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Sorindeia juglandifoUa* Creole Damson. Ni-Kaffei (Mendi). 



A tree of 50 feet in height, having aerial roots. A broken 

 branch or scraped root has a resinous smell. 



Icacinaceae. 



Leptaulos daphnoides* Propri (Timani) ; Bongani (Mendi). 

 A small tree. 



Sapindaceas. 



Bersama PaulUnioides* Nyomdobai (Mendi). 



A tree growing to a height of 35 feet. It is regarded as 

 an evil tree, and neither man nor beast touches it, A poison 

 is extracted from the root, with which Mendis poison their 

 enemies. 

 Lecaniodiscus cupanioides.'^ f 



A small tree. 

 Phialodiscus unijugatus* Yokomi (Mendi). 



A tree of 50 feet in height. This tree bears conspicuous 

 red capsules, which contain black seeds having a yellow ovule. 

 The leaves and twigs are macerated in pools in the rivers to 

 kill fish. 

 Schmidelia Africana* Komigbulei (Mendi). 

 A small tree. 



Tiliaceae. 



Glyphcea Grewioides* Swamp Rice. Beibolei (Mendi). 



A decoction of the leaves is used for curing gonorrhoea. 



Bombacaceae. 



Adansonia digitata.* Baobab, Cream of Tartar or Monkey Bread. 



Ungari (Timani) ; Sackwi Mbauwi (Mendi). 



It is a slow-growing tree, but a valuable one, yielding fibre, 



paper pulp and a native medicine. Sodium chloride, potassium 



and acid tartrate have been found in the leaves. 

 Bombax Buonopozense* Kinguei (Mendi). 



A large deciduous tree, often called the Red Cotton Tree 



on account of its flowers. It yields a fibre called Kapok. 

 Eriodendron anfractuosum. Cotton Tree. Pullum (Timani) ; 



Ungwe (Mendi). 

 Eriodendron orientale* Cotton Tree. Nhuei (Mendi). 



The Cotton Tree of commerce. The fibre fetches from 2d. 



to 4d. a pound in London. It grows readily from seed. The 



seed is valuable, as it yields an oil, and the ash of the seed 



contains 28-5 per cent, of phosphoric acid and 24-6 per cent. 



of potash (the latter makes a valuable manure). The wood 



is used locally for canoes and platters. 



