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FRL'IT CULTIVATION 



soft, flakey pulp being eaten either raw, boiled, or fried, and used as 

 a vegetable for curries, etc. The large albuminous, date-like reeds 

 are roasted and esteemed in curries. The timber is excellent 

 for cabinet work, building, etc., and is much used in Ceylon ; 



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lemon-yellow at first, it turns with age to a very dark tint like 

 mahogany, to which it is but little inferior. The tree is propagated 

 by seed and is suited to moist or semi-dry districts, up to 2,000 ft. 

 {See illustration). 



