306 



put are not defined, probably the same as for cotton seed, ground nut, 

 sesame, &c. A nominal value in this country was given at £9 to 

 £10 per ton (Bull. Imp. Inst. 1906, p. 201). 



Bef. — "Oil of Mpoga oleosa" in Pharm. Journ. [4] xxiv. 1906, 



p. 27. " Inoy kernels from West ^Urica," in Bull. Imp. Inst. iv. 



1906, pp. 200-202. " Inoy Kernel Oil from S. Nigeria," I.e. vi. 1908, 



pp. 357-358. " A propos de l'exploitation des graines d'Inoy (Poga 

 oleosa) en Afrique occidentale," in Journ. D'Agric. Tropicale, ix. 1909, 

 p. 285. 



COMBRETACEAE. 

 Terminally, Linn. 



Terminalia avicennioides, Guill. et Perr. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 416. 



III. — Guillem. Perr. Rich. Fl. Senegamb. t. 64 ; Engl. Monogr. 

 Afr. Pflan. Combretaceae (1900) t. 4. f. c. 



Nupe ; Bornu, West Africa — Senegambia to the Cameroons, ex- 

 tending to Abyssinia. 



Wood suitable for cabinet work (Moloney, For. W. Afr. p. 351). 



Terminalia Catappa, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 416. 



El. — Rheede, Hort. Mai. iv. tt. 3, 4 ; Rumpf, Amb. i. t. 68 ; Lam. 

 Encycl. t. 848, f. 1 ; Diet. Sc. Nat. t. 8 ; Desc. Ant. iv. t. 279 ; Bot, 

 Mag. t. 3004 ; Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. Or. i. t. 172 ; Nuttall, N. Amer. 

 Sylva. i. t. 32 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 18 ; Mart. Fl. Bras. xiv. pt. 2, t. 33, 

 f. 1 (seed) ; Engl. & Prantl, Pflan. iii. pt. 7, f. 54 A-C ; Engl. 

 Monogr. Afr. Pflan. Combretaceae (1900) p. 10, f . 4 ; Contr. U. S. Nat. 

 Herb. viii. pt. 2, t. 57 & p. 250 ; Shattuck, Bahama, Is. t. 34 (habit) ; 

 Miyoshi, Atlas Japan Veg. t. 19 (habit). 



Vernac. names. — Almendro (Porto Rico, Cook & Collins) ; Talisay 

 (Philippines, Tavera & Thomas) ; Buak Ketapang (Malaya, Ration). 

 — Indian Almond, Tropical Almond, Fijian Almond, Wild Almond, 

 Badamier, Badamier de Malabar. 



Native of the East Indies. Cultivated in India, Burma, Africa, 

 and most tropical countries. 



The kernels are eaten as dessert, and have a flavour like that of 

 Almonds (Primus Amygdalus). 



The bark and leaves yield a black dye, with which the natives of 

 Madras colour their teeth and it is also made into Indian ink 

 (Beddome, Fl. Sylv. t. 18). The leaves are used to feed the Tasar or 

 Katkura silk worm (Antheraea Paphia) (Gamble, Man. Ind. Timb. 

 p. 337). In French Guiana the astringent root-bark is used in cases 

 of dysentery and diarrhoea ; the stem bark is recommended as a cure 

 for bilious fever (Heckel, Ann. Inst. Col. Marseille, iv. 1897, p. 84), 

 and a decoction for atonic diarrhoea, and as a lotion for ulcers 

 (Tavera & Thomas, Med. PI. Philippines, p. 110), the kernel oil 

 together with the juice of the young leaves is used in the preparation 

 of an ointment for skin diseases, and the leaves macerated in palm- 

 oil are applied as a remedy in tonsilitis (Heckel, I.e.). 



The wood is comparatively soft ; weighs 32 to 41 lbs. per cubic 

 foot (Gamble, Man. Ind. Timb. p. 337), 58 lbs. per cubic foot (West 

 Indian Bull. ix. 1909, p. 298). Used for furniture and house work 

 in Jamaica (I.e.), for various purposes in Madras (Beddome, Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 18). 



Propagated by seed, and planted out when old enough to handle 

 in permanent places, 20 to 30 feet apart, 



