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exported from the Sudan to some extent to this country, but 

 the chief markets are Italy and the United States; the total 

 exports in 1913 amounted to 1,349,109 kilog.; value £8,190 

 (Bull. Imp. Inst. 1914, p. 609). , 



The kernels are made into little perfume boxes at Kano 

 (Baikie, Lc). Powdered nuts have been recommended as a 

 dressing for wounds (Perchat, Mus. Kew). 



The kernel of the unripe nut is eaten raw, the rind of the 

 ripe hard nut is used as food — molasses, sweetmeats and cakes, 

 N. Nigeria (Dalziel, I.e.), and experiments with vegetable ivory 

 nuts {PhytelepJias and Hyphaene) — the waste material in the 

 manufacture — as flour and chips go to show that in combination 

 with other feeding stuffs the material has some value for feeding 

 stock (Bull. Imp. Inst. 1917, p. 119; Kew Bull. 1919, p. 79). 



This palm is remarkable for its branching habit; it grows 



about 10-30 ft, high with a trunk about 1 ft. in diam. and 



thrives in regions where the rainfall is small. Baikie writing 



from Bida, Feb. 18th, 1862, (Technologist, Lc.) describes it as 



most abundant in Gobir, Mallri, Kabbi [Kabba], Azben, 



northern parts of Hausa — Bornu, M^rgi; scattered in southern 



parts of Hausa — Nupe, Ilorin, Borgu, the most southern station 



at Lukoja, where I have planted them." It is a striking feature 



of the scenery at Gondokoro (Dawe, Bot. IVIiss. Uganda, 1906, 



p. 34). In the Upper Niger region it is reported to be disappearing 



owing to careless exploitation for use with steam engines; South 



of Timbuctoo it is under reservation and planting is being 



encouraged in Togoland (Bull. Bur. Agric. Int. Rome, v. 1914, 

 p. 82). 



Ref, — Use of Dum Palm Nuts as Vegetable Ivory, Bull. 

 Imp. Inst. ix. 1911, pp. 105-109; extract ''Ivory from Palm 

 Nuts " in Lagos Customs and Trade Journ, Nov. 17th, 1911, p. 385, 

 Report on Doum Pulm Nuts from Northern Nigeria," Dunstan, in 

 The N. Nigeria Gazette, Suppl. No. 17 of 1912, Sept. 14th, 1912, 



pp. 264-2G5. '' The Palmyra and Dum Palms in West Africa," 



De Gironcourt, in Ann. Science Agronomique, Paris, Oct. 1913, 

 pp. 408-419; Note in Bull. Bur. Agric. Int. Home, v, 1914, 



p. 82. *^ Vegetable Ivory Nuts" in "Fodders," Bull. Imp. 



Inst. XV. 1917, p. 119. 



Elaeis, Jacq, 



Elaeis guineensis, Jacq.; FL Trop. Afr. VIII, p. 125. 



III. — Jacq. Hist. Stirp. Am. t. 172; Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. 

 PL i. t. 6; Lam. Encycl. t. 896; Desc. Ant, vi. t. 408; Fl. des 

 Serres, iv. 1861, tt. 1492-93; 111. Hort. 1866,. t. 487; Card. 

 Chron. March 24tli, 1877, p. 373, f. 60; Martins, FL Bras. iii. 

 pt. 2, t. 73, f. 4, t, 105, f. 1; Queensland Agric. Journ. i. Dec. 

 1897, p. 458; Koeloler, Med. Pflan. iii; Karst. & Schensk, Veg. 

 bild. iv. tt. 25-26; Kew Bull. 1909, p. 48 (fruits); Journ. 

 African Soc. 1909, p. 232; Bull. Agric. Congo Beige, ii. 1911, 

 p. 543; Beccari, Palms, Madagascar, p. 55, f. 46a; Deistel, 

 Trop. Gart. Victoria-Kamerun, p. 28; Farquhar, Oil Palm, 



