142 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 



Diospyros mombuttensis. Lia-nuwasaure (Tschandjo) ; Etjannaka 

 (Akposso). 



A tree growing only from small to moderate size on the 



hill slopes, with a bright -red fruit — a thorn-bearing tree. The 



wood is durable and hard, used for shovels, walking-sticks, 



rafters, etc., and the flexible branches in the making of traps. 



Diospyros tricolor. 



One of the most frequent trees on the shore and prairies of 

 the coast region, growing only to the height of a man. It has 

 a yellowish-red three-sided fruit ; the stem seldom attains 

 more than the thickness of the finger. It is used for walking- 

 sticks. A hard white wood. 

 31 aba Warnechii. 



A fair-sized noticeable tree, rarely found, and little known. 



Oleacess. 



Linociera nilotica. 



A small, unimportant tree. The wood is light brown, of 

 even texture, and great durability. 



Loganiaceae. 



Strychnos Buettneri. Kongofura (Tschandjo). 



Strychnos laxa. Wagbebe (Ewe) ; Naprampogo (Dyakossi) ; Egbo 

 (Atakpame) ; GoTigovi (Kpedyi) ; Yokharaiigu (Dagomba). 



Both these trees have a strong stem of bright-coloured wood, 

 with a fine grain, and should be of value. The fruit of the 

 Buettneri is edible, something like an orange. 



Strychnos j^ubescens. Kongo (Tschandjo). 

 The natives only use it as firewood. 



Anotliocleista Kerslingii. Kuwondeu (Tschandjo) ; Egu (Atakpame). 

 Height 971 feet, growing in the terraced or gallery woods, 

 and also in small groves. The trunk is very straight at first, 

 then widely branched. The trunk of the young trees is marked 

 with leaf -scars ; the leaves attain the length of 4| feet, and are 

 used by the natives as quivers for their arrows. The white, 

 easih'- worked wood is used for manj- purposes. 



Apocynaceas. 



Holarrhena Wulfenbergii. 



A tall tree of the Agome Mountains and the coast forests of 

 Sokode-Bassari, also found singly near villages and farms. The 

 white wood is fairly heavy and easily worked, used in carving 

 figures, etc. 

 Conopharyngia crassa. 



A tree of varying height, with drooping brainches. Found 

 only in Misahohe. 



