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tale a; Gondnea, Cordia myxa ; Tarh, Borassus flaheUiformis ; Phopj, 

 Pupeea Carica ; Badam, Terminalia ca/appa ; Sooparee, Jreca fan- 

 fel t>; Kujoor, Phoenix dactilifera c ; Kel or Kail, Musa paradisiaca 

 there are several species or varieties. Sonkel, Musa sapientum ; 

 Draxlis, Fit is Fitiifera e. There are seven species of grapes in Duk- 

 hiin, the Mahratta names of which are Kalee, or hlack ; Ahbee, or wa- 

 tery; Phukree, or Muscadina; Saheebee, Bedana, or seedless; Sool- 

 tanee ; and Suckree, or sugary. Khurbooz, Cucumis Melo^ ; Phoot, 

 Cucumis momordica ; and Kulungrab, Cucurbita CitruUus g. There are 

 several species or varieties of the melon. 



Wild Fruits. — The wild fruits are twenty-two in number, viz. Beebah, 

 Semicarpus anacardiufn ^ ; Cher, Chirongia sapida ; Ratambee, Gar- 



cinia ■ i ; Torun, Zixyphus alhens ; Kurwund, Carissa Carandas 



and diffusa, both of them excellent fruits ; Seendee, Phoenix Sylvestris, 

 or Elate Sylvestris J ; Jungle Jaeephul, Myristica dactyloides ^ ; Peem- 

 pree, Ficus comosa ; Rahbor, Zizyphus Xylopyrus ; Bunkeil, Musa Iro- 

 glodytarum, 1 two varieties ; Gooloom, Loranthus hicoJor ; Lotowl, a 



genus and species not determined ; Ambgoolee, Elceagnus , a 



veiy nice fruit, tasting like a gooseberry. Ulloo, Fanqueria spmosa ; 



Temboornee, Gardenia, ; Thurtee, Capparis erythrocarpus ; 



Neptee, Capparis aphylla ; Wagiitee, Capparis Zeylanica; Makur Neem« 



bonee, Citrus ^; Wuhr, Ficus Indica ; Loheer, Ficus , 



a noble tree, 80 to 100 feet high. 



The above comprise the wild fruits of Dukhun ; many of them are not 

 only passable, but very palatable, particularly the Ambgoolee, the Kur- 

 wund, and the Char. The Ratambee, or wild mangostein, is in extensive 

 use as an acid seasoner, and is met with for sale in most markets in a 

 dried state. The v/ild nutmeg is frequently imposed upon the ignorant 

 for the real nutmeg. The oil of the Beebah is used for marking linen, 

 like indelible ink ; but the kernel roasted is agreeable. The wild lime 

 ( Citrus) is only met with in the Ghats ; it forms a handsome dense tree, 

 but the cultivated fruit is so abundant that the wild is not made any 

 use of. Many of the above fruit trees produce good timber. With res- 

 pect to the mango, which is met with both cultivated and wild, it is con- 

 sidered by the people less as a luxury, than as an auxiliary to the neces- 

 saries of life, or as a substitute for them in seasons of scarcity: for the 



a Cashew nut. b Beetle nut. 



c Date. d Plantain. e Giapes. f Musk melon, 



g Water melon. h The marking nut, i The wild mangostein j Wild date, 



k Wild nutmeg, 1 Wild plantain. m The original apparently of some of the 



species of Citrus in Duklvun, 



