FLACOURTIA RUKAM 
Flacourtia — after Etienne de Flacourt, 1 607-60, Director-General 
French East India Company and Governor of Madagascar: 
rukam: Malay name. 
English name: 

Family : 
J 
Flacourtiaceae. 
Country oj origin : Malaya. 
Colour : 
fruits white. 
Garden use: 
primarily this is a fruit tree, 
but it will produce a good 
thorny hedge or screen. Best 
mixed with other hedge plants. 
Propagation : 
seed. 
A, thorny main branch. 
B, smaller branch bearing fruit. 
