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SAPOTACEAE. 
CHRYSOPHYLLUM, Linn. 
Chrysophyllum africanum, A.DC.; Fl. Trop. Afr. III. p. 500. 
ae Monogr. Afr. Pflan. Sapotaceae, t. 15 A ff. a-f. 
c. names.—Osangbalumo i heres Thompson); Otien 
(Benin. Thompson); Umtuem (St. T W aT: Hagaso 
(Ivory Coast, Courtet) ; Bungi (Sierra +. Unwin). 
Yoruba, Benin and West Tropical Africa in general. 
Fruit edible (Thompson, Col. Rep. Misc. No. 51, 1908, p. 60; 
List of For. Trees, S. Nigeria, 1910, p. 6), eaten in Dahomey 
(Chevalier seq.). 
Wood used for cabinet-work, carving, moulding, and turnery, 
Ivory Coast (Courtet, Bois, Cote d'Ivoire e, in L’ Agric. prat. pays 
chauds. xi. 1, 1910, p. 465); railway carriages (Chevalier, Les 
Veg. Util. L'Afriq. Trop. Franc. v. 1909, p. 237); for making 
images and fancy work, S. Nigeria Lees Lis. Le.). Courte 
and Chevalier "ie c.) give the sent as 0-590; specimen in the 
Kew Museum has sp. gr. 0-758 = 47-3 Ib. per cubic ft. The bark 
is used medicinally, S. Nigeria hoin paoa. le: 
"gs tree yields a gutta-like extract of comparatively little value. 
tree up to 60 ft. high, often planted for shade, Lower Dahomey 
(Chevalion Bull. Soc. Nat. d'Accl. de France, 1912, p. 133). 
Chrysophyllum albidum, Von; Fl. Trop. Afr. IIT. p. 500. 
[C. Millenianum, Engler, Mosinee. Afr. Pflan. (1904), p. 44]. 
7ll.—Engler, Monogr. Afr. Pflan. Sapotaceae, t. 15 C. a-b. 
Vernac. names.—Osan-gbalumo (Oloke-Meji, Foster); Osan- 
Agbalumo (Lagos, Hislop, McCleod, Dawodu); Odello (Goldie). 
Lagos (Millen, No. 47, 1892, Herb. Kew); Oloke-Meji (Foster, 
No. 107, Herb. Kew); found also in Princes Island (Mann), San 
Thomé (Don; ; Chevalie 
The fruit is said to be edible; an extract is obtained from the 
tree known as birdlime, and the bark is used medicinally, Lagos 
d l.c.). The juice from the leaves is used by the natives in 
of eu em when collecting flake rubber, W. Afrie 
f Goldie, Mus. Kew). 
A tree 30 to 60 ft. high (Fl. Trop. Afr. L.c.). 
ctio adm Cainito, Linn. SP: PI. ER: p. 192. 
or blue Re or m Voss 2 
section T the fruit shows the arrangement of the seeds kep a FEN 
