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Cola acuminata. Cola. 



Much like the Poplar in appearance. The wood is used 

 in ship-building, house-building and furniture. The oily, edible 

 Cola Nut is in great demand. 

 Cola digitata. 



The oily seeds much used in medicine. 

 Heritiera utilis. 



The timber hard and useful for various purposes, the bark 

 in tanning. Fruit woody. 



Dilleniacese. 



Tetracera polatoria. Water Tree. 



A small, hairy tree growing on the dry and sunny parts 

 of the coast savannahs. It yields a profuse amount of water 

 from the stems ; hence its name. 

 Tetracera cerocarpa. 



Very similar to the above. Used as a medicine by the 

 natives. 

 Tetracera Dinklagei. 



Similar to the other Tetracera species. 

 Tetracera sp. White Cedar. 



Reaches a girth of 10 or 12 feet. Wood soft and grain 

 too open for export. 



Ochnaceae. 



Lophira procera. African Oak or Red Iron wood. 



This tree yields oil-bearing seeds. The wood is hard and 

 heavy, of a reddish brown. Sold as African Oak. The wood 

 is also used in charcoal-making. 



Guttiferae. 



Pentadesma. Butter or Tallow Tree. 



A tall, slender tree growing by the streams. Wood light 

 in colour, useful in various ways. Also found in Sierra 

 Leone. 

 Garcinia kola. Bitter Cola. 



A large but slow-growing tree, with a hard, prettily grained 

 wood, rather uncommon. 

 Garcinia sp. ? Mahogany. 



The wood sometimes sold as mahogany. 

 Garcinia sp. Chew-stick. 



The smaller roots are used as chew-sticks, but taking these 

 in the drastic method in which it is done generally means death 

 to the tree. It is found on summits of the mountains. 



