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 outer brown skin or covering of the nuts is often removed, 

 Terminalia Catappa is sorae times called "Olive Bark Tree." The 

 tree is extensively planted in Porto Rico, where the nuts are 

 called "aLnonds," 



Propagation 



Propagation is effected "by seed. Requires no particular 

 cultivation, 



Taroarind, Tamarindus Indica (Linn,) 

 "Diffused through India and the tropics generally, pro"b- 

 a^bly indigenous in Africa, A large unarmed tree. Leaves 

 alsruptly pinnate, with 20-40, glabrescent , close ottuse oppo- 

 site o"blong leaflets, Plowers few together, in copious lax 

 racemes at the end of the branchlets ; pedicels articulated at 

 the "base of the calyx ; "bracts boat shaped, enclosing the "buds, 

 caducous. Petals under l/2 in, long, j^'ellow, striped with 

 red. Pod 3-6 in. by 1 in, or more, 3-10 seeded. 



The fruit when ripe has a strong but agreeable acid flavor, 

 makes a pleasant sherbet and is preserved In a dried condition. 

 The fruit ripens from December to I'ebruary, but it is seldom 

 cultivated, though few gardens are without a tree of natural 

 growth. The tree is prized both for its usefulness and its 

 beauty. 



