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in waste and cultivated ground. This is a vegetable, the 
leaves of which are used in preparing bread by mixing 
with Bajri or Jowari flour, after being boiled.’^ 
Portulaca siilFruticosa, Wight. Morad (^Ahmedabad), Leaves 
eaten. Plant received from this locality only. 
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MALVACEyE. 
Ablltiloil indicuHl, G. Don. Kachnia (Ahmednagar). Seeds 
eaten. 
Almtiloii muticiim G. Don. Chakrabenda, Seeds eaten. 
(J. C. Lisboa.) 
lliMscws pandiirseformis, Burms, Kasli (Khamgaon Tank, 
Poona). “ Seeds mixed with Bajri or Jowari grains and 
made into fiour.’^ 
Hibiscus tiliacerus, Linn. Belapata, Mucilage eaten. (J. C. 
Lisboa.) 
Boiiibax malabaricimi, DC. Sawar (Shahada, Khandesh). 
Shimla (Godhra, Panch Mahals). Savft. (Taloda, Khan, 
desh). ‘‘ Young roots from this tree, like Mm tree, cut into 
thin pieces and when mixed with spices and salt, form a 
good food.^'’ “ The gum, tender leaves, and flowers are eaten. 
The root is first roasted over the fire and then the skin is 
taken off and the contents which are similar to that of 
sweet potato [ratali) are eaten. The leaves are eaten after 
boiling with condiments. The flowers are first dried and 
then pounded. The flower is then prepared into bread, 
either with or without corn.^^ 
Eriodeiidron aufractuosum, DC. Shameulay Pandhari Savar. 
Seeds eaten. (J. C. Lisboa.) 
STEHCULIACEtE. 
Sterciilia urens, Roxb. Kadhai (Shahada, Khandesh). '‘This 
grows as large as a Nim or Babhul tree. Its tender roots 
are edible. They are first cut into small pieces, then boiled 
and mixed with either spices or sugar. The tree further 
yields a good outturn of seeds of a black colour and as large 
as gram. It is dried and turned into pulse. Its taste is simi- 
lar to that of A/ 
Buettneria lierbacca, Roxb. Leaves eaten. (J. C. Lisboa.) 
