92 Sketch of the Tropical Fruits likely to be worth 



The Anona Senegalensis is said by Mr. Lockhart, the 

 gardener employed in Captain Tuckey's expedition, to pro- 

 duce a fruit of superior flavour to any of the cultivated Custard 

 Apples, although inferior to them in size.* 



Loango 



produces a fruit described by the Abbe Proyart under 

 the name of Cazou. It is as large as a Melon, and contains 

 fifteen or twenty red and oblong kernels with the form and 

 nearly the size of a pigeon's egg. They are of a farinaceous 

 substance, and so nourishing that the Negroes never fail to 

 carry some with them when they are upon a journey ; a few 

 will suffice for an entire day. Perhaps it may be a sort of 

 Cacao, but it has not been ascertained. + 



The Cape of Good Hope 

 does not produce a single species of fruit spontaneously 

 which is fit for the table, except Cissus Capensis. That, 

 however, I am informed by Mr. Burchell, is excellent, 

 but with a different flavour from our Grapes. The berry of 

 a species of Euclea is eaten, but is far from pleasant. 



Madagascar, 



if we may judge from the meagre praises bestowed upon its 

 fruits by Flacourt, bears none which are held in very high 

 estimation by Europeans. There are several, nevertheless, of 

 which it is proper to take notice. These are, 



The Voanato, which is produced by a lofty tree growing 

 on the coast. The flesh of the fruit when ripe is doughy, 



* Brown in Tuckey's Appendix, page 467. 

 t Proyart, Histoire de Loango, page 26. 



