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rivers. Heavy wood of light brown colour. Only of secondary 



importance. 

 Berlinia Kerstingii. Tau (Tschandjo). 



65 to 97| feet high, grows on open prairie. Wood used for 

 rafters in house-building. 

 Berlinia accuminata. 

 Berlinia tomentosa. 



BauUnia reticulata. Klo (Ewe) ; Baku (Tschandjo) ; Nyama 

 (Mangu) ; Okokotaka (Asante) ; Tamenasi (Atakpame) ; Aklo 

 (Anecho). 



Fairly heavy wood of dirty brown colour, easily worked. 

 Very plentiful in the prairies. 

 Dialium Guineense. Zigbli or Toe (Ewe) ; Madfi (Atakpame). 



32 1 to 48 1 feet high, valued as a wood for building, known 

 as Black Tumbler or Velvet Tamarind on the market. 

 Distemonantlius Benthamianus. 



One of the hardest woods of Togo, a gigantic tree. 

 Cassia Siberiana. Gagamagati (Ewe) ; Tschamanu (Tschandjo). 



Grows best on dry, stony parts of the prairie. Light brown 

 wood, extraordinarily hard, proof against termites. When 

 burnt it causes headache. 

 Swartzia Madagascariensis. Subando (Tschandjo). 



A small tree growing by river banks and on the prairies. 

 Heart wood reddish black. 

 Cordyla Africana. Kessing (Tschandjo). 



Wood used in table-making. 

 Ormosia laxiflora. Kedelea or Kodolea (Tschandjo) ; Kokoro or 

 Golloklo (Mangu) ; Obri (Asante) ; Kekpili (Kratschi) ; Akugre 

 (Kpedyi). 



Beautiful clear brown wood, used by the natives for building. 

 It is termite-proof. 

 Baphia nitida. 



A small slender tree. Tons of the wood are sent yearly to 

 England as red dye-wood. 

 Milletia atite. Atite (Ewe) ; Sso abalu (Tschandjo). 



Spread through all the colonies. Wood very uniformly 

 marked of clear yellowish-white. 

 Pterocarpus erinaceus. Doti (Ewe) ; Tim (Tschandjo) ; Segbe 

 (Mangu) ; Keleyu (Kratschi). 



Used as a red dye. Height 65 feet. Very heavy wood of 

 reddish-brown colour. Sold as teak — one of the best woods 

 of commerce. 

 Pterocarpus esculentus. Keruwowo (Tschandjo) ; Futu (Kirikiri). 

 Smaller tree than the last, found in prairies. Wood fairly 

 heavy and yellowish-white. 



