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in the Bazaars. It is also considered tonic and 

 diuretic, and a specific for haemorrhage ; the fresh 

 juice from it is given either with sugar or as an 

 adjunct to other medicines in the treatment of 

 nervous diseases. — 'Vegetable Materia Medica of 

 Western India/ Dymock, p. 287. Kew Museum. 



Distribution : Cultivated throughout Asia and the 

 Islands, also in Africa. 



Cladosicycos edulis, Hook. f. — Large herb. The 

 fruits are one foot long and three inches diameter. 

 Edible. — ' Flora of Tropical Africa,' Oliver, vol. ii., 



P- 534- 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Lower Guinea. 



Hairy Cerasee of Jamaica, Condeamor of Venezuela 

 [Momor'dica Charantia, L.). — Climbing herb. The fruit 

 after having been steeped in salt water is eaten in 

 curries by the natives in India, and in an unripe state 

 is used as a vegetable in various parts of the Tropics. 

 The tubers are used medicinally, and the juice of 

 the leaves mixed with warm water is considered 

 anthelmintic. The pulverised plant is a good specific 

 applied externally in leprosy and malignant ulcers. — 

 ' Useful Plants of India,' Drury ; ' Hortus Jamaicensis,' 

 Lunan, p. 174, &c. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, North Central, Lower 

 Guinea, Mozambique District. 



Smooth-leaved Cerasee {Momordica Balsaniina, L.). 



