful 



The kernels of the seeds are eaten by natives. Plants. 



N.O. TILIACE^. 



Elzeocarpus oblongus, a pretty tree, belonging to the genus which 

 yields the tubercular seeds worn by Brahmins as beads. The hard 

 tubercular shells of the seeds of this tree are broken, and the kernel 

 eaten by natives like almonds. 



N.O. RUTACE.E. 

 LiMONiA ACiDiPsiMA, a Very acid species of lime. 

 Citrus aurantium. £ng. Orange. DtcJc. Narangi. Tarn. Kich- 



chilip-pazham, Kan. Kittale-hannu. 

 Of the orange there are several varieties, and when carefully culti- 

 vated they yield excellent fruit. 



Fekonia elephantum. Eiig. Wood-apple. DicJi. Kavit. Tarn. Vilam- 



pazham. Kan. Byalada-hannu. 

 The pulp of the fruit has a strong flavour and sweetish taste and is 

 eaten. 



^GLE MARMELOS. Eng. Bael fruit. DiiJc. Bel-phal. Tarn. Vilva- 



pazham. Kan. Bilapatri-hannu. 

 The fruit when ripe is sweetish and aromatic, and when green it is 

 astringent and used in diarrhoea and dysentery. 



N.O. ANACARDIACE^. 



BucHANANiA LATIFOLIA. Etig. Cuddapah almond. Tarn. Kat-manga. 



Shara-purpu. Kan. Chara-puppu. 

 Kernel of the seed. 



N.O. ROSACEA. 

 Fragaria Indica, this, the wild strawberry, is small and insipid. 

 RuBus LASIOCARPUS and Rdbus flavus, known as blackberries and 

 edible. 



N.O. COMBRETACE^. 



Terminalia catappa. Eng. Country Almond. DiiJc. Jangli.badam. 



Tam. Nattu Vadam-kottai. Kan. Nat-badami. 

 Kernels of seeds. 



N.O. RHAMNACE^. 



ZiZYPHUS jujuba. Eng. Bev-h-nit. DuJc.Bcv. Tam. Elandap-pazham. 



Kan, Yalachi-hannu. 

 Known as the jujube-fruit, and is wholesome and palatable. 



N.O. MYRTACE^. 



PsiDiUM ptriferum and P. pomiferum, the Guava, grows on the lower 

 slopes, but the fruit does not attain great perfection. 



