134 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 



Lonchocarpus sericeus. Lo (Ewe) ; Babale (Atakpame) ; Alobla 

 (Kpedyi). 



Found in prairies and terrace woods. Flowers reddish- 

 violet. Wood not well known. 

 Denis Stuhlmanii. Tschaloware (Tschandjo) ; Bembu (Mangu). 



Height 32| feet. Hard, yellowish-white wood. 

 Andira inermis. 



Fairly large mountain tree. The Cabbage Tree of the W. 

 Indies. Hard, yellowish-white wood. The partridge wood of 

 commerce. 

 Erythrina Senegalensis. Yrewo (Ewe) ; Nyimu (Mangu) ; Baklesu 

 (Atakpame). 



Slender tree 32| feet in height. Bark deeply cleft, corklike, 

 and thorny. Wood very light and useful in many ways. 

 Dalbergia melanoxylon. Atiyi (Ewe). 



The heartwood is almost hard as iron, proof against attacks 

 of insects. Used for pillars and piles, also in the making of 

 musical instruments. 

 Brachystegia spicceformis. 

 Macrolobium stipulaceum. 

 Pentaclethra macrophylla. 



Zygophyllaceae. 



Balanites Mgyptiaca. Kunjanapcule (Mangu) ; Gushiocho (Kratschi). 

 Height 19| to 26 feet. A beautiful golden brown wood, 

 used in the making of ploughs, clubs, sticks. 



Rutaceae. 



Fagara xanthoxyloides. Eche or Alafe (Ewe) ; Kelengmau (Tscand- 

 jo) ; Polu-Dyenye (Mangu) ; Tigu Schirafinsa (Mangu) ; Ata 

 (Anago) ; Uche (Akposso) ; Che (F6) ; Klongbau (Tim). 



A fairly large tree of the prairie. In appearance like an 

 apple-tree. Bark rough and knotty. 

 Limonia Warneckei. Kugonu (Tschandjo) ; Nguni (Kabure) ; 

 Tyanka or Hogogo (Atakpame). 



Wood light yellow, uniform, hard, and very heavy. 

 Limonia Preussii. 



Simarubacese. 



Hannoa undulata. Dikbere (Tschandjo) ; Yayabe (Mangu) ; 

 Kelantori (Kratschi). 



The wood is of a light greyish-white colour, fairly heavy. 



Meliaccae. 



Khaya Senegalensis. Frimu (Tschandjo). 



A large tree sometimes attaining a height of 130 feet and 



