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Piptadenia Africana. Dahomah (Twi) ; Odahuma (Wassaw). 



Feathery foliage. Fruit a pod 1 foot long, 1 inch broad. 

 A common forest tree ; hard timber, good for railway- 

 sleepers. 

 Cylicodiscus Gabonensis? Denya (Twi); Odenya (Wassaw). 



Very large tree of the evergreen forests. 

 Daniellia Ogea. Ahedua (Twi). 



Gum Copal. 

 Pentaclethra macrophylla. Atawah or Althawah (Twi) ; Ekuana 

 (Fanti). 



The Oil-bean Tree. Fruit edible ; vegetable oils and fats. 

 Timber hard, suitable for turnery. 

 Detarium sp. Biunwe (Twi). 



A gigantic forest tree. Timber good. 

 Detarium sp. Bowiwunua (Twi). 



Much like the first. Timber good. 

 Detarium Senegalensis. Bowiwasi (Fanti). 



Not so large as other species ; doubtful if the timber would 

 be durable on exposure to the atmosphere. 

 Parkia filicoidea. 



Fruit edible. The Locust-bean Tree. Savannah forests. 

 Peltophorum sp. Memchin (Apollonian). 

 Bauhinia reticulata. 



The bast fibres are very long and tough ; used as ropes by 

 the natives. 

 Paradaniella thurifera. 



Balsam Copaiba Tree — wood oil. Timber of little value. 

 Tetrapleura Thonningii Prekese. 



Feathery-leaved tree. Four-angled fruit (pod), edible. 

 Used for medicinal purposes. Wood of medium hardness. 

 Xylia Evansii. Samanta (Twi) ; Samantawa (Fanti). 

 Pithecolobium altissimum. Augwameatee (Aowin). 



A medium-sized tree, growing on river banks. A good 

 shade tree. 

 Afrormosia laxiflora. Duakobin or Duabayi (general West 

 Coast). 



A large tree. Timber good, reddish colour ; has been sold 

 in Liverpool as satinwood. Canoes made from it. 

 Afzelia Africana. Opapao (Twi) ; Papao (Ashanti) ; Opapao 

 (Akwapim). 



A first-class, durable tree. Timber very valuable. The 

 dominant tree of the savannah forests. Pod 4 to 7 inches 

 long. Used for railway sleepers, furniture, and building 

 purposes. 

 Afzelia fastigata . 



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