TOGO 137 



Heeria insignis. 



The wood is much valued in the making of specially good 

 furniture. 



Sapindaceae. 



Blighia sapida. Adza or Adja (Ewe) ; Peso (Tschandjo) ; Aki 

 (Asante) ; Keka (Kratschi). 



The wood is light yellow, not of any value. Planted near 

 houses as an orchard tree, and also for its shade. 97^ feet in 

 height. 

 Eriocoelum Kerstingii. Nimwau Peso (Tschandjo) ; Yevo-Gboma 

 (Atakpame). 



97 1 feet in height in the coast forests. A good furniture 

 and building wood. 

 Talisiopsis oliviformis . Waogbum (Tschandjo). 



Perhaps identical with Zanha golungensis . 65 to 97 1 feet 

 high, with reddish bark. Wood used for furniture and building. 

 The fruit is downy, of an orange colour, and edible. 

 Allopliyllus Africanus. Weti (Atakpame) ; Kotia (Yendi). 



A small bushy tree. The wood used for cleaning the teeth. 

 Useful for working in many ways. 



Melianthaceee. 



Bersama Doeringii. 



This tree has aerial roots. The blossoms in long bunches 

 of white flowers. 



Rhamnaceae. 



Zizyphus Jujiiba. 



A small shrub-like tree with edible berries. The wood is 

 used in saddle-making and for agricultural implements. 

 Zizyphus mucronatus. Pangbaingu (Tschandjo) ; Sausanyebui 

 (Mangu). 



The wood is used in wagon-building. 



Tiliacea. 



Grewia gigantiflora. Adzadze (Ewe) ; Tolabu (Atakpame). 

 Grewia villosa. Adzadze (Ewe) ; Yumba (Mangu). 



The natives use the wood for handles of spears. 



Malvaceae. 



Thespesia populuea. 



The sap-wood is a bright red, and the hard lieartwood a 

 dark red ; used for carriage- building and furniture. 



