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Black plum (British India). (See Eugenia jambolan a.) 

 Black-wood (British India). (See Dalbergia latifolia.) 

 Bocare (Trinidad). (See Erythrina velutina.) 

 Bois a friture. (See ATbizzia lebbek.) 



Bois Immortel. (See Erythrina umbrosa, also Erythrina poep- 



pigiana.) 

 Bois noir (French West Indies). (See Alhizzia lebbek.) 

 Breadfruit. (See Artocarpus incisa.) 

 Bread-nut. (See Brosimum alicastrum.) 

 Broad-leaf. (See Terminalia latifolia.) 

 Brosimum alicastrum. Bread-nut. 



A West Indian tree recommended by Morris for sheltering plantations from the 

 wind. 



Bucare (Porto Rico, Venezuela). (See Erythrina poeppigiana, also 



Erythrina icmbrosa.) 



Butter-pear. (See Per sea gratiss in ui.) 

 Byrsonima spicata. 



Common name. — Moricypre (French West Indies). 

 Reported by Eaoul as used for coffee shade in the British West Indies, though 

 English writers make little or no reference to it in this connection. It is said to 

 have the advantage of open foliage, hardiness, and rapid growth; it also serves as a 

 protection against the wind and does not attain an undesirably large size. 



Cabbage bark tree (Jamaica). (See Andira inermis.) 

 Cabbage tree (Jamaica). (See Andira inermis.) 

 Cacao. (See Theobroma cacao.) 

 Caesalpinia arborea. 



Has been recommended as a shade tree in Java, but is smaller and grows less 

 rapidly than Caesalpinia dasyrachis. 



Caesalpinia dasyrachis. 



Common names. — Pepetar (Sumatra); Petah-petah (Java); Petah (Sumatra); 

 Petar (Sumatra) . 

 Resists windstorms better than Albizzia and grows with considerable rapidity even 

 at an elevation of 1,000 meters. Experiments in the Lampongs province of Sumatra 

 are said to have been successful. A tree at Buitenzorg, Java, is noted by Dr. Fesca 

 as 5 meters high at an age of 2\ years, while an old specimen was 17 meters high, 

 with a diameter of over 2 feet. According to the Index Kewensis this species should 

 be called Peltopliorum dasyrachis, and is a native of Malacca. 



Cajanus indicus. Pigeon pea. (See PI. XII.) 



Synonyms. — Cajanus bicolor; Cajanus flavus. 



Common names. — Congo pea; Dhal (British India); Ganduli; Guando (Brazil); 

 No-eye pea, 

 A somewhat shrubby leguminous plant with an upright bushy habit, attaining a 

 height of 5 or 6 feet, and sometimes living for several seasons. The fruit resembles 



