136 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 



Hymenocardia ulmoides. Taboia (Atakpame) ; Bala (Afem). 



Height 130 to 1621 feet. 

 Uapaca Togoensis. Egba (Ewe) ; Kidgeling (Tsehandjo) ; Nagudi 

 (Atakpame). 



A prairie tree of medium size. Beautiful brown-coloured 

 wood ; used for firewood. 

 Uapaca Heudelotii. Oli (Atakpame). 



Grows in the terraced woods. Useful in building. 

 Alchornea cordifoUa. Tschufou (Tsehandjo) ; Awowlo (Atakpame). 

 A small prairie tree. The hollow twigs are used in pipe- 

 making. 

 Sapium Guineense. 

 Sapium Kerstingii. 

 Sapium Mannianum. 



These three trees are not of much importance. 

 Ricinodendron Africanus. 



Vegetable oils and fats obtained from this tree. The wood 

 is soft and used for fuel. 



Anacardiaceae. 



Mangijera Indica. 



Mango tree. A greyish wood, useful for building 

 purposes. 

 Anacardium occidentale. Atisia (Ewe). 



Reddish, fairly hard wood, used in boat-building, also for 

 charcoal. 

 Spondias lutea. Kinyelu (Tsehandjo) ; Akiko or Agliko (Atak- 

 pame) ; Nayile (Konkomba). 



Tall, slender tree. The fruit is edible, yellow, and downy. 

 Abundant in the prairies, now introduced in many localities. 

 Bright-coloured wood, fairly hard and heavy. 

 Pseudospondias microcarpa. Onyangba (Atakpame). 



Stately tree, 65 feet in height. Nothing is known of the 

 wood. 

 Lannea acida. Eknalokpoe (Ewe) ; Kala (Tsehandjo) ; Tyetebu 

 (Mangu) ; Asogedaka (Atakpame). 



A common tree in the prairies. The greyish hard wood is 

 used by the natives for arm-rings, chairs, etc. 

 Lannea Barteri. Tingbatau or Patandeu (Tsehandjo) ; Benature 

 (Mangu) ; Akii (Atakpame.) 



This tree has a characteristic spiral bark. It grows to a 

 height of 65 feet, with reddish edible fruit. 

 Hcematostaphis Barteri. 



Has a beautiful fruit of a delicious flavour, the blood-plum 

 of Sierra Leone. The wood has not yet been tried. 



