320 



The tree is very ornamental and easily grown from seed. Culti- 

 vated in the Botanic Garden, Old Calabar, where it is propagated for 

 distribution, as also at Oloke-Meji. 



Ref. — " Eugenia Jambos" in Diet. Econ. Prod. India, iii. 1890, pp. 



287-288. 



Eugenia malaccensis, Linn. Sp. PL (1753) p. 470. 



A shrub, 6-8 ft. high. Leaves 9-12 in. long by about 3^ in. broad, 

 glabrous and shining on both sides. Flowers red ; petals large, 

 suborbicular, glandular. Fruit large and juicy, edible, but not so 

 agreeable as that of E. Jambos. 



III. — Rumpf, Amb. i. t. 37 (Jambosa domestical ; Smith, Exotic 

 Bot. t. 61 ; Andr. Rep. vii. t, 458 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t, 555 ; Tuss. Ant. 

 iii. t. 25 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4408 {Jambosa malaccensis) ; Wight, Illust. ii. 

 t. 98 (Jambosa malaccensis) ; Vidal, Fl. For. Filip. t. 49G (fruit) ; 

 Sinclair, Indig. Fl. Hawaii, t. 41. 



Malay Apple, Kavika Tree. 



Native of Tropical Asia, Malay Isles, &c. Cultivated in India, 

 Burma, &c. 



Fruit large and juicy, and commonly eaten in India and elsewhere. 



The wood is soft ; weighs 38 lbs. per cubic foot (Gamble, Man. 

 Ind. Timb. p. 357), but the tree is of greater importance for decora- 

 tive purposes. 



Cultivation comparatively easy, grown from seed. Propagated for 

 distribution at Old Calabar and Oloke-Meji. 



Eugenia owariensis, Beauv. ; FL Trop. Afr. II. p. 438. 



III.— Pal. de Beauv. FL Ow. Ben. ii. t. 70 ; Guillem. Perr. Rich. FL 

 Senegamb. i. t. 72 (Syzygium guineense). 



Vernac. names. — Isinren (Lagos, Millen) ; Adere (Zungeru, 

 Elliott, Yoruba, Thompson). 



Lagos ; Brass ; Zungeru, and widely distributed in Tropical Africa. 



A good timber tree (Elliott, Herb. Kew). 



Fruit small, eaten by the natives (Millen, Herb. Kew). 



Common in the field, Lagos (MacGregor) ; 20 ft. high, spreading 

 habit (Millen, I.e.) ; a fair-sized tree along banks of streams in the 

 Shaki District (Thompson, Rep. Meko & Shaki Dist. 1910, p. 4) ; a 

 shrub 10 ft. high at Brass (Barter, Herb. Kew). 



Napoleona, Beauv. 



Napoleona imperialis, Beauv. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 439. 



Ill.-Pal. de Beauv. Fl. Ow. Ben. ii. t. 78 ; Diet. Sc. Nat. t. 66 ; 

 t>eel, Sert. Bot, ii. ; Rchb. Exot, i. t. 137 ; Hook., Ic. PL tt. 799-800 

 (N. Vogelii), p. 5 (parts of flower) ; Bot. Mag. t. 4387 ; Hook. Fl. 

 Nigrit. tt. 49, 50 (N. Vogelii) ; Schnizlein, Ic. t. 159 (N. Whitfieldii) ; 

 Gard Chron. Nov. 23rd, 1844, p. 780 (structure of flowers) ; Rev. 

 Hort. 1853, t. 16 (N. Whitfieldii) ; Gard. Chron. May 22nd, 1886, 

 p. 657, f. 147a. 



Vernac. names. — Odi Oban (Lagos, Rowland) ; Igbeshe ? (Lagos, 

 Punch) ; Jumbolekono (Sierra Leone, Scott Elliot). 



Lagos ; Lokoja, and has also been collected in Sierra Leone 

 (Whitfield), and the Gold Coast (Johnson, No. 269, Herb. Kew). 



Fruits eaten by the natives, Onitsha (Moloney, For. W. Afr. 

 p. 353). Used medicinallv in Sierra Leone (Scott Elliot, Col. Rep. 

 Misc. No. 3, 1893, p. 55). 



