SIERRA LEONE 59 



Conopharyngia crassa* 



A small tree bearing a double fruit as large as a child's 

 head. 

 C. longiflora* 



A small tree bearing a conspicuous heavy-scented flower. 

 Holarrhena Africana.* Nukoi (Mendi). 



A small or medium-sized tree. Wooden serving spoons 

 for rice are made from the wood. The leaves beaten to a pulp 

 are used for poultices. 

 Holarrhena ovata* Bubbuoi (Mendi). 



Used as a stirring-stick. 

 Pleioceras Afzelii. 



A small tree. 

 Pleiocarpa tricarpella. 



A small tree. 

 Bauwolfia vomitoria. Kawogei (Mendi). 



A very common small tree, 20 feet high. Swizzle-sticks 

 for mixing drinks are made from it, and the natives use the 

 large branches for mixing indigo dye. 

 Voacanga Africana.'^ 



A tree 30 feet high bearing very fragrant flowers. 

 Voacanga obtusa* 

 A tall tree. 

 Voacanga Thonnersii.* 



A medium-sized tree of 50 feet in height, with ornamental 

 cream flowers. It has been seen growing in the swamp-land 

 near the 180th milestone on the railway to Kennema. 



Asclepiadaceae. 



Xysmalobium granitiolum . 



A small tree in the river bed. 



Borraginaceae. 



Cordia sp. Kpetellahen (Mendi). 



It is a large tree growing on river banks. The bark is 

 edible. 



Verbenaceae. 



Vitex grandifolia. 



Some of this species yield timber, vegetables, edible fruits 

 and medicaments. 

 Vitex Cienkowskii* Heinokohun (Mendi). 



A tall tree growing at the edge of the forest. 

 Vitex doniana* Lubei (Mendi). 



A small tree growing in the savannah country in the Koina- 



