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'Value: 1. Widespread, highly commercial-ized, very important. 2, Widespread, somewhat commercialized, very promising. 3, Localized use or little known, but appreciated. 4. Minor importance.

Other Fruits of the Orange Subfamily

Other fruits in subfamily Aurantioideae are given in table 2. These fruits, having citruslike characteristics, are many in number, widely scattered, and often unknown except in localized areas. The work of Swingle and Reece (1967) has been very useful in making up this table.

Table 2.-Fruits of the orange subfamily Aurantioideae, excluding Citrus, Fortunella, and Poncirus.

Species	Common name	Origin	Use	Value'
Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr.	Indian bael	India	Pulp, eaten fresh, used in drinks	1
Afraegle paniculata (Schum. et Thonn.)	Powder-flask fruit	West Africa	Oil extracted from seeds
Atalantia monophylla Kurz.	Indian atlantia	India	Immature fruits pickled	3
Citropsis articulata (Willd.) Swingle et M. Kell.	West Africa cherry orange	West Africa	Fruit eaten fresh	4
Citropsis schweinfurthii Swing	Uganda cherry orange	East Africa	Fruit eaten fresh	4
Citropsis tanakae Swingle et M. Kell	Sierra Leone cherry orange	East Africa	Fruit eaten fresh	4
Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook f.	Mokolokale	Southern Africa	Fruit eaten fresh	4
Clausena anisum-olens (Blanco) Merr.	Kayumanis	Philippines	Fruit eaten fresh,fermented into liquor	3
Clausena dentate var. dulcis (Bedd.) Swingle	Indian wampee, wampi	India	Fruit eaten fresh	2

'Value: 1. Widespread, highly commercial-ized, very important. 2, Widespread, somewhat commercialized, very promising. 3, Localized use or little known, but appreciated. 4. Minor importance.

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