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COLLOQUY XXYIII. 
(1) Do JaCA, (2) E DOS JaMBOLOKS, (3) E DOS JaMBOS, (4) E DAS 
Jamgomas. 
(1) [The Jack fruit. — Artoca/rpus integrifolia, Linn.] 
Called y«(?^?s by the Malabaris ; panas in Gujarat. 
Garcia describes this well-known fruit, and describes its peculiar 
habit of growing from the trunks of the trees, not from the branches ; 
he compares the seeds to chestnuts, and says they are roasted for eating. 
Like the fruit they are somewhat indigestible. 
[References. — Clusius {Acosta), p. 64 ; Linschoten, ii., pp. 20-23, 
36, 51 ; Piso^ Mantissa Aromatica, p. 191, fig.] 
(2) \Jamboloes — ? Jamhuld, Gujarati — this is probably Eugenia 
jamholana. Lam = Sy%igium jamlolanum, Dec] 
Garcia' s description of the plant is not quite clear enough to 
enable one to be certain of its identity, but it is probably a wild variety 
of the above. He says it is found in the fields, looks like the myrtle, 
and that its leaves resemble the arbutus. Euano compared the fruit to 
Cordova olives in taste. 
[References. — Clusius (Acosta), p. 75 ; Linschoten, ii., p. 34 ; 
Ainslie, ii., p. 444 ; Khorg, p. 306.] 
(3) Jamhos. 
[Rose apple — this is probably the Malaha jamrul of the Bengalis ; 
Jamhosa Malaccensis.'] 
Garcia describes the tree yielding these fruits as resembling the 
myrtle ; and he says it had been recently introduced from Malacca. 
The fruit was the size of a goose's egg, red and white coloured, like 
large gall-nuts, but agreeable to the smell and taste. The tree bears a 
succession of fruits during the year, and the roots penetrate deep into 
the soil. 
[References. — Clusius {Aeosta), p. 74 ; Linschoten, ii., p. 29 ; 
Khorg, p. 306.] 
(4) Jangomas. 
Zizyphus sp.l 
Garcia describes this as a thorny tree, like a plum in shape and 
leaf, and that it grows wild in the country, but is transplanted. It 
