
          New Plant Introductions, 1916-17.

PLATE XV.

THE IMBU (SPONDIAS TUBEROSA), A FAVORITE BRAZILIAN FRUIT.

Messrs. Dorsett and Popenoe found the imbu growing in semiarid situations in the Interior of Brazil.  It produces large crops of plumlike fruits which
have a pleasant acid taste and are eaten fresh or mixed with milk to form a refresing drink.  Photographed (P14775FS) by P. H. Dorsett, at
Januaria, Brazil, February 13, 1914.  (Natural size.)
        