74 FRUITS OF BORNEO. 



sweetish acid flavour ; it is very plentiful in the woods. 

 The varieties of mango (Mangifera) are very numerous, 

 but the island produces none of those of the fine flavour 

 of the Indian ones : all the species known to Borneo, 

 probably seven or eight, are found wild. Several kinds 

 of ' jambu ' (Eugenia) are grown, but are not held in 

 high esteem for their flavour, though they have a 

 beautiful appearance. The ' blimbing' (Averoah), of 

 which there are two kinds, are used by the natives in 

 cookery, as are also the limes for purposes where acidity 

 is required. The ' barangan/ a kind of chestnut, is 

 grown by the Dyaks, and the pomegranate is found 

 with the fruits of India and America in the gardens 

 of the Europeans. 



To the above an extensive list of fruits produced 

 in Borneo alone, and peculiar to it, might be added, 

 but the papers containing it, together with several 

 others of valuable notes, were left by me in Borneo, 

 as on my departure for England I had not contem- 

 plated publishing my remarks on the island. The 

 fruit trees generally receive little attention from the 

 natives, and it is probably for this reason, that the 

 seasons are so irregular. They are surrounded by 

 the jungle, and, except to the experienced eye, are in 

 no way to be distinguished from the trees composing 

 it. In Penang and Malacca, where care is taken of 

 the trees, they always produce fruit regularly twice a 

 year the small crop about July, the large and gene- 

 ral crop about December. 



Having thus, as far as the limited knowledge we 

 possess will allow, noticed the principal vegetables and 



