SOME USEFUL PLANTS 



32T 



407. Pulpy Fruits. — The most important tropical fruit 

 with fleshy pulp is the date (botanically speaking, a berry). 



Fig, 227. A Cacao Tree. 



The flowers (and therefore the fruits) spring directly from the main stem 

 and the larger branches. 



This is one of the most considerable articles of food for 

 the peoples of northern Africa and northwestern Asia. 

 The date-palm is very productive, bearing for a century 



