56 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 



This is a very lofty tree, with a bole of 40 feet and girth 

 of 12 feet. It has not been tried as timber away from the 

 locality, but should be valuable as an export, having a pretty 

 grain, full of medullary rays. The local value is 3d. to 6d. 

 per lineal foot. It is fairly common in the forest, but very 

 plentiful outside, as it shoots up from the stump when cut 

 down. Naturally, the wood from such trees is not so good as 

 from seedlings. 

 Ehizophora racemosa* Mangrove. Dingi (Mendi). 



This is a small tree of the swamps which is found very 

 useful for poles and firewood. It fetches a high price from 

 the bakers — £1 10s. to £1 15s. a cord. The bark contains 

 18 per cent, of tannin. 



Combretaceae. 



Anogeissus.* f 



A chewstick with a black heart. It will kill out Lalong grass. 

 Laguncularia racemosa.* 



This is a shrub which grows in the mangrove swamps. 

 It yields a second-rate tannin bark. 

 Terminalia scutifera* f 



A large straight, tall-boled tree, yielding a useful timber 

 to shipwrights. 

 Terminalia sp* Bagi (Mendi). 



A very large tree, even taller than T. superba, and the 



timber is yellower. The tree is gnarled and much branched 



near the sea-shore. The wood is much used for canoes. Dye 



and a yellow wash for sore feet are obtained from the bark. 



Terminalia superba* Kojagei (Mendi). 



A very large tree of 150 feet or more. The timber is soft 

 and white, used for indoor work, but it is much attacked by 

 borers. 



Myrtaces. 



Eugenia calophylloides* 

 A small tree. 



Melastoxnaceae. 



Memecylon, cf. M. spathulandra.'f 



It is a small tree growing in the swamps near Bureh town. 



Araliaceae. 



Cussonia Djalonensis. 



A medium-sized to large tree growing in the savannah 

 forests. It has a thick grey, rough bark. 



