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Plants may be propagated from seed. A fairly rich soil, plenty 

 of moisture, and a climate approaching to sub-tropical, are 

 conditions required for the cultivation. The hilly districts of 

 Nigeria would perhaps meet these requirements. 



ife/.— " Cherimoyer," Kew Bull. Aug. 1887, pp. 15 and 16. 

 Anona muricata, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 16. 



III.— Buchoz. Herb, tt. 7, 88 ; Nooten, PL Java, t. 33 ; Plenck, 

 Ic. t. 461 ; Contr. U.S. Nat, Herb. ix. t. 33 ; Le Jard. 1889, 

 p. 167. 



Sour-sop. 



Introduced from the West Indies. Cultivated in gardens and 

 farms. 



The fruit is eaten by the natives and Europeans, and is 

 commonly sold in the markets. A decoction of the root is said to 

 be an antidote against fish-poison (Fawcett, Economic Products, 

 Jamaica, p. 10), and an infusion of the leaves is used as a remedy 

 for dysentery (Cook & Collins, Economic Plants of Porto Rico, 

 P . 81). 



May be propagated from seed ; plants grow and fruit freely in 

 almost any soil. 



Anona palustris, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 16. 



III.— Bot. Mag. t. 4226 ; St. Hil PL us. Bres. t. 30. 



Alligator apple ; Monkey apple; Corkwood. 



The fruit is said to be narcotic and sometimes poisonous. 

 Alligators and cattle are said to like it (Mus. Kew). The wood is 

 employed for stopping casks and bottles and for lining boxes 

 (Mus. Kew) ; in Jamaica it is used as floats for fishing nets, and 

 as stoppers for mouths of Calabash vessels (Fawcett, Econ. Prod. 

 Jamaica, p. 11) ; and in Porto Rico for rafts (Cook & Collins, 

 Econ. PL Porto Rico, p. 81). The soft and porous roots are used 

 in Cuba as razor strops (1. c. p. 81). 



The plant could be propagated by seeds ; it thrives on swampy 

 ground, muddy river banks, &c. 



Anona reticulata, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 15. 



JZZ.— Bot. Mag. tt. 2911-12 ; Nooten, FL Java, t. 32 ; Tuss. Ant. i. 

 t. 29 ; Le Jard. 1889, p. 125. 



Custard apple ; Bullock's heart. 



Introduced from the West Indies. 



The fruit is eatable and is an antidysenteric and a vermifuge. 

 The dry unripe fruit yields a black dye ; the leaves, from which 

 a good quality of Indigo may be obtained, and the young twigs 

 are used in India for tanning ; also a good fibre may be prepared 

 from the bark of the young twigs (Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. Ind.). 



Propagation from seed. 



Anona senegalensis, Pers. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 16. 



III.— Deless. Ic. i. t. 86. 



Vernac. names. — Diorgud (Gambia, Kew Bull. 1893, p. 371) 

 Maiolo, Malolo (Angola, Cat. Welw. Afr. PL i. p. 8). 



