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TROPICAL FRUITS 



Feronia elephantum (Rutaccce). Wood-apple or Elephant- 

 apple ; "Diwol"S. ; "Vila" or "Vilatti" T. A good-sized tree, 

 40 to 50 ft. high, native of India and Ceylon It bears round fruit, 

 about the size of a large cricket ball, similar to the Bael-fruit but 



LOVI-LOVI. Flacoiirtia i tier mis. 



distinguished from it by having a whitish warty surface. The hard 

 woody shell encloses a mass of soft brownish mealy substance, which 

 has a strong aromatic odour. The fruit is generally relished in 

 Ceylon by the poorer classes, and is also used in native medicine. 



