The Orange (Citrus aurantium).
The Papaw (Carica papaya) : whose fruit resembles
the shaddock; its large fig-shaped
leaves are used by the natives instead of
soap to wash linen, and the juice of the
fruit possesses the curious property, when
boiled with tough meat, of rendering it
tender; its taste is sweetish sour, rather
insipid, and somewhat turpentiny.
The Pomaloe or forbidden fruit (Citrus parodist)
(Plate XXII.): of a pink pulp and very
thick rind.
The Longan, here called Duku (Nephelium longan)
(Plate XXI.): like a brown ball barely an
inch in diameter, of agreeable although
sometimes slightly resinous flavour.
Besides these there are nearly all the fruits of
Southern India and Ceylon.
In passing gardens containing such an abundance
and variety of fruit I fear I cast many a jealous glance
at the latter, and would gladly have paid the forfeit
enforced many years asp in the environs of Herat, had
I only been invited to help myself. Mr. Arthur
Conolly, who visited that *o<mtry in 1831, in giving
an account of the beauty and richness of that part of
L Y C H E E . (NepheUutn. litchi.)
p. 283
P O M A L O E . (Citrus aradi.-itj
p. 220.
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