100 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 



Distemonanthus Benthamiam. j 



Ecastaphyllum Broivnei. \ 



A small white -flowered tree. ! 



Erythrina Senegalensis. I 



A medium-sized tree, found chiefly in the dry parts. It ] 



has very ornamental scarlet flowers. \ 



Linaces. | 



Hugonia acuminata. \ 

 Hugonia Planchoni. 



Hugonia playsepala. I 



Hugonia octhocosum. i 



The Hugonia species are all small trees growing on the i 

 sea-shore. 



Rutaceae. j 



Zanthoxylum Senegalense. Ainyere (Apollonian). j 



Timber good quality. Bark used medicinally. A tree of i 

 the fringing forests — from a shrub on the sea-shore to a tree of 

 40 feet in height inland. 



Simarubaceae. i 



Hannoa Klaineana. Feutia (Aowin). i 



A medium-sized tree. Timber soft. ! 

 Irvingia sp. Okurii (Ashanti). 



Yields a latex copious white when tapped, but turning red i 

 on exposure. Used as a rubber adulterant. 

 Irvingia Barterii. 



One of the species that bears the Dika Nut or Wild Mango 

 of commerce. Edible. Vegetable oils and fats. Tree of 

 medium size. 



Harrisonia Abyssinia. ! 



A small tree. j 



Bursuraceae. ^ 



Bosivellia Klaineana. ! 



The Ehye or Incense Tree. Timber good. j 



Santiriopsis. ,; 



Timber good. ! 



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Meliaceae. i 



Khaya anthotheca. Kwabohri (Twi) ; Akwabohori (Fanti) ; Kwa- j 



boho (Ashanti). j 



White Mahogany. Medium-sized tree ; timber good. ] 



