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Dori. 



According to Lock, a name applied in Java to a variety of the dadap (Erythrina). 

 Eddo. (See Colocaxia esculenta.) 

 Ehretia. 



Species of this genus of Borraginaceae are used, according to Lecomte, for shading 

 coffee in Arabia. 



Elephant's ear. (See Colocasia esculenta.) 



Emmajagna (Porto Rico). (See Paritium tiliaceum.) 



English -walnut. (See Juglans regia.) 



Eriobotrya japonica. Loquat. 



The loquat tree is planted along the roadsides on many of the estates in the 

 Wynaad and else where,, and coffee appears to thrive well under it; but, so far as I 

 am aware, the wood is not of any value, which at once places it at a disadvantage in 

 competing with the jak. The loquat yields a pleasant fruit, in size and appearance 

 much like the yellow plum. — Hull. 



Eriodendrum anfractuosum. (See Ceiba pentandra.) 



Erythrina amasisa. (See Erythrina poeppigiana.) 



Erythrina hypaphorus. (See Erythrina lithosperma.) 



Erythrina indica. 



Common names. — Cay vong nem (Philippine Islands); Dadap serep (Malay); 

 Dadap solo (Java); Pal wan (Coorg, India). 



Planted instead of the dadap in central Java (Fesca) . This species is also said to 

 be readily propagated from large pieces of the branches, and is for that reason used 

 for the shade and support of Piper nigrum, the true pepper. This species has also 

 been introduced into the West Indies as an ornamental and shade tree, and is 

 reported by Guerin as used for shading cacao plantations in Guadeloupe. It has also 

 been distributed by the Botanical Gardens of Trinidad in connection with an attempt 

 at encouraging the cultivation of pepper. 



This species is enumerated by Cameron among the indigenous forest trees which 

 are left standing for shade in the coffee plantations of the Coorg district of British 

 India. 



In the Philippines it is now considered much preferable to GUricidia maculata, 

 under which the coffee has received serious injury from a longicorn beetle during 

 the months while the trees are bare of leaves. The present species retains its leaves, 

 has elevated horizontal branches, and an evenly distributed, though not dense, 

 foliage. 



Erythrina lithosperma. 



Synonyms. — Erythrina hypaphorus; Hypaphorus subumhrans. 



Common names. — Dadap djangoen. Dadap minjak (Java) ; Dedap. 

 In Java this species is the chief rival of Alhizzia moluccana for the distinction of 

 being considered the best shade tree for coffee. As an exception among leguminous 

 trees, propagation by cuttings is advocated, and this method has the further advan- 

 tage, as in the orange, of eradicating the spines which are normally present in trees 

 grown from seedlings. The susceptibility of the dadap to epiphytes and parasites 

 may be mentioned as a disadvantage; also, according to Dr. Fesca, this tree "makes 

 greater demands upon the soil than the species of Albizzia," which probably means 

 that the activity of the symbiotic root bacteria may be less, an important considera- 



