60 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 



dugu district. An ink made from the leaves is used by the 

 Mohammedan teachers. 

 Vitex micrantha* Fevei (Mendi). 



A tree reaching a height of 70 feet and 2 feet 6 inches at 

 the base. The timber is useful for many purposes. The 

 Mohammedan teacher has his school slates made from it. 

 Vitex oxycuspis* f 



A small tree. 

 Avicennia Africana* 



A small tree growing in the mangrove swamps. 

 Premna hispida* Kafei (Mendi). 



A small tree. A decoction for ulcerated mouths is made 

 from the leaves. 



Blgnoniacese. 



Spathodea campanulata* Tulip Tree. 



It is a large tree yielding timber, edible seeds and medica- 

 ments. It is also used as an ornamental tree. 

 Neivbouldia Icevis* Anyolo (Timani) ; Bogi Ponamagbei (Mendi). 

 It is a tree reaching a height of 40 feet. Its use is prin- 

 cipally medicinal. The root and leaves are used for scrotal 

 elephantiasis, and a decoction from the bark is applied to sore 

 feet. It is much used for quick fences, as it grows readily from 

 stakes. 

 Kigelia* 



A tree 50 feet in height. 

 Stereospermum leonense* 



A medium-sized tree bearing pink blossoms. 



Rubiaceae. 



Morinda sp. ? citrifolia* Brimstone. Ketum (Timani) ; Bundwi 

 Bundui (Mendi). 



This tree grows to a height of 150 feet, and has been found 

 with a bole of 50 feet, a girth of 16 to 20 feet, and diameter of 

 5 feet without any branches. The wood is of a bright yellow 

 colour, commonly used for weather-boards. It is sold near 

 Freetown at 10s. per 100 feet. Its English name is given 

 because of the peculiar colour of the wood. Its durability 

 and ant-resisting qualities have given it a high place among 

 the local timbers. It is used for building wooden vessels, 

 mortars, etc. It will shoot up from the stump, so a good deal 

 of small timber is obtained from old farms. Neither its colour 

 nor grain make it of any worth for export. The bark is made 

 into a decoction for malaria, and the natives after marching 

 bathe their feet in the water in which it has been boiled. 



