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Tcrminalia Cattapa. 



TROPICAL ALMOND. 

 " KAMANl." 



Thi.'. deciduous tree, generally called Kamani by the Hawaiians, 

 with its spreading branches in horizontal whorls or layers, is one 

 of the familiar and useful shade trees of these Islands. Leaves 

 large, opposite, broadly obovate-obtuse, very short petioled, and 

 turning brilliant shades of red and yellow during the autumn. 

 Flowers greenish-white on long spikes, upper ones staminate, 

 the lower ones perfect. The almond-shaped fruit is a compressed 

 hard, nut-like body 1 to l^/j inches long, with a thin outer cover- 

 ing which is sweet, and spongy. There is generally one, some- 

 times two, small, edible kernels found embedded in the hard bod)'. 

 These may be eaten raw, or roasted. 



