489 
Succeeds at an elevation of 3000 ft. and upwards; mean 
annual temperature of 639F.; in fruit all the year round and easily 
cultivated from seed; the trees begin to bear fruit in a year or 
ess and may continue bearing for 10 years or more. The fruits, 
which take from 5-6 months to ripen from the time of flowering, 
should be quite ripe before gathering (Kew Bull. 1888, p. 179). 
Kef.—'* Tree. Tomato (Cyphomandra betacea)," in Kew Bull. 
No. 8, Aug. 1887, pp. 2-6. 
Wirnants, Pauq. 
Withania somnifera, Dunal; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 249. 
Ill.—Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. ii. t. 853 (Physalis somnifera, 
var. flezuosa). 
ernac. names.—Sim el Far (Arabic, Bromfield); Asgandh or 
Today, (Indore, India, Watt, Dymock, Biscoe). —Rats-bane 
(Bromfield). 
Katagum, Kuka, near Lake Chad, Bornu, and widely dis- 
tributed in Trop ical Africa, extending t to S. Africa, India, 
Arabia, Persia, ds Islands and the Mediterranean region 
The berries as with those of W. coagulans are used for coagu- 
lating milk into curd or cheese (Kew Bull 1903 p. 27); in chest 
complaints and for ringworm, S. Africa (Pharm. J ourn. [4] xxv. 
1907, p. 133); the leaves and roots are rid for various medicinal 
‘purposes in India (Watt, Dymock, seq.). 
An erect shrubby plant 2-4 ft. high; bytes found in.com- 
paratively dry regions; in bushy sandy submaritime places at the 
river Cavaco, Benguella, and in sandy erue banks of the river 
Bero, Mossamedes (Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. iii. p. 752); 
flower and fruit in July (l.c.); in bone gardens, Pedda: da 
(Dawe, - at Bot. Miss. Ugan 
Ref.—‘* Withania raider doc ed Indiea, 
Dymock, Warden and Hooper, ii. pe 566—569.——'* Wit = 
somnifera,” in Dict. Econ. Prod. India, Watt, vi. part IV. 1 
311 T “Vegetable Rennets, " in Kew Bull. 1903; 
pp. 27-28. ** Withania somnifera,’ ' Biscoe, in Indian 
Forester, xxxvii. 1911, pp. 380—381. 
Capsicum, Linn. — 
Capsicum annuum, Linn. ; de Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 251. 
Til. es Hort. Mal. ix. t. 35; Kn noor, Thesaurus, Herb 
Hort. 11. t. c. 6; Mi ao act, Sem. Pl. ii. t. 132; Plenck, Ic. 
> a Schk. Handb, t. 47; AN Darst. Beschr. Gewüchse, 
t. 24; Dese. Ant 422; Nees von agrees Plant. Medic. 
Düsseld. i. 190; Guipel, Abbild. Beschr. t. 16; Wo odville, Med. 
Bot. ii (1832), t. 80; F ingerhuth, bec Capsici, t. 2 (vars. 
rugulosum, acuminatum; subangulosum, ovoideum, abbreviatum, 
olivaeforme) ; Burnett, Pl. Util. 1. t. 14 b; Good, Fam. ves t. 32; 
Berg. and Schmi je AUR and Beschr. Pharm. iii. 20a 
(C. longum); Rchb. Ic. Fl. Germ. xx. t. 1634, f. 2; "Boni. and 
-> Frimen, Med. PI. t. i. Köhler, Med. Pflan. i; Greshoff, Nutt. 
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