Bul. 445, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. PLATE XXIII. 
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THE JOAZEIRO (ZIZIPHUS JOAZEIRO), AN INTERESTING DRY-LAND TREE. 
This is a handsome evergreen tree, with dense green foliage and _is said to be the only plant on the 
caatingas which retains its foliage through the long season of drought. The fruit (called jua) and 
foliage are eaten by stock. Photographed at Brejo, Minas Geraes, Brazil, February 14, 1914. 
