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CLASSIFICATION 



indehiscent and berry-like or capsular. Seeds exal- 

 buminous. 



The Order is mainly tropical and sub-tropical. 

 Common plants are pyara or Guava {Psidium Guyava), 

 golap-jam or Rose-apple {Eugenia Jambos), kala-jam 



Fig. 187. — Cloves (labanga) {Eugenia caTyophylltsd) 

 1, InHorescence, 2, Single bud. 3, Section of bud. 



{Eugenia Jambolana), jamrool {Eugenia nialaccensis), 

 all of which are cultivated for their fruits. Cloves or 

 labanga {Eugenia caryophyllcea) (fig. 187) is a native 

 of the Malacca Islands, and not indigenous in India 

 but cultivated in southern India and Ceylon j the 

 cloves of commerce are the dried unopened flower- 



