74 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 



Daniellia Ogea. Benin Gum Copal. 



Wood soft. When the tree has attained a large size, it 

 is attacked by the boring beetle; the gum then exudes and 

 falls to the ground, and is so collected. Value, 5d. or 6d. 

 a pound. 

 Daniellia sp. Gum Copal sp. 



Very similar to the C. Ogea. 

 Didelotia Engleri. 



A small tree found in the humid woods of the coast. 

 Polystemonanthus Dinklagei. 



A small tree growing on the banks of St. John's River, 

 Grand Basa. 

 Xylia Evansii. 



Beautiful plumed trees ; small heads of flowers. A pretty 

 ornamental tree. 



Rutaceae. 



Zanthoxylon sp. Satinwood. 



Fairly hard wood, with rough, knotty bark in the shape 

 of cone-like, woody protrusions. 

 Zanthoxylon macrophyllum. Spiny Satinwood. 



Smaller than the last, but somewhat similar ; the wood 

 a very pretty yellow, with open grain. 

 Citrus aurantium. Common Orange. 



A very ornamental tree. Leaves and buds used in per- 

 fumery. Fruit edible, valuable for export. Timber useful 

 in many ways. 



Simarubaceae. 



Irvingia Barteri. Dika Nut or Borbor. 



The fruit is edible, seeds oily. Dika butter, dika bread 

 and a kind of chocolate are made from it. The wood is 

 also used. 



Burseraceae. 



Canarium Schweinfurthii. 



Wood useful in commerce. The oily seeds are edible. 



Meliaceae. 



Lovoa Klaineana. African Walnut. 



Has a shady crown of branches. A good shade tree. 

 Carapa procera. Crabwood. 



A small tree cut and sold as cedar mahogany for building 

 purposes. 



