128 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 



Sansevieria cylindrica. 



6| feet long. Fibres useful in commerce. Bowstring hemp. 

 Aloe Barteri. 

 Aloe Buetineri. 



Fibre from leaves of both Aloes. 



Amaryllidacese. 



Agava Sisalana. 

 Mauritius hemp. 



Both have been introduced into Togo. Fibre used in 

 weaving. 



Taccaceae. 



Tacca pinnatifida. Dzogbenyabo (Ewe) ; Ludju (Tschandjo) ; Boti 

 (Dyakossi). 



Used as a vegetable, having tubers like a potato, about the 

 size of the fist. Leaves much divided. Fibres used in weaving 

 all sorts of articles. 



Musaceae. 



Wild bananas. 



Mohammedan rosaries are made from the seeds. 

 Musa textilis. 



Fibre much used. 



Marantaceae. 



Aframomum. 



Leaves for roofs. 

 Clinocjyne flexuosa. Fita (Haussa) ; dworom (Asante). 



Leaves used in paper-making. 



Ulmaceee. 



Celtis Prantlii. 



Dwarf variety. Bark fibre very much used. 

 Celtis integrifolia. Tyentyem (Mangu) ; Diki (Haussa) ; Kokoja 

 (Losso) ; Patakli (Atakpame). 



130 to 162A feet high. Wood not very good. 



Moraceae. 



Chlorophora excelsa. Logo asagu (Ewe) ; Ssare (Tschandjo) ; 

 Ukloba (Akposso) ; Odum (Asante) ; Sserre (Kratschi) ; Roco 

 (Dahomey). 



130 to 195 feet high. From 39 to 65 feet in circumference. 

 One of the highest trees in the Colony. One of the most useful 

 trees of West Africa for building purposes and furniture. 



