Haw China, South United Local fruit.
(2 species) (?) States
Icaco F (?) Tropical America Common fruit in San Salvador.
Jaboticaba F Brazil Common fruit tree around
Rio Janeiro.
Jujube, China Very excellent dried fruit
common B in China.
Juneberry F United States, Locally esteemed.
Canada
*Kumquat (?) Cochin-China or Resembles very small
China oranges.
*Lemon B India
*Lime B India Largely used for limade
and citric acid.
*Litchi and S. China, Malay Finest Chinese fruit. Numerous
relatives C Archipelago forms.
*Loquat (?) Central-east’n Much esteemed in China
China and Japan.
Lulo F Colombia Tomatolike fruit.
Mammee
apple (?) West Indies to “St. Domingo apricot.”
Brazil
*Mango A (?) India “Should be eaten in a
bathtub.”
Mangosteen (?) Sunda Islands, King of tropical fruits.
Malay Peninsula
Marang (?) Sulu Archipelago Similar to but much better
than breadfruit.
Marmalade Mexico, N. E. Resembles in taste a ripe,
plum E South America luscious pear.
Matasano Central America “Delicious.”
Medlar C Central Europe to Local applelike fruit.
W. Asia
Monstera F Mexico Pineapple-banana flavor.
Mulberry, Armenia, N. Persia Most valued for fruit.
black B (?)
Mulberry, India, Mongolia Most valued for feeding
white A (?) silk worms.
*Muskmelon C India, Beluchistan, Hundreds of varieties.
W. Africa
Natal plum F South Africa Local fruit for preserves.
*Nectarine (?) Cultivated form of Smooth-skinned.
peach
*Olive A Syria, southern Does not fruit in Florida.
Anatolia and
neighboring
islands
*Orange, king (?) Cochin-China Recently common in New
York City markets.
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