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Acacia concimia DC. Young leaves and flowers eaten in curries. 
Fceniculum vulgare L. Burm, Sa meit. Used as a condiment. 
Cotiandrum sativum L. Burm. Nan-nan-bin. Used as a condiment. 
Cartliamus tiactorius L. Burm. Su-pan, Young leaves eaten in 
curries. 
Cordia Myxa U* Burm. Thanat-pin. Young leaves and young 
fruits eaten in curries. 
Solanum torvum Sw. Burm. Khayan-kasaw , Fruit used as a con- 
diment. 
Capsicum frutesceus L. Commonly cultivated. 
Ocimum canum Sims. Burm. Pin-zein . Used as a condiment. 
Pliyllanthus disticlius Muell. Arg. Young leaves eaten in curries, 
zingiber sp. Cultivated by the Chins on the Arracan Yomahs. 
Allium Cepa L. Onions are largely grown in the cold weather } 
sown in December or January and dug up in March or April. 
Borassus flabellifer L. The rootlet of the embryo palm is con- 
sidered a great delicacy, and the seeds are often sown expressly 
to obtain it. 
Dye Plants. 
Zizyplius Jujuba is not itself a dye plant, but it is one of the plants 
on which lac is deposited, and hence may be mentioned here. 
Indigofera sumatrana Gaertn. and Indigofera suffruticosa Mill (I 
anil L.) , are both cultivated, and appear to be both called me - 
bin . Sown in June and cut in Octjber. Earthenware pots are 
used as vats and lime is added to precipitate the dye. 
Parkinsonia aculeata L. Burm. Kwunya-zi-bin. 
The leaves and young pods of this species are used by the country 
people to produce a greenish yellow dye, which, however, is not very 
fast. 
Butca frondosa Roxb. Flowers used to produce an ( old gold' 
colour. 
Combretum trifoliatum Vent. Burm. Hsauk-bin. 
A decoction of the leaves of this plant is used to dye cloth a dirty 
brown colour, which on soaking the cloth in mud for several days 
changes into a permanent black. 
Anogeissus acuminata Wall. var. lanceolata. 
The bark is cut into chips and boiled in water. The solution 
resulting dyes cotton yarn or cloth a brownish colour, which deepens 
to black after soaking in the mud of pools. 
Cartliamus tinctorius L. Burm. Su-pan . 
A decoction of. the flowers is used by the Burmese to dye cotton 
yarn a golden yellow colour. 
