HISTORY OF MAURITIUS. 
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The Azou-ranou. 
The Farafer. (Plante parasite), with a long red flower in the shape of a hand, or 
a fork with five prongs. 
The Vongo. A fine tree, whose fruit is called Vaassou voura. On incision, it 
yields a yellow juice. 
The Vua-mitsa voi. An Aster. 
The Tougouna-lein-tein. A kind of mint. 
The Sanoang-matan-nahaurou. A kind of creeping asparagus. 
The Ranga-zaa. A bulbous root, with a white flower. 
The Tchilotou. A white tulip. 
The Fifoutche. A tree, whose leaves resemble those of the mallow, with flowers 
round its trunk. 
The Shira. A palm tree, from whose bark, when burned; an eatable salt is 
extracted. 
The Raven-tongharts. A balsamic plant. 
The Tanroujou. A kind of benjoin. 
The Azou-ranou. A shrub, whose fruit has the flavour of cinnamon. 
The Afatraha. A shrub, with an odoriferous bark. 
The Vaing-bare. A plant, with an hairy,leaf and a white flower. 
The Talate. Its leaf is thick and its fruit red, like that of the holly-oak. 
The Jang. A tree that produces large bunches of flowers. 
The Vua-tani. Its flower resembles that of the Lihoa of China. 
The Vua-montueung. A plant, with a leaf like that of the tamarind, and its fruit 
resembles a bean. 
The Vua-toutouc. A shrub, with red fruit, which is eatable, and has the flavour 
of the strawberry. 
The Moulton-rongou. It has a resemblance to the rara; its leaf is small, and 
its fruit is of an oblong angular shape. 
The Vouang-titirang. A kind of nut, whose outward shell is yellow and hairy. 
The Voua-malim. A kind of Gousse d’houate. 
The Voua-rougui. A kind of Manglier. 
The Voua-tourindi. A large tree, which bears a small red flower in great bunches. 
The Ampali. It bears a large leaf, which polishes wood, and rubs off the rust of iron* 
The Joudi-fafal. Semper vivens. 
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