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lar fhape, growing in clufters clofe to the branch, and containing each a
fingle feed.
Laiifai. The tree which bears this fruit is large; the leaves are of a
lightifh green and fomewhat pointed. The fruit is fmall, oval, of a
light brown ; divides into five cloves, fiefhy, and of an agreeable tafte ;
but the fkin contains a clammy juice, extremely bitter, and which is apt
to taint the fruit, if not opened with care. Ayer oyer. This is not unlike
the lanfai. The Choopa is alfo nearly allied to it.
Brangan, This fruit, the produce of a large tree, ftrongly refembles
the Chefnut, and is I think a fpecies of it. They grow fometimes one,
two, and three in a hufk. Jerring. This alfo feems a fpecies of the chefnut,
but is larger and more irregularly fhaped. The tree isfmaller than
the former. Tappcos. This has likewife a diftant refemblance to the
chefnut; has three nuts always in one hufk, forming in fhape an oblong
fpheroid. If eaten unboiled, it is faid to inebriate. The tree is large.
Cameeling or booa cray. This much refembles a walnut, in the flavor
and confiftence of the fruit; but the ihell is harder, and it is not divided
into lobes in the fame manner, nor does the ihell open, being all of
one piece. The natives of the hills make ufe of it for their curries, in
parts where the coconut will not produce fruit.
Ratapping. This fruit, the produce of a large tree, is extremely like
the almond, both in the outer hufk and the kernel within, excepting
that the latter, inftead of fplitting into two, as an almond readily does, is
folded up as it were, and opens fomewhat like a rofe bud, but continuous
and not in diftindl pieces.
SaJa. The pulp of this fruit is fweetifh, acidulous, and of a pleafant
flavor. The outer coat, in fhape like a fig, is covered with fcales, or
the appearance of ba&et work. When ripe it is of a dark brown» It
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