
          ARALIA CORDATA, Udo. A
Japanese vegetable suitable for wide
cultivation for its blanched, edible
shoots. Plant 3 to 4 feet apart. Plants
grow bushy and yield edible shoots
for nine years. To blanch shoots
mound with earth or cover with closed
drain tile in early spring.
peel, slice into ice water and serve
with French dressing, or stew and
serve like asparagus.

ARGANIA SPINOSA. Spiny,
compact, evergreen tree growing in
driest soils in Morocco and forming
forests. Olive-sized fruits contain
single hard seeds, from which an oil
with irritating and harsh taste is extracted, 
much used in Morocco for food
and light; also makes good soap. Fruits
are eagerly eaten by cattle and also
used as a substitute for olives. Trees
bear in four years.

34357, ASPIDOSPERMA
MACROCARPON, Guatambu.
A tree found on the plains in the province 
of Minas Geraes, Brazil, source of
an important commercial timber used
in building and for agricultural 
implements. It has a flat pod several
inches in diameter containing a number 
of large, flat, paper-winged seeds.
A related tree furnishes quebracho, the
tanning material of Brazil
        