Feronia
(mythological, after Feronia, a nymph who presided over the woods and groves, and was worshipped by the Romans as a goddess). ORD. Rutaceoe. A stove evergreen fruit-tree, allied to the Orange (Citrus). It thrives well in a mixture of rich loam and peat, with a little sand added. Increased, in spring or summer, by placing cuttings of ripe young shoots in sandy soil, under glass, in bottom heat.
F. elephantum. Elephant's Apple. fl. White, with reddish anthers; panicle small, axillary, or terminal. fr. Large, about the size of an apple, with a grayish rind; pulpy part edible. l. impair-pinnate; leaflets five to seven, obovate, sessile, crenulated, shining. h. 30ft. Coromandel, 1804. (B. F. S. 121.)