. The world's commercial products [microform] : a descriptive account of the economic plants of the world and of their commercial uses. Plant products; Produits naturels; Produits végétaux; Natural products; Botanique agricole; Botany, Economic. 260 The World's Commercial Products. MlSHliOOMS (iKAM ()r( HICK I'l \ {('iccr (iritihiiiiii), .u\ â iiimial licrl), cultivated from an i'arl\' pcridd m warm countries, ispci i- ally in India, wIiitc ii is used in cakes, ciirrii^. etc. (iram was knii\- ii tn the ancient l';^;\|i- , Hebrews, .nui drouks. TIk? I' weigiit, Xiikhrcl. I ', I
. The world's commercial products [microform] : a descriptive account of the economic plants of the world and of their commercial uses. Plant products; Produits naturels; Produits végétaux; Natural products; Botanique agricole; Botany, Economic. 260 The World's Commercial Products. MlSHliOOMS (iKAM ()r( HICK I'l \ {('iccr (iritihiiiiii), .u\ â iiimial licrl), cultivated from an i'arl\' pcridd m warm countries, ispci i- ally in India, wIiitc ii is used in cakes, ciirrii^. etc. (iram was knii\- ii tn the ancient l';^;\|i- , Hebrews, .nui drouks. TIk? I' weigiit, Xiikhrcl. I ', I i)Z. A\-()ir(l., is that ul a .seed of Cinr uricti- num. (iram is exported in considoraWe .nui increasiiif; (piantitio from India : the aver- age for the last liw \-ears being 4'J2,4i cwt. In tlian /y8,954 wortii went exjxirted 777,297 cwt. of gram valued at /178,993. Ol this no to France. (Ervnm Lens), a slender plant sujjposcd to be n.'tive of Westi^rn Asia, dreec e. and Italy. Tlu- Lc,::.! was introduced into ICgypt as a iulti\atcd plant at an early dati'. and from this centre s])read ea,st and west. Large (piantities of lentils are introducc^d into thi. c ountry and ased for soups, etc. The Sov.\ Hi;.\N ((tlydne hispida), a dwarf, bushy, almost erect plant, with e\eiy put covered with fine brownish hairs. The Soya Bean is widely cultivated in India, and more especially in China and Japan, where it is probably nati\e' In the Far East " Sova '" constitutes the most important pulse. Pigeon I>i:.\ or Diioi. of commerce (CiijaiiHs iiuliciis) is an erect -ub-shrubby plant, often about six feet in height, widely cultivated in the tropics and sub-tropi,s of both" hemisphere-. The pea-like seeds are of two kindsâyellow and \-eined with pnri)le. Considerable quantities arc imported into Britain for use as cattle foods. C o\v Pea {Vigna Ca/iang). This is a very curious plant, with long, almost \),hU one to two feet long. T
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