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Niger ; Bornu ; Lagos. 



The fruit is edible. On the Gambia the leaves, heated and 

 soaked in water, are used as a cure for diarrhoea (Kew Bull. 1893, 

 p. 371). In Senegal the bark of the stem and roots is used as a 

 vermifuge ; the powdered root for the cure of sores caused by 

 Guinea worm, and both branches and roots are utilized to make 

 a drink in pectoral affections (Sebire, PI. Util. Senegal, p. 3). 

 On the Zambesi the root-bark is used as a remedy for snake-bite 

 (Herb. Kew). The petals are used on the Niger for flavouring 

 country dishes (Kew Bull. 1893, p. 371). 



Propagation may be effected by seeds. The nature of the soil 

 appears to be of secondary consideration. Scott Elliot refers to it 

 as growing on hard dry laterite in Sierra Leone (Herb. Kew), 

 and Welwitsch mentions a dwarf Anona (attributed by Hiern, 

 Cat. Welw. Afr. PI. i. p. 6, to this species) which he had observed 

 in Huilla at an altitude of 4,000 feet and upwards, and which 

 appeared to spread over most of the mountainous regions of 

 Tropical South Africa. 



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



III.— Bot. Mag. t. 3095 ; Tuss. Ant. iii. t. 4 ; Blume, Java, i. t. 

 53 ; Nooten, Fl. Java, t. 5 ; Plenck, Ic. t. 462 ; Contr. U. S. N. 

 Herb. ix. t. 34 ; Diet, Sc. Nat. t. 118 ; Lam. Encycl. t. 494 ; Le 

 Jard. 1889, p. 125. 



Sweet-sop or Sugar-apple (West Indies) ; Custard-apple (India). 



Native of South America ; introduced from the West Indies. 



The fruit has a pleasant flavour but is inferior to the Sour-sop. 

 Medicinally it is used as a maturant for malignant tumours. In 

 India the juice is used to flavour ice puddings ; the dried unripe 

 fruit, powdered and mixed with gram flour, is used to destroy 

 vermin ; the root is a purgative ; the leaves are an anthelmintic, 

 and are used for the extraction of Guinea worm (Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. Ind.). 



Plants propagated from seed are of quick growth and come into 

 bearing in about three years. A deep stony soil, enriched with 

 humus, and good drainage are the conditions essential to 

 successful cultivation. 



In India the tree grows to perfection in the most rocky, hot 

 and barren parts of the country, and in a purely wild state it 

 sometimes grows out of crevices of rocks and old walls (Woodrow, 

 Gardening in India, p. 144). 



Uvaria, Linn. 



Uvaria Chamae, P. de Beau v. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 22. 



111.— Pal. de Beauv. Fl. Ow. Ben. ii. t. 83 ; Guillem. Perr. Rich. 

 Fl. Senegamb. t. 3, tig. 2; Engl. Monogr. Afr. Pflam Anonac. 

 t. 3. 



Vernac. names. — Eruiju (Lagos, Dawodu) ; Arogu (Lagos, 

 Millen). 



Nupe ; Lagos. 



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