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HISTORY OF MAURITIUS. 
TheTancarson. This is a wild vine, whose fruit is sour, but rather palatable, and 
esteemed by the natives. This creeper attaches itself to trees, and winds itself to 
the top of them : its root is diuretic. M. Flacourt, who has described several kinds 
of the wild vine, has not mentioned the tancarson. 
The Taco. It is a kind of vine, like that which has been just described. 
The Voua-lomba. This is the fruit of a vine, which Europeans prefer to every 
other; it is called the Madagascar grape, and has a sharp taste. This plant dies 
every year; its root is a kind of igname. (Discorea opositi folia, Linn.) 
The Anakuey. A sensitive plant. 
The Aresou. A kind of elder tree. 
The Tougnounan. 
The Tafoumounam. An acorn fruit with a small white flower. 
The Racoudrit. A green fruit in bunches. 
The Uvangbiri. A plant with large square pods, which contain a bean that is an 
anti-hemorrhoidal. 
The Tevarte. A shrub of a pyramidal form, that ascends in natural stages. 
The Azambou. A fruit that has the appearance of a bunch of red flowers. 
The Una-he taitchou. An eatable fruit. 
The Sampan-leva. A fruit which grows in the form of a chaplet. 
The Tchinghit. A bean, with a yellow flower. 
The Lacca. A small berry, like a pepper-corn ; the flower like those of the 
hazle nut. 
The Voguindosong. 
The Fanpechourou. A kind of lily, in the shape of a star. It announces the 
season of the whale fishery. 
The Voua-hintchi. 
The Fila v. equisetum arborescens. 
The Voantlisan. A thorny tree, whose leaves are confined to its top. 
The Tchusi-ovi. A kind of ipecacuanha seriploca. 
The Jacuan. A species of almond : a tree without leaves, which emits a gum. 
The Timbalave. A shrub with a white bell-flower. 
The Ampalt. A round leaf, that files iron. 
The Anghivi. A kind of brede, whose red fruit is used to give a bitter, but agree¬ 
able, taste to the drink of the natives. 
