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Omphalocarpum Radlkoferi (Pierre). 



Height, 65 feet. Found throughout West Africa. This tree 

 yields timber and a sort of gutta-percha. 

 Butifrospermum Parkii (Kotschy.). Shea Butter. 



District, N. West Africa. This tree yields a gutta-percha- 

 like resin, edible fruits, and from the seeds a fat (Shea butter). 

 Omphalocarpum Pierreanum (Engl.). 



Height, 65 to 81 J feet. Found in the district of Bipindi. 



Ebenaceae. 



Diospyros sauveolens (Gurke). Ebony. 



Height, 32-| to 48| feet. Found in the district of Johann 

 Albrechts Hohe. 

 Diospyros atropurpurea (Gurke). Ebony. Efindofindo (Bafo) ; 

 Findefinde (Balong) ; Epindepinde (Bakundu) ; Findefinde 

 (Bakwiri) ; Epindepinde (Duala). 



District, Johann Albrechts Hohe, Bipindi and Buea, and 

 Muyuke. The tree flowers in April and May ; the fruit is ripe 

 in October. It yields timber, tanning and dyeing materials, 

 mucilage, edible fruit (date-plums), fish-poison and medica- 

 ments. The wood is very hard and of a yellowish colour, the 

 bark black. It is principally iised for furniture. 

 Diospyros megaphylla (Gurke). 



Height, 32 1 to 48 1 feet. It grows near Bipindi. 

 Diospyros Bipindensis (Gurke). 



Height, 48f feet. It is found in the Bipindi district. 

 Diospyros Kamerunensis (Gurke). 



Height, 48| feet. Found in the Bipindi district. 

 Diospyros Dendo (Welw.). 



Height, 48| to 65 feet. It is found throughout the 

 Cameroon country. 

 Diospyros Gilgiano (Gurke). 



Height, 48| to 65 feet. Found in the Bipindi district. 

 Diospyros nsambensis (Gurke). 



Height, 48| to 65 feet. Found in the Bipindi district. 

 Diospyros mamiacensis (Gurke). 



Height, 48| to 65 feet. 

 Diospyros aggregata (Gurke). 



Over 65 feet in height. Found in the Bipindi district. 

 Diospyros incarnata (Gurke). 



Height, 32| to 39 feet. Found in the Bipindi district. 

 Diospyros mespeliformis (Hochst.). 



The sapwood is yellowish-white and close-grained. It is 

 very useful in turnery. The tree is found widely spread over 

 West Africa. 



