INDEX 



365 



Dioscorea globosa, 153 



sativa, 153 

 Diospyros kaki, 138 

 Dipterocarpaceae, 291 

 Dipterocarpus turbinates, 286 

 Dipteryx odorata, 256 

 Diseases of plants, 28 



in Tropics, 11, 12 

 Divi-divi pods, 231 

 Domestic animals, 322-343 

 Drainage in Tropics, 20 

 Dromedary, 337 

 Drugs, 214-227 

 Drying oils, 264 

 Dryobalanops aromatica, 208 

 Ducks, 341 

 Durian, 134 

 Dyera costulata, 206 

 Dyes and tans, 228-238 

 Dyestuffs, artificial, 228 

 Dynamite, use in loosening soils, 

 20 



Eboc oil, 266 



Ebony, 292 



Economic conditions in Tropics, 



35-42 

 Edgeworthia papyrifera, 188 

 Egyptian cotton, 167 

 Elais guineensis, 280 

 Elephants, 339 

 Elettaria cardamomum, 241 

 Eleusine caracana, 147 

 Enfieurage, 258 

 Eng tree, 291 

 Eriobotrya japonica, 129 

 Eriodendron anfractuosum, 177 

 Erosion by wind, 6 

 Erythroxylon coca, 216 

 Eserine, 222 

 Esparto grass, 185 

 Essential oils, 284-289 

 Eucalyptus as windbreak, 26 

 Eucalyptus oil, 285 

 Eucalyptus wood, 294 



Eugenia caryophyllata, 248 



jambos, 131 



malaccensis, 130 



micheli, 131 

 Euphorbia antisyphilitica, 213 



calyculata, 227 



lorifolia, 208 

 Evaporation of cane juice, 52 

 Exercise in Tropics, 13, 14 

 Exogonium purga, 223 



Fats, vegetable, 280 

 Fatsia papyrifera, 188 

 Feijoa, 122 

 Ferns as forage, 318 

 Fertilizers for bananas, 87 



for coconuts, 59 



for rice, 145 



for sugar cane, 47 

 Fiber plants, 166-192 

 Ficus carica, ill 



elastica, 201 

 Fig, III, 112 

 Flavorings, 239-254 

 Flax, New Zealand, 179 

 Floss, 177 



Foods in Tropics, 15 

 Forage plants, 301-321 

 Forastero cacao, 75 

 Forests and rainfall, 6 

 Fowls, 340 

 Frangipani, 259 

 Frankincense, 256 

 Fruits, 82-138 



commercial importance of, 29 



temperate in Tropics, 83, 84 



tropical, cold storage for, 30 

 Funtumia elastica, 199 

 Furcraea, 172 

 Fustic wood, 232 



Galangal, 252 

 Gambier, 229 

 Gamboge, 232 

 Ganpi, 188 



