Note 49 — LETTER XXIV.
Joanna B. Horner translation
By the pods and their kernels, which we brought away with us, Dr. Klotsch has recognised the Moringa Arabica Persoon (Hyperanthera peregrina Forskål). It seems that this tree has hitherto only been known in Arabia, and is indigenous there. The individual trees found near Barkal, which are not mentioned by previous travellers, might perhaps have been introduced from Arabia. This is the more probable, as the immigration of those tribes of the Schaiqîeh Arabs from Heg’âz is still testified in writing.