CHAPTER X 



LANDOLPIIIA RUBBER FORESTS 



The bulk of the rubber exported from the district 

 of Mozambique is derived from the root of a 

 degraded type of Landolphia, probably L. Kirl'ii. 

 The creeping stems are very slender, the rain- 

 fall of the country being insufficient for the 

 growth of large and lofty creepers. The forest 

 itself is low and stunted, sometimes being little 

 better than scrub ; the soil is sandy and dry. 



The principal forests are situated near the 

 coast, one of the most important being that now 

 known as Matadane, in the Capitania-mor de 

 Angoche, enclosed by the liivers Laridi and 

 Moma, and extending for a distance of some 

 50 kilometres in length and 6 to 10 in width. 

 North-west of Parapat (Antonio Ennes) is the 

 Marrigi forest in the Capitania-mor de Mossuril. 

 Other forests exist near Mogincual. The total area 

 of rubber forest land in the district is probably 

 considerably over a quarter of a million hectares. 



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