BUTTER 41 



Dika Almond 



{Irvingia Barieri) 



It is called Wild Mango at Sierra Leone ; also Udika, 

 Oba or Iba ; and is a native of tropical Africa, being found 

 in profusion on the AVest Coast from Sierra Leone to 

 the Gaboon. It is largely used by the people of Gaboon, 

 who eat it with fish and plantains. Miss Kingsley calls it 

 a delicacy. The flowers, which are small and yellowish 

 green, have a perfume. 



The fruits, which are like plums, are gathered together 

 in a heap till the pulp has putrefied. The stones are then 

 cracked and the kernels taken out \\\ order to be crushed 

 with a wooden pestle in a large mortar. Then the mass, 

 placed in a basket, is exposed to the sun, which melts it into 

 a stiff substance. It is finally cooled, when it becomes liard 

 like cheese. It can be kept a long time if wrapped in 

 leaves and a cloth, so as to be hung up inside a house. 



Tucuma 



{Astrocaryum Tucuma) 



It is called Tucuma in Brazil ; Awarra Palm (British 

 Guiana) ; and is a native of tropical America. 



The fleshy part of the fruit is an esteemed food (SeeuKin). 



Probably this is the Palmier Avoira of French Guiana, 

 and Aublet says it yields an oil for frying fish in ; also butter 

 from the kernel, of a very good taste, which many [>refer to 

 real butter. 



