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(Eriodendron anfractuosum) or with the Central 

 American rubber tree (Castilloa elastica). For tem- 

 porary shade the dadap (Erytlirina lithosperma Miq. = 

 Eryihrina liypaphorus Boerl.) is often used ; at present, 

 however, other plants are sometimes preferred, being 

 less liable to insect pests; the "lamtoro" (Leucaena 

 glauca) is just now very popular ; here and there the 

 " toeri " (Sesbania grandiflora) is used, or the " Sengon 



FIG. 117. Cocoa planted in an old coffee field (plantation "Getas"). 



The shade trees are Albizzia moluccana. On the right of the photograph is to be seen a Liberian 

 coffee tree, in the centre a young cocoa tree, behind the cocoa tree a nutmeg tree. 



laut" (Albizzia moluccana), and sometimes, but rarely, 

 taro species (Xanthosoma sp.) (Fig. 119). 



As regards the height at which cocoa is grown, in 

 the plains along the sea -coast the results are on the 

 whole the best. The attacks of the moth are not so 

 terrible here, in comparison with cocoa grown at some 

 1000 or 2000 feet above sea-level; the growth is 

 quicker and the yields are higher. But the number of 

 cocoa estates in the plains is small, most of the available 

 land in this region being already occupied by sugar 

 estates. 



