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regards resistance to compression vertically to the grain, this 

 wood should admirably answer the purpose, but it will need 

 four men to handle a sleeper instead of two. 



Conservators note. " A tall, fairly straight-growing tree. 

 New leaves, which at first are bright red, appear in October 

 and November. Plentiful in the evergreen forests, growing 

 in both swampy and well-drained situations. 



" The dark brown timber, which will not float, is very durable. 

 It is suitable for piles, lasting well in brackish water. It is 

 largely used by the Public Works Department in house-build- 

 ing where strength is required, and also in exposed positions. 

 The natives make use of it for canoes. It is not eaten by 

 termites." 



Eriodendron guineense, Schuni., et Thonn. Bombaceae. 



Gen. No. 772. 



Synonyms : E. anfractuosum, D.C. ; Ceiba pentandra,. Gart- 

 ner ; C. casearia, Medic ; Bombax pentandrum, L. We follow 

 Chevalier (1909, Vol. V, p. 187). The only African species 

 according to Thonner (p. 352), but Unwin mentions Ceiba and 

 Eriodendron together on p. 435 (1920). Holland, 1908, p. 87, 

 cites E. anfractuosum, Steud., Dalziel gives E. orientale, 

 Steud., and Salesses Bombax guineense (author not stated). 



LOCALITIES. Upper and Lower Guinea, Senegambia, Sierra 

 Leone, Liberia, Gold Coast, Ivory Coast, Congo, Nigeria, 

 Gaboon, Tanganyika Territory, Lake Tchad. 



VERNACULAR NAMES. Those given for the French colonies 

 are in connection with the synonyms B. guineense and E. 

 guineense, authors not stated. Aguegbe ; Akbo ; Akpe ; 

 Araba ; Baumwollbaum ; Benten ; Bentenier ; Bintafora ; 

 Cotonnier, faux (com.) ; Cotton- tree, Silk Cotton- tree (com.) ; 

 Cotton-tree, Silk Cotton-tree, white ; Dragounier ; Egna ; 

 Eggun ; Emanga ; Enyena ; Enyenga ; Enyina ; Enyo ; 

 Fromager ; Goue ; Gung ; Kapok (com.) ; Kapokier (com.) ; 

 Mafuma ; Mafumeira ; Meesoofee ; M'kung ; Monong ; 

 Mufuma ; Mufumiera ; Nguehie ; Oca ; Odoum (not Odum) ; 

 Ofwho ; Okha ; Ongina ; Onyina ; Ouia ; Pullum ; Rini ; 

 Rimi (com. to C. orientale) ; Shakka ; Simoma ; Somba-umba ; 

 Suma-uma ; Tonko ; Ukun ; Ungwe. 



Description of the wood from a specimen, No. 3109 " Araba " 



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