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Hark ? 



DKNSITY. 0-635 or about 39| Ib. per cubic foot. 



USES. This wood is of good appearance and should pass as 

 a Mahogany-substitute. 



Illustrations. Those given by Baragli-Petrucci for Garcinia 

 iiigricanx in M<ili)ighia, Vol. XVII (1903), PL XII, tr. and tg. 

 sections, are near. 



Lophira procera, A. Chev., and L. alata, Banks. Ochnaceae 

 (Dipterocarpaceae). Gen. No. 711. 



LOCALITIES. Senegambia, Upper Guinea, Sierra Leone, 

 Gold Coast, Ivory Coast, Togo, Nigeria, Brit, sphere Cameroons, 

 French Central Africa, Nile-land. 



Thonner, p. 359, under " Lophira" says " species one," and 

 as we can discern no difference in the woods sent to us under 

 either name, we treat them as synonyms. The native names 

 are no doubt interchangeable. L. alata appears to be a small 

 scrubby tree, and L. procera furnishes the large timber. Cheva- 

 lier (1913, p. 70) separates the two species, stating that L. 

 alata grows in the savannahs of the Sudan and (1909, p. 154) 

 L. procera affects the coastal region of the Ivory Coast. 



VERNACULAR NAMES. Akogha ; Akoura ; Akpapia ; 

 Awigbo ; Azobe ; Bambarra ; Bang ; Bangossi ; Belengbe ; 

 Bilingbe ; Blackheart ; Boko ; Bokoa ; Bongossi ; Dervo ; 

 Eba; Ebba ; Eisenholz ; Eki ; Ekki (not Eku) ; Ela ; 

 Eleba ; Endwi ; Entwi ; Enwan ; Eso ; Esore ; Gara ; 

 Hendui ; Ipahan ; Ipahau ; Ipawhaw ; Ironpost ; Ironpost, 

 red ; Ironwood ; Ironwood, dry zone red ; Ironwood, dwarf ; 

 Ironwood, small red ; Ironwood, red ; Ishan ; Kako ; Kakoo ; 

 Kaku ; Katank ; Kekrefunde ; Kokank ; Kotoblassu ; Kotu- 

 blasu ; Kuru ; Laintlain ; Mana ; Mana-manar ; Meen- 

 zerrah; Mene; Meneh; Meni-oil-tree ; Meno; Millai; Milley; 

 M'toto ; Namijinkadai ; Namijin kade ; Ndonga ; Niam ; Niam 

 fat-tree ; Nijinkade ; Nokoue ; Nokue ; Nungka ; Oak, African ; 

 Oak, African, red ; Oak, scrubby ; Okikopon ; Okoka ; Okot ; 

 Okut ; Otugba ; Oue-ouc ; Parapara ; Ponhoru* ' Ringa ; 

 Sanga ; Ughberi ; Umowanek ; Umpenek ; fiois de fer ; 

 Wowata ; Yagale ; Zawa. 



Description of the wood from a specimen No. 3012 received 

 from the Government of Nigeria (Empire Timber Exhib. 1920). 



