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Terminalia superba. Offram (Twi) ; Ofifram (Fanti). 



Found in the fringing forests, of great height and extremely 

 straight. Branches in whorls, barely noticeable in the full- 

 grown tree. Timber medium strength and hardness, light 

 coloured, with discoloured patches. Works up very well, but 

 of no great value for export. 

 Terminalia macroptera. 



Found in the savannah forests. 

 Terminalia Togoensis. 



A small tree of dry zone, of no particular value. 

 Pteleopsis. 



A large tree. Timber little used. 

 Strephonema Apoloniensis. 



A small tree, species little known. 



Myrtaceae. 



Eugenia Guineensis. 



A large tree. Work used for many purposes. Fruit edible 

 and medicinal. 

 Eugenia Owariensis. 



Grows in the dry zone. A spreading tree. 

 Psidium Guajava. Aduaba (Apollonian). 



The Guava Tree. Fruit edible. 



Sapotaces. 



Omphalocarpum sp. Assoro (Twi) ; Ketibubaka (Ac win), 



A workable wood obtained from it, also guttapercha. The 

 seeds worn as ornaments at their feasts by ApoUonians, 



Mimusops muUinervis. 



Grows to the height of 60 or 80 feet, with a corresponding 

 girth. Timber hard and durable, red in colour, with a fine 

 grain. Its weight and hardness are against its ordinary use, 

 but it is a fine wood for sleepers. 



Butyrospermtim Parkii. N'ku (Fanti) ; N'ku (Akwapim) ; lakuni 

 (Quitta) ; Sakuni (Krepi). 



Shea Butter Tree. One of the most valuable trees, found very 

 frequently. Bark thick, rough, and often gnarled and twisted. 

 Flowers creamy-white, leaves straplike. The fruit is some- 

 thing like a yellow plum, ripe in May. It is very similar in 

 appearance to the Lophira alata, but the Shea butter tree exudes 

 a white latex when cut ; the Lophira does not. Timber good, 

 but as the tree is usually only from 20 to 30 feet in height 

 (occasionally 50 feet), it is not large enough for most purposes. 

 The vegetable oil or butter has an agreeable sweetish taste, 

 much used in cooking. 



