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Cochin China, coconuts in 275 



Coco, origin of name 314 



Coco-de-mer 326 



Coconut, absence from Andaman Islands 289 



absence from Australia 297-298 



absence from the coast of Peru 334 



abundance in Porto Rico 283 



adaptation for germination 324-329, 338 



alleged introduction by Europeans 273 



American names 315-316 



Andean varieties ■ 342 



antiquity of dissemination across the Pa- 

 cific 296 



"apple," name for swollen cotyledon 290 



a product of cultivation 271 



as a food plant 272 



as an ornamental 336 



assistance of man necessary to. 271,298-299,339 



bacterial disease 289 



behavior in interior localities 330 



cold and drought resistant varieties 337 



commercial planting 336 



confused with cacao 283 



confused with date trees 279 



culture in Palestine 337-338 



culture in southwestern United States. . . 273, 



335-336,341 



discovery in Orkney Islands 297 



diseases 289 



dissemination by primitive man 289, 339 



distribution 341 



double 326 



drought and cold resistant varieties 337 



earliest reference to, in West Indies 283 



early accounts of, in America 275 



early notices of, in Columbia 286-288 



economic status in tropical America 288 



experiments near Cairo 337 



extension of culture in Florida 337 



exterminated by rats 294 



extra- tropical culture of 272 



first account of, in Brazil 284 



first seen by Spaniards in America 275 



found by Columbus 339 



fruits, structure 338 



germination 271 



habits 271, 338 



hardy varieties 337 



heat requirements 336. 342 



husk, fibrous, significance 272 



hybrids with hardy species 335 



importance of, among Arawacks 288 



importance of, in American tropics 290 



in Brazil 284-285, 332, 340 



in Cuba 281 



in Hawaii 272 



in Peru 287-288 



industry threatened by disease 289 



intolerant to shade 299 



introduction into West Africa 286 



known to Europeans as Nux indica 280 



light requirements 338 



medicinal virtues 274 



milk, importance in Pacific 290 



milk, used in bread 279 



native names 284, 286, 316, 287, 340 



not adapted to nomadic agriculture 289 



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Coconut, not confined to maritime regions .. 271 

 not in Mediterranean region before dis- 

 covery 273 



not mentioned in early accounts of Cochin 



China 275 



not planted by Kroo tribe 286 



not wild in Brazil 285 



oil, use in cooking 290 



origin of cultivated varieties 320, 339 



origin of name 280, 340 



origin, South American 304 



Peruvian name of 287 



possibilities in the United States 273, 335 



pre-Columbian distribution 339 



prehistoric carved shell in America 288 



prevalence in Torres Straits 297 



relatives all American 304, 338 



report of, in Cuba, by Columbus 279-281 



resemblance to Euterpe 291-292 



seldom eaten raw 278 



shells ornamented in Colombia 288 



significance of large size and fibrous husk. 272 



South American origin 301 



structure of fruit 338 



tolerance to salt 305 



trans-Pacific distribution of 340 



unable to maintain itself upon seacoasts. 296 



uniformity in America 339 



unknown to early historians 274 



untested varieties in East Indies 337 



unusual form on Cocos Island 294 



varieties 321-324, 339 



from South America 337 



limited distribution of 337 



origin of 320 



Cocos, all species confined to South America. . 305 



a name for Xanthosoma in Jamaica 314 



Brazilian species 2S5 



butyracea 287 



origin of the name 314 



plumosa, near Cairo 338 



species of 338 



Cocos Island, coconuts on 340 



palms of 291 



Wafer's account of 339 



Cocus, origin of name 279 



Collins, G. N., observations by 311, 332 



Colmeiro, statement that Columbus found 



coconuts in America 281 



Colombia, early notices of coconuts 286-288, 339 



recent accounts of coconuts 340 



Columbus, Christopher, agriculture of Haiti 



described by 291 



plants introduced by 274 



report of coconuts in Cuba 279-281, 339 



Columbus, Ferdinand, statement regarding 



coconuts in Cuba 282 



Corn, Indian, introduced by Portuguese into 



West Africa 286 



introduction into E urope 274 



liquor made of, in Santo Domingo 283 



Martyr's description 276 



O viedo's account of bread made of 279 



widely distributed in pre-Columbian 

 America 275 



Costa Rica, absence of pines 278 



