LIST OF INDIGENOUS TREES AND RUBBER VINES 



(From Mr. H. N. Thompson's Report on the Gold Coast Forests.) 



Pandanaceae. 



Pandanus sp. Ntung (Fanti) ; Ntung (Ashanti) ; Ndau (Apollo- 

 nian) ; Ndau (Aowin) ; Ekpa (Krepi), 



Screw Pine. Often found near villages on the coast and 

 where drier conditions prevail, in sheltered spots. Reaches 

 height of 30 feet. Leaves used in mat-making. 



Graminese. 



Bamboo sp. 



Some of these attain a great height. Used for many purposes 

 by the natives. 



Cyperaceae. 



Bidbostylis barbata. 

 Bulbostylis laniceps. 



Quite small trees. 



Palms. 



AncisiropTiijllum sp. Eye (Fanti). 



Large kind of rattan. Scandent palm 

 Borassus flabellifer. Makube (Fanti) ; Makube (Ashanti) ; Kube 



(Akwapim) ; Malankwi (Apollonian) ; Ago (Quitta) ; Ago 



(Krepi) ; Ago (Accra). 

 Borassus cethiopica. 



The wood, exclusive of pith, extremely hard. Pericarp of 



nut edible. Savannah forests. 

 Raphia vinifera. Adube and Doka (Fanti) ; Doka (Ashanti) ; 



Tombo (general West Coast) ; Doka (Apollonian) ; Doka 



(Aowin) ; Alati (Quitta) ; Alati (Krepi). 

 Raphia Hookeri. 



Wine (from stem) and bamboo palm. Piassava fibre 



prepared from the rachis and the leaves, poles from bamboo 



in building ; pinns3 for baskets and thatch. Seed beaten to 



pulp thi'own in water to catch fish. 

 Elceis Guineensis. Abe (Fanti) ; Arere, Abeletia (Apollonian) ; 



Beteng (Aowin) ; Ede (Quitta) ; Ede (Krepi). 



Oil Palm of commerce Derived from this tree, also, the chief 



supply of palm wine and piassava fibre. The coast natives 



use the leaf rachis for building and the leaves for thatch. 



