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Malay Name. 
Scientific Name. 
English Name. 
Assam java 
Tamarindus indicus 
Tamarind 
Chrysobalanus Icaco 
Coco-plum 
Jambu batu 
Psidium guava 
Guava 
Jambu Bol 
Eugenia malaceensis 
Malay apple 
Jambu Mawar 
E. jambos 
Jambu Ayer 
E. aquea 
Chermai Blanda 
E. uniflora 
Pitango 
E. brasiliensis 
Brazil Cherry 
Cyphomandra betacea 
Tree Tomato 
Bertholletia excelsa 
Brazil-nut 
Buah Susu^, 
Passifiora laurifolia 
Passion Fruit 
Buah B’lawah 
P. quadrangularis 
Grenadilla 
Papayah 
Carica papaya 
Papaw T 
Chiku 
Aehras sapota 
Sapodilla-Plum 
Mabola or Buah 
Mentagah 
Diospyros discolor 
Butter Fruit 
Persea gratissima 
Avocado Pear 
Sukun 
Artocarpus incisa 
Bread-fruit 
Nanka 
A. integrifolia 
Jack -fruit 
Champedak 
A. polyphemia 
Tampunei 
A , rigid a 
Monkey Jack 
Rambai 
Baccaurea Motleyana 
Chermai 
Cicca acidissima 
Malakka 
Phyllanthus pectinatus 
Nanas 
Ananasa sativa 
Pine-apple 
For further complete list of the edible fruits of the peninsula and 
their accounts see (Agricultural Bulletin S. S. and F. M S Yol I 
pages 297, 371, 429, 499, & 531). 
T. W. Main. 
THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE DAIRY COW IN 
THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
The complete success of dairy farming depends to a great extent 
on the cattle used therein and it is dependent also on the improvement 
which is capable of being brought about in the cows which any dairy 
man keeps. It may therefore be said that the dairying industry of any 
country is not on a solid basis unless the class of cow used is of the 
best character. 
Great strides have been made in England and elsewhere in per- 
fecting the present race of dairy cow until an animal has been produced 
which pleases the most exacting judge of dairy stock. When we look 
at the state of perfection the horse has reached for racing purposes we 
can realise what possibilities there are in different parts of the world 
for the improvement of the milk producing cow. In no part of the 
world does the dairy cow require improving more than in the Malay 
Peninsula. The cow is an Indian breed with poor milking qualities 
and yields a milk poor in quality. Further the milk is obtained and sold 
under the most insanitary conditions so much so that the rapidly 
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