98 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 



Erythro'phloeum Guineense. 



A fine, spreading tree of the savannah forests. Wood 

 hard and durable ; used for building. The Sasswood or Ordeal 

 Tree. The bark is poisonous ; infusions of it are used by the 

 natives for the ordeal test, especially on the Kroo coast. It re- 

 generates freely from seed. Impervious to attacks of white ants. 

 Erythrophlceum micranthum. Potedon (Wassaw) ; Potedon (Fanti) ; 

 Potedon (Ashanti) ; Potedon (Apollonian) ; Etsa (Krepi). 

 A reddish-brown coloured poison obtained from it, 

 Tamarindus Indica. 



Wood very ornamental ; fruit edible. The tree is found 

 near the large rivers Volta and Affram. 

 Macrolobium Palisotii. 

 Macrolobium stipulaceum. 



Macrolobium sp. Wulfram (Fanti) ; Ofarm (Ashanti) ; Ndukwun 

 (Apollonian) ; Kotopapa (Krepi). 

 Common in marshy places. 

 Macrolobium limba. 

 Macrolobium reticulatum. 



A medium-sized tree. 

 Cynometra Alzelii. 



Cynometra all grow near streams. 

 Cynometra Mannii. 

 Cynometra sp. 



Fringing forests, close to streams. 

 Pterocarpus esculentus. 



Found in the fringing forests. Small tree, of little use. 

 Pterocarpus erinaceus. 



The Senegal Rosewood Tree. The savannah forests. 

 Albizzia Brownei. 



Fringing forests. Valuable wood, rich brown colour ; hard 

 and very durable. Height of tree about 100 to 120 feet, 

 girth of 10 feet. 

 Albizzia Angolensis. 

 Albizzia Abruana. 

 Albizzia fastigata. 



Found on disused farms. The timber should be useful for 

 local bridge-making, etc., also furniture. A gum of little value 

 obtained from it. 

 Acacia Sieberiana. 

 Acacia catechu. 



A common tree, very gregarious, in open grass country. 

 Catechu procured from it. Similar to the species in Burma. 

 The heartwood less well developed than Burmese variety. 

 Sometimes called the Cutch Tree. Gum arabic. 



