58 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 



Loganlaceae. 



Anthocleista nobilis.* Pongoi-hei (Mendi). 



This is a larger species than the A. parviflora ; it is not 

 armed. The root is used as a medicine. The wood is soft 

 and useless. 

 Anthocleista parviflora * Pongoi-hini (Mendi). 



In English sometimes called Cabbage Palm. This species 

 reaches scarcely over 30 feet in height ; it is armed with strong, 

 twin-set spines. The wood is soft and useless. 



Apocynaceae. 



Funtumia elustica* African Rubber Tree. Emarr (Timani) ; Buboi 

 (Mendi). 



This tree grows to a height of 50 feet. It is rare in Sierra 

 Leone, but has been found in Kagnari, Nimmini and Loma 

 Mountains. It yields a good rubber. 

 Funtumia Africana* Rubber. Buboi (Mendi). 



This species grows to a height of 70 feet. It yields an 

 abundant latex of no commercial value. 

 Polydoa Elliotii. Boxwood. K'Palen (Timani) ; Kofee or Kofei 

 (Mendi). 



It is a small tree with greenish pimply bark. The wood 

 is very hard, like boxwood, and is used to make hair combs 

 and hoe handles. Medicine is made from the bark. 

 Alstonia Congensis* f Kauwi (Mendi). 



A large, tall tree with a straight stem, found in the penin- 

 sular forests. 

 Landolphia Owariensis jenje.* Common Rubber Vine. Huwi 

 Djenjei (Mendi). 



The export of this rubber was at one time very profitable, 

 but the natives overtapped the tree, and even dug up the 

 roots to extract the rubber. The fruit of this species is 

 edible. 

 Landolphia Heudelotii* 



This is a climber 40 feet in height, and one of the most 

 valuable of the Landolphias, found in many parts ; but it is the 

 characteristic vegetation of the dry interior of Senegambia 

 and the Upj)er Niger. 

 Landoljihia leonensis* Nali (Mendi). 



A climber reaching the tops of the highest trees. The 

 fruit is 3| inches in diameter. The pulp around the seed is 

 edible. The latex is used as bird-lime, but yields no rubber, 

 and cannot even be used as an adulterant. 

 Callichilia subsessiUs* 



It is a shrub or small tree having a handsome flower. 



