Group of African Oil Palms in Bahia. 
The Oil or Dende Palm as it is called in Southern 
Brazil is believed to have been introduced from Africa in 
the early days of the slave trade and it has become per- 
fectly acclimatized there. In West Africa its nuts which 
are borne in large crowded bunches form an important arti- 
cle of export, special steamship lines having been organ- 
ized to carry them to Hamburgh. In Brazil the oil is used 
extensively for table purposes quite as we use olive oil. 
Photo No. 15408 taken Dec. 26, 1913, by Dorsett, Shamel 
and Popenoe at Bahia, Brazil. 
