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Melicocca Bijuga

This sapindaceous tree is plentiful in tropical America and the West Indies, and is known as the Genip tree. It produces numerous green egg-shaped fruits, an inch in length, possessing an agreeable vi...

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This sapindaceous tree is plentiful in tropical

America and the West Indies, and is known as the Genip tree. It

produces numerous green egg-shaped fruits, an inch in length,

possessing an agreeable vinous and somewhat aromatic flavor,

called honey berries or bullace plums. The wood of the tree is

hard and heavy.



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