130 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 



CleistophoUs j)(itetis. Baledia or Welengele (Tschandjo) ; Nuso or 

 Aru (Atakpame). 



Height 32| feet to 65 feet. Wood light— used for barrels 

 and drums — of a grey colour. 

 Hexalobus morepetalus. Tschabola buanda (Tschandjo) ; Tumba- 

 laka (Atakpame). 



Grows to large tree in Gallery Forests — small in Savannah. 

 No trial of wood made yet. 

 Xylopia cethiopica. Tso (Ewe) ; Ssosi (Tschandjo). 



Light yellow wood of flexible nature, used for masts of boats. 

 Xylopia parviflora. Tschabolabunda (Tschandjo). 



Root wood takes place of cork. 

 Xylopia Eminii. Akatapuressosi (Tschandjo). 



Fairly large tree, wood reddish, used for furniture. 

 Anona sp. 



Root wood of all the species forms a substitute for cork. 



Myristicaceae. 



Pycnanthus Komho. 6bala (Atakpame). 

 Soft wood. Used in box-making. 



Capparidaceae. 



CratcBva religiosa. Anaraolum (Tschandjo) ; Dengma (Mangu) ; 

 Tschengunga (Asante). Wood can be turned easily — like 

 boxwood in appearance. 



Rosaceae. 



Parinarium cur atelli folium. Molemole (Tschandjo) ; Insofani- 

 woche (Mangu) ; Potepote (Kratschi) ; Yafo (Kpedyi). 



Trees of stunted appearance in Savannah, but growing 

 higher in better soil. Wood is oak-like and very hard — uniform 

 texture. Used for wooden pegs or pins, and other purposes 

 in building, when durability is important. 

 Parinarium subcordatum. Bende noso (Tschandjo) ; Insuopangi 

 (Mangu) ; Pekire (Losso). 



Used for rafters in roofs by the natives of Mangu. 

 Parinarium polyandrum. Bende noso (Tschandjo). 

 Parinarium mobola. 



Never attains any great height. 

 Parinarium Kerstingii. 



Attains much greater height than the last, a tree worthy 

 of notice. 



Leguminosse. 



Albizzia Brownii. Pangalan (Tschandjo). Kokpara (Atakpame). 

 Large, handsome forest tree, with greyish-green cracked 



