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like that suitable for the orange or warmer — and light rainfall are 

 necessary conditions of growth. 



Various estimates of the time the trees begin to bear and the yield 

 are given — comes into bearing at 3 years in Queensland (Newport, 

 Queensland Agric. Journ. 1904, p. 359) ; begin to bear fairly well 

 after 6 years, and in 15 or 20 years are in full production, yielding 

 650 lbs. of pods each tree at this age in Algeria (Kearney & Means, 

 I.e. p. 85) ; about 8 years old, a single tree yielding about 2 cwt. 

 of pods (Kew Bull. 1898, p. 181) ; trees 18 years old in Salerno 

 yield about 50 chilos (about 120 lb.) annually (Neville-Rolfe, I.e.), 

 and in Cyprus commences to bear fruit usually in the third year 

 from the time of grafting, yielding then 10 to 15 okes (28 to 42 lbs.) 

 and when full grown the crop is about 50 okes (110 lbs.) of pods 

 annually (Gennadius, I.e. p. 20). 



The price of pods of good quality varies from £3 12s. to £1 per 

 ton, but fruit from wild trees averages below £2 16s. per ton (Cons. 

 Rep. Ann. No. 3935, 1907, p. 11). 



Bef. — " Ceratonia Siliqua" in Diet. Econ. Prod. India, Watt. ii. 



1889, pp. 251-256. " Sur le Caroubier et sur son fruit," Heckel, 



in Repertoire de Pharm. Dec. 1892. " Caroubier," in Les Cultures 



sur le littoral de la Mediterranee, Sauvaigo, pp. 215-218 (Balliere et 



Fils, Paris 1894). Report on the Cultivation of the Carob Tree, 



Neville-Rolfe, Dip. and Cons. Rep. Misc. No. 431, 1897, pp. 1-6 ; 



reprinted in Kew Bull. 1898, pp. 184-189. The Carob Tree, 



Gennadius, pp. 1-30 (Govt. Printing Office, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1902). 



BAUHINIA, Linn. 



Bauhinia reticulata, DC. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 290. 



III.— Guillem. Perr. Rich. Fl. Senegamb. t. 60 ; Ralph, Ic. Carp, 

 t. 15, f. 3 ; Karst, & Schenck, Veg. bild. iv. t. 10 ; Sim, For. Fl. and 

 For. Res. Port. E. Afr. t. 43. 



Vernac. names. — Kalgo (Katagum, Kontagora, Dalziel) ; Kalgo or 

 Kargo (Zaria, Parsons) ; Kargo (Hausa, Dudgeon) ; Abaffi (Yoruba, 

 Thompson) ; Otokobakar (Gold Coast, Evans) ; Mugali (Banyoro, 

 Uganda, Dawe) ; Ngingwi (Sierra Leone, Scott Elliot) ; Guiguisa 

 (Gambia, Whitely) ; Nguiguis or Guiguis (W. Africa, Moloney) ; 

 M'Keendambogo, Keeteembee (Unyoro, Grant) ; Mulolo (Angola, 

 Welwitsch) ; Mulolo or Musacamia (Golungo Alto, Welivitsch) ; 

 Lokokendainba (Lakufu, De Wildeman) ; Tambarib or Harub 

 (Arabic [Kordofan], Muriel) ; Abou Kamera (Arabic [Abou Shendi, 

 Blue Nile], Muriel); Masikesi (Swahili, Sim) ; Niama (Fr. W. Afr. 

 Chevalier). 



Oloke-Meji ; Abeokuta ; Nupe ; Zungeru ; Katagum ; N. Bornu— 

 banks of Komadugu Waube. Widely distributed in Tropical Africa. 



An infusion of the leaves has been used with good effect to 

 coagulate the latex of Furdumia elastica on the Gold Coast 

 (Evans, Mus. Kew ; Cat. Exhibits Gold Coast, Franco-British 

 Exhib. 1908, p. 11), and to coagulate the latex of Landolphia in 

 French W. Africa (Chevalier, Les Veg. Util. L'Afriq. Trop. Fran?. 

 fasc. iii. p. 76). The leaves in Unyoro are used for covering sores 

 (Grant, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 1872, p. fa) ; near Abou Shendi, on 

 the Blue Nile, boiled in water as a remedy for toothache (Muriel. 

 Herb. Kew), and in Angola they are crushed and applied to wounds 

 and ulcers (Hierrj Cat, Welw. Air. PI. i. p. 193). 



