442 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 



Randia cladantha {K. cladantha). 



Height, 65 to 81 1^ feet. Very common throughout the 

 Cameroon country. 



Composite. 



Vernonia frondosa (Oliv.). Bopolopolo (Duala). 



Found in the district of Rio del Rey. 

 Vernonia conferta. Bopolopolo (Duala). 



Found in the district of Rio del Rey. 

 Helichrysum fostidum (Cass.). 



Found in the districts of Victoria and Buea. 



SOME CAMEROON TREES ONLY KNOWN BY 

 NATIVE NAMES 



Abange ( Jaunde). 



Adorn (Jaunde). 



Akaka (Jaunde) ; Ikaka (Bakundu). The wood is soft and nut- 

 brown ; it smells like pencil-wood. 



Akondog (Jaunde). 



Ase (Jaunde) ; Njokubore (Bakundu). The fruit is similar to 

 the Entandrophragma (Meliacese), the root buttressed, and 

 the leaves with rosettes on the branches. 



Awong (Jaunde). 



Bosambai (Jaunde). 



Dibanga (Jaunde). A mediumly hard, greyish-brown wood with 

 brown medullary rays ; it is used for making furniture. 



Ebe (Jaunde) ; Borimba (Bakundu). A giant tree with oval 

 leaves, smooth on the top and having brownish hairs underneath. 



Ehemba (Jaunde). 



Ejan (Jaunde). 



Ekoah (Jaunde). 



Enjog (Jaunde). 



Esang (Jaunde). 



Lawonong (Jaunde). 



Lobog (Jaunde). 



Otungue (Jaunde). 



Ebunja (Bakundu). 



Ekambamba (Bakundu). 



Enjenju (Bakundu). 



Esok (Bakundu). 



Idjnake (Bakundu). 



Mbonda pondo (Bakundu). A very close-grained, hard wood. 



Mondoa (Bakundu). 



Bowasa (Duala). 



