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WILLIS AND GARDINER : BOTANY 
I. Didi, 30 ! Cultivated in Landu, Male, and Addu, 
Gardiner. Trimen’s list ; no specimens. 
With the mangroves, Ceylon Bengal to Java. Not 
recorded for Minikoi or the Laccadives. Most likely intro- 
duced into the Maldives, but possibly brought by the sea. 
PUNICA, L. 
Granatum, L. ; Annaru, M. ; Anar, Hind. ; Delun, 
S. ; the Pomegranate. 
I. Didi, 115 ! Trimen’s list (mentioned by Ibn Batuta). 
Fainuin North Mahlos,Turahdu in South Mahlos, Veimandu 
in Kolumadulu, Gardiner ! Cultivated by the villages in 
many parts of the Archipelago. 
Cultivated in all tropical and subtropical countries. Mini- 
koi and Laccadives (Ameni, Akati), Prain. 
PassifloracecB. 
Passiflora, L. 
COERULEA, L. 
Male, Gardiner ! Only seen in Malé. — J. S, G. 
An American species ; cultivated in Ceylon for its pretty 
flowers. 
[suberosa, L. ; in Diego Garcia, Hemsley.] 
Carica, L. 
Papaya, L. ; Falo, M. ; Papaiya, Hind. ; the Papaw, 
I. Didi, 1 ! Turahdu in South Mahlos, Goifurfehendu, 
Hulule, &c. — J. S. G. 
“Three kinds are cultivated, one with long large fruits on 
the main stem (falo), one with round small fruits on the 
main stem (kuda falo), and a third (veo falo) with many 
fruits on pendulous shoots. In Horsburgh Atoll the fruit 
only reaches a small size.” — J. S. G. 
Cultivated in all tropical countries. Minikoi, Laccadives, 
in Kiltan, Anderut, Akati, and Kadamum, Prain. 
