SIERRA LEONE 49 



Newfonia insignis* 



A tree about 80 feet in height, with well developed buttress 

 roots. 

 Peltophorum* Njomboguli (Mendi). 



A large tree. 

 Ormosia monophylla.* 



Linaceae. 



Ochthocosmus Africanum* Tuanyei (Mendi). 

 A small, fairly common tree. 



Humiriaceae. 



Saccoglottis Gabunensis* 



This tree yields a first-class timber. The bark strips ofF 

 cleanly and is sold in Calabar at 5s. a roll 30 inches long and 

 18 inches in diameter. 



Rutaceae. 



Zantlioxylum macrophyllum* Spiny Satin wood. Witkoran (Timani) ; 

 Pfui II (Mendi). 



This tree yields a very pretty yellow wood, with a some- 

 what open grain. 

 Zanthoxylum sp. Satin wood. Bek (Timani) ; Pfui (Mendi). 



A medium-sized tree, with most peculiar conically shaped 

 woody protrusions on the bark. It has not been cut locally. 

 Zanthoxylum rubescens* 



An armed tree from 12 to 15 feet high. 



Burseraceae. 



Canarium Schiveinfurthii. White Mahogany. Beri (Mendi). 



This tree is not very common. A very large tree which has 

 been found 150 feet high, with a bole of 70 feet and a girth of 

 10 feet. It could be cut locally and would make a valuable 

 addition to local furniture woods. It is, however, hard to saw. 



Meliacese. 



Lovoa Klaineana* f African Walnut. 



It is a medium-sized tree, not very common ; the value of 

 the timber varies from Ifd. to 3d. per foot. 

 Lovoa sp. near L. Klaineana. African Walnut. 



A medium-sized tree. 

 Carapa procera* Crabwood, Coondi, Kakunt (Timani) ; Kuwi 

 Kowi (Mendi). 



It is a medium-sized tree, which is evenly distributed every- 

 where. It yields a mahogany-like wood, which has been sold 

 in the Liverpool market. 



4 



