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The Toulove is a bush six or seven feet high: 
its fruit is called the strawberry of Madagascar, 
and is in great estimation with both natives and 
Europeans, being delicate and of a most delicious 
flavour. 
The Vua Mina is a singular plant, both leaves and 
fruit being as red as coral; the latter are very sweet 
and palatable. 
The Vua-too-toac also bears a red fruit of the 
flavour of a strawberry. 
The Anghivi bears a red fruit which the natives 
put into their drink, to which it imparts a sour but 
pleasant taste. 
There are several kinds of nutmegs, as the Malao- 
manghit, the Rarabee, the Bashi-bashi, the Rhanha- 
horac, and the Raven Sara. 
The Malao-manghit is a large tree with brown 
bark, straight trunk, and white wood; its sap is white 
at first, but being exposed to the air, turns as red as 
blood : the fruit is a nutmeg, and its leaves yield a 
sweet aromatic odour. 
The Rarabee is a wild nutmeg-tree, loftier than the 
last: an aromatic oil is extracted from its fruit, with 
which the natives anoint their bodies and hair. This 
oil is a specific for the scrofula, and an excellent 
stomachic. 
The Bashi-bashi differs but little from the last. 
The Rhanha-horac is a wild nutmeg with a large 
trunk, and very dense foliage: it thrives best on 
humid and marshy grounds. 
