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beautiful laurel-like tree with a hard dark timber ; 

 Diospyros mespiliformis, a large fr 't tree (Mulende 

 (N.), Menianti (S,), and Silviera of Portuguese) ; D. 

 Dendo (N'Dendo), an evergreen tree furnishing some 

 of the best timber in Angola. Of the Apocynaceae 

 (which are also dealt with under Plantation Pro- 

 duce), Pacouria (Landolphia) owariensis, an ever- 

 green shrub, yields rubber, and P. florida (Matuti 

 or Rututi), and P. parvifolia (Mahungo) yield 

 edible fruit, as does Car and as cdulis (Jingongona 

 in the north and Munhiangolo in the south), while 

 Strophanthus intermedius (Bella or Musua) pro- 

 vides wood for pipes. 



Of the Asclepiadea?, Chlorocodon WJnteii 

 (Alcacuz of the Portuguese, Mundondo of the 

 natives) is a climbing shrub with a liquorice-like 

 root. Among Loganaceas are Nuxia dentata, with 

 good timber ; Anthocleista macrantha (Quipucolo- 

 pucolo), resembling a palm : Stri/chnos Volkensii 

 and S. Wehmischii (called Maboea or Mabolle), 

 having an edible orange-like fruit with a hard 

 rind : while S. pungens has a similar inedible 

 fruit. Of the Boraginea?. Cordia aurantiaca is an 

 evergreen tree with yellow flowers, and a bark 

 useful for fibre. Of the Convolvulacere is Ipomcea 

 Batatas, whose leaves are eaten by the natives as 

 spinach. Among the Solanacea:, Solannm albi- 

 folium (saponaccum) produces seeds which are 

 used as soap ; Capsicum cordifonne (Molungo) 

 yields a pungent fruit, and Datura Stramonium 

 (Jila-andundo), yielding the well-known drug, is 

 used like Casca in trials by ordeal. Of the Big- 

 Spathodea campanulata (Mutenandua) 



