94 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 



Calamus Barteri. 



Scandent palra. 

 Calamus deerratus. (West) Uwatia and Oyea (Ash.) (Ashanti). 



The common rattan ; marshes. 

 Cocos nucifera. Kube (Fanti) ; Kukwi (Ashanti) ; Ajui (Aowin) ; 

 Eue (Quitta) ; Eavune (Krepi) ; Hukwi (Axim). 



Cocoanut, found in the vicinity of villages on the coast, 

 sometimes inland. 

 Fan Palm or Doum. Ago (general West Coast). 



Wood provides beams for building ; fruit edible ; leaves 

 for thatching ; and a strong wine is made from the stem. 

 Phosnix recUnata, or Wild Date Palm. Euchresia (Fanti) ; Mileishia 

 (Apollonian) ; Mileishia (Aowin) ; Aeyedi (Quitta) ; ledi (Krepi). 

 A small date palm ; grows on the sea-shore. Fruit edible. 

 The terminal buds are cooked as a vegetable. A wine is made 

 from the stem. 



Liliaceae. 



Sansevieria. 



Small tree, fibre-yielding. 

 Draccena arborea. 



40 feet in height. 

 Draccena Mannii. 



30 feet in height. Yields a light-coloured dye. 

 Draccena surculosa. 



Ulmaceae. 



Trema affinis, 



A small tree. 

 Trema Africana. 



Small tree of secondary forest. 



Moracese. 



Ficus sp. Shedua or Abonsandua (Twi) ; Mousandua or Okitsi- 

 wanfu (Fanti) ; Shedua (Ashanti) ; Adowa (Apollonian) ; 

 Adowa and Dupain (Aowin) ; Kapro (Grunchi) ; Aiu (Krepi) 

 Kingkanga (Hausa). 



Some Ficus are tapped for rubber, others fruited. This 

 species is a large, smooth-barked tree. 

 Ficus platyphylla. 



Fruit edible, cf. Vogelii, and in great demand. 

 Ficus Vogelii. 



Medium-sized tree. Latex extracted by tapping. A good 

 shade tree. 



