THE GOLD COAST 99 ' 



Baphia nitida. j 



A small tree, frequently found, except in the driest parts. ,1 



The Camwood of commerce, though camwood is really the i 



product of Pterocarpus. | 



Dialium Guineense. ] 



Known as Sierra Leone Tamarind. Very local ; fruit edible. \ 



Berlinia acuminata. .1 



Medium-sized tree. Gum obtained from it. Ornamental 

 wood ; does not work well. 



Berlinia Auriculata. '■ 



A small tree. 



Berlinia Heudelotii. I 



Medium height. Grows on river banks. [ 

 Cassia bicajisularis . 



Cassia fistula. j 



Tree much like a laburnum, of medium size. j 



Cassia tor a. .\ 



Cassia alata. ; 



Flowers more brilliant then C. fistula. Found near villages. < 



Cassia lophira. ] 



Cassia Sieberiana. I 

 Cassia Occidentalis. 

 Milletia Thonningii. 

 Milletia Zechiana. 



Bussea Occidentalis. ] 



A small tree with bright-yellow flowers. \ 



Neivtonia insignis. ' 



A tall tree with very smooth bark. 



Calpocalyx. '; 



A medium-sized tree of the evergreen forests. 



Loncliocarpus sericeus. ' 



Timber not much good ; branches for hoe-handles. i 



Lonchocarpus cyanescens. i 



The young leaves for making blue dye. ■ 



Entada Soudanica. \ 



A small, spiky tree ; grows in dry, open country. , 



Entada Abyssinica. ; 



Grows in savannah forests. Small tree. ;< 



Dichrostachys nutans. ' 



Ormosia laxifiora. I 



A tree of about 30 feet in height, much gnarled and twisted. j 



Copaifera salikounda. , 



Cylicodiscus Gabunensis. Ajumkobi (Ashanti). ' 



Sold as greenheart in the Liverpool market : 90 or 100 ■ 



feet in height. Very much like Piptadenia Africana. ; 



