CORDEAUXIA EDULIS. YEHEB NUTS. 
The Yeheb is a tree or shrub which has recently "been dis- 
covered in Italian Somaliland, East Africa. Its seeds, called 
nuts, have a high food value, containing 21 per cent of cane 
sugar, 2 per cent of reducing sugars, 13 per cent of proteids, 
and 37 per cent of carbohydrates. They form an article of 
commerce and are "brought to the coast "by caravans and are eat- 
en by the native Dolbahanta Somalia in preference to rice and 
dates. Though the climate of Somaliland is not well known, 
the indications are that where this plant grows, long periods 
of drouth occur, but rains are abundant and regular at certain 
seasons of the year. Winter temperatures do not probably go 
below freezing. The plant quickly forms a long tap root, bears 
when only 4 feet high, has evergreen leaves which if crushed, 
stain the fingers a magenta color, and grows into a large 
tree. From the investigations which have been made by the Kew 
Botanic Gardens the indications are that this plant is worthy 
of a thorough trial in the arid southwest, at first in the 
practically frostless areas, and a special effort is being 
made to get a large enough quantity of the seeds for an ex- 
tensive experiment. Photograph of seeds received from Kew, 
December 2, 1910; S.P.I. No. 29122. (See Kew Bulletin 1908, 
p. 36-44 | 141.) 
