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80850. Can av alia sp. Fabaceae. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Seeds presented 

 by F. G. Krauss, Director of Extension 

 Service, University of Hawaii. Received 

 July 15, 1929. 



A hybrid Canavalia with seeds having 

 highly diverse markings. These stocks are 

 the F 3 generation and are consequently still 

 segregating freely. One of the parents, 

 Canavalia ensiformis, has been grown ex- 

 tensively as a green-manure crop in Hawaii, 

 and this hybrid may thrive in the southern 

 part of the United States. 



80851 to 80858. 



From Manila. Philippine Islands. Plants 

 presented by S. Youngberg. Director. 

 Bureau of Agriculture. Manila. Received 

 July 2, 1929. 



80851. Anacolosa luzonensis Merr. 

 Olacaceae. 



Galo. A tree about 50 feet high, with 

 alternate simple leaves in the axils of 

 which are borne nuts about the size of 

 a filbert and of good quality and flavor. 

 Native to the Philippine Islands. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 38395. 



80852. Artocarpus odoratissima Blanco. 

 Moraceae. Marang. 



A medium-sized tropical tree Which 

 resembles the jackfruit and the seeded 

 breadfruit in appearance, but is superior 

 in quality to either. It is native to the 

 southern Philippine Islands and the Sulu 

 Archipelago. The roundish oblong fruits, 

 about 6 inches long, have a thick, fleshy 

 rind and white sweet flesh which is 

 juicy and aromatic, with a pleasant flavor. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 58025. 



80853. Cubilia blaxcoi Blume. Sapin- 

 daceae. 



Kahili. A medium-sized tree up to 25 

 feet high, with compound leaves and 

 bright-green spiny oblong fruits. 2 to 3 

 inches long, containing a nut about an 

 inch long, which is of excellent quality 

 either roasted or boiled. Native to the 

 Philippine Islands. 



80854. Garcixia mooreana Wester. Clu- 

 siaceae. 



Bunag. A handsome five of pyramidal 



habit attaining a height of 20' feet or 

 more, native to Jolo and Palawan. The 

 leaves are elliptic to elliptic-ovate, coria- 

 ceous, and 6 to 8 inches long. The fruit 

 is similar to a mangosteen, except that 

 it is somewhat smaller, is red in color, 

 and has a thinner but fibrous, crusta- 

 ceous pericarp : the flesh is white and 

 sharply acid, of agreeable flavor, but too 

 sour to be eaten out of hand. It would 

 probably make a good preserve. It ripens 

 in the latter part of July and August. 

 The mangosteen has been successfully 

 grafted on the bunag. 



80855. Litchi philippinensis Radlk. 

 Sapindaceae. 



Kamingi. A Philippine relative of the 

 lychee (LitcM chinensis). The tree is 

 alout 50 feet high, with dark-green, pin- 

 nate leaves, similar to those of the lychee, 

 and roundish oblong fruits, about an inch 

 long, borne in loose terminal clusters. 

 The tough leather " shell " of the fruit, 

 which is covered with short spiny pro- 

 jections, incloses a scant edible pulp, in 



80851 to 80858 — Continued. 



which is embedded a relatively large 

 seed, that is roasted and eaten. The tree 

 may have value as a stock for the lychee. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 68957. 



80856. Mangifera indica L. Anacardia- 

 ceae. Mango. 



Carabao. Grafted plants. 



80857. Pangium edule Reinw. Flacour- 

 tiaceae. 



Pangi. A large tree, native to the 

 Philippine Islands, up to 75 feet high, 

 with very large entire or lobed bright- 

 green leaves, yellowish green flowers, and 

 oval brown fruits, 6 inches long, with 

 edible flesh inclosing numerous seeds. 

 The seeds are poisonous when fresh, but 

 are edible after steeping in water. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 73250. 



80858. PlSONlA alba Span. Nyctagina- 

 ceae. 



Maluko. A small tree up to 35 feet 

 high, with thin pale-green, oblong-ovate 

 leaves, 4 to 8 inches long, which make 

 good greens resembling spinach. Native 

 to the Malay Peninsula. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 54500. 



80859. Pistacia vera L. Anacardia- 

 ceae. Pistache. 



From Turkestan. Seeds obtained from N. 

 I. Yavilov, Bureau of Applied Botany and 

 New Cultures, Leningrad, Russia, Union 

 of Socialistic Soviet Republics, through 

 W. T. Swingle, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received July 15. 1929. 



The wild form of the pistache is a 

 xerophilous plant, able to stand great dry- 

 ness of soil and air. It grows at altitudes 

 of 2.000 to 5,000 feet in the southern parts 

 of central Asia. 



80860. Ficus sp. Moraceae. Fig. 



Plants grown at Chapman Field, Coconut 

 Grove. Fla., from seeds presented by G. 

 W. Edwards, director, Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, Guam. Originally re- 

 ceived as Ficus tinctoria, these plants do 

 not agree with the others grown from 

 the same lot of seeds, and have therefore 

 been segregated. 



80861. Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels 

 (Eugenia jambolana Lam.). Myrta- 

 ceae. Jambolan. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds 

 presented by S. Youngberg, Director, Bu- 

 reau of Agriculture, Manila. Received 

 July 18, 1929. 



Duhat. A tree, native to tropical Asia, 24 

 to 45 feet high, with ovate, coriaceous, 

 shining leaves, numerous yellow flowers 

 crowded in terminal or axillary panicles, 

 followed by loose clusters of two to seven 

 dark-purple or black, smooth, shining, ovoid 

 fruits with rather large clingstone seeds. 

 The thin skin adheres to the sweet, juicy, 

 pleasant subacid pulp, which is white 

 tinged with purple, and the texture some- 

 what resembles that of the cherry. The 

 fruits may be eaten out of hand with relish, 

 and they make an excellent jelly. In India 

 it is sometimes made into wine. This va- 

 riety is probably of prehistoric introduction 

 into the Philippines and is common 

 throughout the archipelago. 



