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1: Pianta detta cagiú;1 questa e mirabile che fà i suoi frutti come una pera 2: e in punta della pera ni nasce una castagna 3 che cotta e molto bona si che una pianta sola da due sorte di frutta 4: frutto detto chingero2 fa i suoi pomi come le nostre susine, ma con un osso molto grosso 5:

1: plant called Cagiú; it is remarkable that it produces fruits like a pear 2: and at the tip of the pear grows a nut 3 that when cooked is very good so that a single plant gives two types of fruits 4: fruit called chingero, it makes pomes like our prunes, but with a very large pit 5

  • 1. From Portuguese caju: cashew [Anacardium occidentale]. See "Besù" Dioginig da Piacenza and Michel Angelo da Reggio, Viaggio, 130.
  • 2. Ciriguela or purple mombin [Spondias purpurea L.] see Julia Frances Morton, "Purple Mombin," in Fruits of warm climates, ed. Julia Frances Morton (Miami: Echo Point Books & Media, 1987).
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