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&WEBT Tapioca. 
The »weet taptooa h alao & plant,, 
the itibers of nhich are tbiok, 
elongated and rich in meal ; the main 
difference between the two apeoies lies m 
in the fact that the rcota of the t»tter are 
red and oontaia a nou-poiaonona jtiice. 
The stem which reaches an average beif|;ht 
of six feet ia furnished with kooba j the 
petlolea are red in colonr. The leavea, 
made of five or six lobes are of a fine green 
hne and are mnoh larger than thfse ol the 
bitter sort. The froits are slightly angnlar 
at the top and have do wings. The tuber a 
are edibl^ and take a shorter tim*? in cookiog 
than the bitter ones. The Mnller tapioca 
or p^l'pl^ top " IB known in the Malay 
Feninanla »b " obi ksyn merha " and the 
BailUon lapioca or "pink top" as "obi 
kayn ponti merha" and obi potoho alban" 
these bhffe kinda, groiVD in northern 
Malaya, together with the *' obi merha"" 
Babavia, the "obi puteh" Malacca and '*obi" 
Singapora, these laat three foond in the 
aoiithera Settlements, are the only ones 
that can b@ eaten withoab any danger of 
poieonlng. 
Whbbe GbOwsi* 
Tap toe a grows in all tropical and 
SQb-tropical conntrief, hot U more 
productive in laada within a abort 
distance from the sea. In highlands 
the sweet tapioca thrirea much better than 
the bitber kind. It cooties to miitnrity even 
oh mcuDtaioe 3,000 ft high bnt its growth 
cannot compare with that of the lowland 
where it is more prolific and matnrea earlier. 
Tapioca shonld not be raised on low gronod* 
