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bark. Wood fairly hard. Light sapwood, dark brownish 

 heartwood. 

 Albizzia Angolensis. Atikuze (Ewe). Kiipaussuto (Tschandjo). 



Height 97| feet. Diameter 4| feet, 

 Albizzia fastigata. Asihue (Atakpame). 



The Albizzias are all proof against the termites on account 

 of their hardness. Wood of A. fastigata used for the felloes 

 of wheels. 

 Acacia catechu. 

 Acacia Arabica. Magarua or Bagarua (Hausa). 



About 19| feet in height. Characteristic tree of the Steppe 

 north of Oti. Numerous. 

 Acacia suma. Gudjapiipu or Gudzawuwu (Ewe) ; Chrinika (Atak- 

 pame). 



Height 32| feet. Yellowish-white wood, heavy and very 

 hard ; used for agricultural implements. 

 Dichrostachys nutans. Ssossosi (Tschandjo) ; Beniti (Agome). 



Hard wood — dark heartwood, almost black — used for 

 making walking-sticks. 

 Prosopis oblonga. Akaka (Ewe) ; Pato (Tschandjo) ; Pangi 

 (Mangu) ; Kaki (Atakpame) ; Kpanena (Kratschi). 



Hard wood — termite-proof. Young branches used for 

 handles of axes and hatchets. 

 Tetrapleura Thoningii. Prekese (Ewe). 



A stately tree, only known in Akposso at present. The 

 wood not yet much used. 

 Piptadenia Kerstingii. Kapaussuto (Kabure). 



Huge tree — stands singly. Blossoms in January, when it 

 is leafless. Fruit appears in April. 

 Piptadenia Africana. Alagbata (Atakpame), 



Wood doubtless of great value. 

 Entanda Abyssinia. Ondutu (Tschandjo) ; Kiria (Hausa) ; Kets- 

 chikantscha (Kratschi). 



Tree stunted, leafless in the dry season. Wood spongy, not 

 of much value. 

 Entanda scandens. Klokpakpa (Ewe). 



The well-known Liana, with husks 3^ feet long, growing 

 abundantly in the coast provinces. The fibre is much used in 

 the making of nets, ropes, etc, 

 Parkia Africana. Wo (Ewe) ; Ssuto (Tschandjo) ; Dorana 

 (Haussa) Sorono (Asante) ; Gotschone (Kratschi), 



Height 65 feet. The hard heavy, pale yellowish wood, locust- 

 wood of Sierra Leone. In commerce known as Caindah wood. 

 Parkia filicoidea. Ena (Atakpame). 



Grows plentifully on the coast of Atakpame. 



