420 
D’ jave, in Notizblatt, Bot. Gart. Berlin, No. 45, Nov. 18th, 1909, 
118—120.— — des 
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PP. 12 ‘Untersuchung des Fettes von Mimusops 
D'Jave," Kranze, in Der Tropenpflanzer, xiii. 1909, p. 283.— — 
macologique des graines du Dumoria Heckeli et du Baillonella 
toxisperma, Fournier" (Clermont-Ferrand, 3). ** Djave 
Butter,” in Fatty Foods, Bolton and Revis, pp. 190-191, with 
analysis (J. & A. Churchill, London, 1913). : 
Mimusops Elengi, Linn.; Sp. Pl. (1753) p. 349. 
A large evergreen tree up to 50 ft. in height. Leaves glabrous, 
shining elliptic, acuminate, 3-4 in. long, 1-11 in. broad. Flowers 
white, fragrant, about an inch across the corolla lobes. Fruit 
yellow, ovoid, about 1 in. long, 1 seeded. 
lil.—Rheede, Hort. Mal. i. t. 20; Rumpf, Amb. ii. t. 63; 
Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. i. t. 42; Lam. Encycl. t. 300; Roxb. PI. 
Corom. t. 14; Blanco, F1. Filip. t. 105; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. iv. 
t. 1586; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 40; Engler and Prantl, Pflan. iv. pt. 
1, £. 82 E-—J.; Talbot, For. Fl. Bombay, ii. p. 162, f. 375. 
names. Tanjong (Perak, Long);  Maulsiri 
(Hindustan, Hooper); Mogadam (Tamil, Hooper); Papagan 
(Philippines, Mus. Kew); Bukul (Calcutta, Mus. Kew). 
Native of India, Ceylon, Burma and the Malay Peninsula. 
Cultivated in various parts of the Tropics 
Sumach, of little commercial value. : 
The wood is used for housebuilding, carts and cabinet work 
(Arcot, India, Mus. Kew), and for rice pounders; weight 54-62 lb, 
per cubic ft. (Gamble, Man. Ind. Timb. p. 450). 
Propagated by seeds. A nursery was started in the Oloke-Meji 
Reserve in 1908 (Col. Rep. Ann. No. 630, 1909, p. 14) and in 1910 
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India); one of the best woods 1n the dry Carnatie evergreen forests 
(Gamble, seg. p. 450). 
