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higher ground between the Cacoluvar and Sinde 

 Rivers and to the south are denser forests of 

 Copaifera Mopane (Mutiati), Bauhinias, B. re- 

 clinata (Mulolo), B. Macrantha (Wutit), Erythrina 

 huillensis (Mucandis), and tall Wulfhorstia eke- 

 bergoides (M'tuka). The Combretum constrictum 

 (Muhangola) is limited to the higher plateaux 

 and the tablelands of Quipongo. Along the 

 hills bordering the Cacoluvar from Quihita to 

 Cahaina there is found the Mohilo, with its 

 great crown of leaves, Ficus of many varieties 

 (Mulembas), including Apodytes dimidiata, Biriam- 

 bundo tree (Figueira Brava of the Portuguese) ; 

 and baobabs ; while acacias grow in the black clay 

 soils in the valleys of the Cacoluvar, Tunda, and 

 Sinde Rivers. Near Gambos one finds Bauhinias, 

 Ficus Sycomorus, and euphorbias. 



In the lower courses of the Sinde and Cacoluvar, 

 and from Chicusse to Dongoena, and from Cahama 

 to the Cunene at Lufinda, there are belts of thorn 

 scrub running north and south in the great forest 

 that fringes Mucopa ; near Binguari there is a 

 great deal of Carpodinus chylorrhiza (Otalemba), a 

 rubber plant, and at places on the Cacoluvar and 

 near Gambos are rubber vines as well. Beyond 

 Chicusse to Tchipelongo on the Cacoluvar River, 

 and along the Cunene River, from Mulondo to the 

 junction with Cacoluvar, are great baobabs and 

 Hyphcene guineensis. 



The vegetation of the banks of the Cunene can 

 be divided into three zones : as far as Mulondo 

 there are good timber trees, especially near Cape- 

 longo, with a little thorn scrub ; in the river 



