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d'or, is cultivated in the West Indies, and to a limited extent 

 in other regions. H. F. Macmillan states that it is not fruit- 

 ful in the eastern tropics. P. mcdiformis, L. is grown in the 

 West Indies, and in the mountains of Colombia, where it is 

 called curuba or kuruba. 



