408 
Ref.—‘‘ On the Synsepalum dulcificum, or Miraculous Beg of 
aee Africa,” Daniell, in Pharm. Journ. [1] xi. 1852, 
p.4 **Miraculous Fruits of West Africa, (deroeslen 
camel " Hillier, in Kew Bull. 1906, p. 171. 
ParaqQviUM, Blanco. 
eum Gutta, Burck in Ann. Jard. Buitenzorg, v. (1885) 
Ju boss. 100-200 ft. high, 4—5 ft. in diam. when fully grown, 
with buttresses 6-8 ft., extending at the base 4-5 ft. from the 
irunk ray). Leaves coriaceous, obovate or obovate-oblong, 
base cuneate, apex shortly acuminate, glabrous green on the upper 
surface, golden silky pubescent on the under side, 3-5 in. long 
13-25 in. broad ; petiole 1-14 in. long. Inflorescence in the axils of 
the leavos; flowers in fascic cles of about 4-5, corolla white, six 
petals, rotate-campanulate. Fruit a berry with a 
p ubescence similar to that on the under side of the leaves, 13 in. 
n diam. six-ovuled though only 1—2 seeded when mature. Seeds, 
ge than broad, ends rounded, testa shining, except for the 
hilum covering nearly one-half the whole surface. Dichopsis 
Gutta, Benth. in Benth. and Hook. Gen. Pl. 11. (1876) p. 658. 
Ill.—Hooker, Kew Journ. Bot. vi. t. 16 (Zsonandra Gutta); 
Miquel, FI. Ned. Ind. Bat. ii. t. 36A (Zsonandra Gutta); De 
Vriese, De Handel in Getah-Pertja, p. 32, p. 46 (Zsonandra Gutta, 
var. oblongifolia) ; Ann. Jard. Bot. Bra + : , t. 4, t. 5 
Palaquium oblongifolium) ; Bentley and Trimen, Med. PI. t. 167 
Die Gutta); Baillon, Hist. Pl. xi. p. 264, ff. 296, 297; 
Engler and Prantl, Pflan. de pt. 1, f. 71; Obach, Cantor Lectur es 
f. 4 (P. Gutta), t. 5 (P. oblongifolium); Kohler, Med. Pflan. iii. 
(P. Gutta m P. oblongifolium) ; Journ. Soc. Nat. Hort. France, 
ii. 1902, p. 355, f. 17 (young po in po ts); Sherman, Gutta 
Percha, Phali pines Dept. of the Interior, Manila, Bull. No. 7, 
1903, f. 2, 14 and 26-27, 29; Jumelle, PI. Caoutchouc (1903) 
p- 477, f. 53 Es Gutta), se 480, f. 54 (P. oblongifolium); Engler, 
Monogr. Afr. Pflan. Sapotaceae, p. 20, 
Vernac. names.—Gutta Taban, Taban Mon (Malay, Gamble, 
King, Wray).—Gutta Percha. 
Native of Malaya, cultivated in the Straits Settlements, Java, 
distributed to many British Colonies in the Tropics from Kew, 
including S. Nigeria. 
'The fruit is edible and sweet, though said to have a disagree- 
able flavour of gutta-percha. Both fruit and seeds are eaten by 
birds, squirrels, monkeys, etc. 
The kernels contain an oil used for cooking purposes in Malaya. 
According to Berkhout Seer Rubber Journ. April 6, 1908, 
p. 373), ben cem seeds contain 50 per cent. of solid fat, , worth 
- (1905) about Rs. 400 per ton, Puch later it is stated that ‘about 
150 kilos of dried seeds were sent to an English soap boiler, but 
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