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Avicennia Africana. 



One of the tallest trees in the mangrove association, yielding 

 a workable wood, medicine and tannin. 

 Clerodendron splendens. 



A shrubby tree. 



Bignoniaceae. 



Spathodea campanulata. Osisku (Ashanti). 



A medium-sized tree, found in the fringing forests. 

 Provides a useful timber, medicine, and from the seeds an 

 article of food. Large yellow trumpet-shaped flowers. 

 Dolichandrone lutea. 



A tree of about 30 feet in height. 

 Kigelia pinnata. 



The fruit has a thick rind and is edible. Timber and drugs 

 obtained from it. Sometimes called Sausage Tree, from the 

 sausage-shaped fruits which hang down a long stalk. A small 

 tree. 

 Newbouldia Icevis. Sasanemasa (Ashanti). 



An evergreen tree, from 30 to 40 feet in height. Pink 

 trumpet-shaped flowers. The natives use it as a boundary 

 tree. 



Acanthaceae. 



Acantha montana. 



A shrubby tree having medicinal properties. 



Rubiaceae. 



Mitragyne macrophylla. Baya (Twi) ; Yar-yar, or Ya-ya (general 

 West Coast) ; Baya (Aowin). 



A large tree growing in the fresh- water swamps. Timber 

 good. 

 Sarcocephalus esculentus. Kusia (Twi) ; Ekusawa (Fanti) ; Kishia 

 (general West Coast) ; Baya (Aowin). 



Good timber, used locally. Wood of a golden yellow colour, 

 very ornamental, hard and durable, easily worked. 

 Sarcocephalus Russegeri. Osupawa (Fanti). 



The Russegeri grows in the savannah forests. 

 Gardenia tenuifolia. 



Fruit edible. A bushy, ornamental tree. 

 Urophyllum hirtellum. 



A shrubby tree. Dyes obtained from it. 

 Randia genipceflora. 



A small tree having fine trumpet-shaped flowers. 

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