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APPENDIX TO REPORT ON THE BOTANIC GARDENS, FOR 1885. 
Notes on Economic Plants. 
1. Enquiry was continued during the year into the source and extent of the 
vegetable supply of the Colony, and experiments have been made with various seeds 
from Europe with a view to increasing and improving the general supply, with results 
as follows : — - 
I.— VEGETABLES FOUND IN CULTIVATION. 
Ord. Crucifer.*. 
Lobdk (Long R-addish), Raphanus sativus var. : — Native of China, largely cultivated 
throughout the colony. Supply plentiful. 
* Water Cress , Nasturtium officinale : — Established in Singapore, but supply as yet very 
limited in the bazaars. 
Oku. Capparide*. 
Mamma, Gynandropsis pentaphylla: — Pods chiefly used. Common in a wild state, not 
much cultivated. 
Mamum Kechil, Cleome viscosa : — A common weed, used in the same manner as the 
preceding, chiefly by Kliugs. 
Ord, Moringe*. 
Kclor (Horse Raddish tree), Moringa pterygospenna : — Native of Madagascar. Pods, 
root and leaves used. Supply plentiful. 
Ord. PoRTULACE*. 
Daun Gulling (Purslane), Portulacca oleracea : — A common weed throughout the colo- 
ny. Cultivated in England as a vegetable. Used in the Straits chiefly by the 
Malays and Kling-s, and seldom if ever taken into the bazaars. 
Ord. Malvacejs. 
Kuthdng Bendie , Hibiscus esculcntus ; — Cultivated all over the Tropics. Supply 
plentiful. 
Ord. Leguminos*. 
Kachdng Kara Puteh , Lablab cultriformis : — A good bean, but not plentiful. 
Kachdng Boty , Dolichos tetragonolobus : — Moderately plentiful. 
Kachdng Prat Again , Dolichos sesquepidalis Largely cultivated throughout the 
colony. Supply plentiful. 
Kachdng Prat A yam Panyang, Dolichos sesquepidalis var. : — Plentiful. 
Canavalia virosa : — A good bean said to be in cultivation, 
but I have only seen one plant. 
Kachdng Pdrang, Canavalia gladiata : — A very large bean. Pods occasionally as large 
as a carving knife, hence the Malay name. Moderately plentiful. 
Kachdng Kara (Lima Bean), Phoseolus lunatus : — One of the best beans in cultivation. 
Supply moderately plentiful. Also sold in tins imported direct from Brazil, its 
native country. 
French Bean, Phaseolus vulgaris : — Cultivated largely throughout the Colony, but 
brought to the bazaars at an advanced age in order to measure better, but only 
really good when very young and small. 
Kachdng Ilijau, Phaseolus sp. : — Seed largely used in a germinating state. Supply 
plentiful. Pods also used after the manner of French beans.' 
Trong Merah, Agati grandiflora : — Leaves and flowers used. 
Prong Pdteh, Agati grandiflora alba : — Leaves and flowers used. Supply limited. 
Seldom reaches the bazaars. 
yieng Kawang, Pachyrrhizus angulatus : — The root very much resembles a turnip, both 
in size and taste, hence called turnips by Europeans in the Straits, but it 
is in every way inferior to turnip. The supply is apparently plentiful. 
Kachdng Dahl, Cajanus indicus ; — Pods used. Not much grown except by Klings. 
