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Master Location Table of Edible and Poisonous Plants — Con. 



LOWLANDS 



Description 



Illus. 

 No. 



Common name 



Page 



No. 



Fruit almost black; resembles olive 



Red or orange podlike fruit 



Flowers and fruits grow on trunk 



Large, hard, dark brown pods 



Hard pods with stiff hairs or bristles 



Large thick stems; root above ground; skunk-like odor. 



Yellowish-green fruit with musky odor 



Greenish or reddish fruits 



Flowers; bright yellow; fruit yellow 



Several species; soft-stemmed or bushy tree-like kinds. _ 



Soft-stemmed plant; large yellow flowers 



Fruit resembles muskmelon or cantaloupe 



Bush or small tree; greenish-yellow flowers 



Resembles pineapple; ripe fruit yellow or red 



Fruit better than pingwing 



White or yellow fruit is hard and crisp 



Giant tree; trunk covered with spines; fruit explodes 



Brown skin of fruit scaly or smooth 



Fruit like plum; yellow to deep red 



Green or purple fruit, like apple 



Soft-stemmed plant; white flowers 



Brown rough rind; large fruit; red leaves 



Small red and yellow flowers; fruit brown 



Whitish trunk; large, stiff leaves; cord-like fruit., 



29 

 32 

 11 

 48 

 71 

 56 

 18 



1 

 25 

 70 

 52 



3 

 65 

 27 

 27 

 22 

 58 



8 



17 

 10 

 69 



30 



23 



72 



Aceituno 



Akee {Caution) 



Cacao 



Courbaril 



Cow-itch (POISON)... 

 Dumb cane {Caution),.. 



Guava 



Mango {Caution) 



Nance 



Nettle tree (POISON). 

 Okra 



Physic nut (POISON) 



Pingwing 



Piro 



Rose apple 



Sandbox tree (POISON) 



Sapodilla .. 



Spanish plum 



Star-apple 



Stinging spurge 

 (POISON). 



Sunzapote 



Tamarind 



Trumpet tree {Caution). 



38 



41 



20 



61 



89 



74 



27 



10 



34 



88 



65 



12 



83 



36 



36' 



31 



76 



17 



26 



19 



87 

 39 

 32 

 90 



MIDDLE ALTITUDES 



Long, flat pods; trees shade coffee bushes 



Several species; soft-stemmed or bushy tree-like varieties 



Fruit resembles muskmelon or cantaloupe 



Fruit like plum; yellow to deep red 



Soft-stemmed plant; white flowers 



Inga 



Nettle tree (POISON). 

 Papaw 



Spanish plum 



Stinging spurge 

 (POISON) 



33 

 88 

 12 

 26 

 87 



