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and 8° in the latter. A sample of seeds from S. Nigeria (1906) 
examined at the Imperial Institute showed that the constants of 
the fat closely resemble those of Shea Butter, and it was calcu- 
lated that the kernels would probably be of about the same value 
(Bull. Imp. Inst. 1908, p. 374). 
The fat has been recommended for the manufacture of soap and. 
candles. 
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years chiefly to England. In 1906, the export was 3233 kilog.. 
value 226 marks; 1907, 14,890 kilog. value 1388 marks, and in 
S, Mahogany Nuts," etc.; they have also been 
submitted as ‘ Shea Butter Nuts." 
The tree yields a thick white milk which very easily solidifies, 
a deep incision being necessary in old stems or branches to cause 
n abundant flow of milk (Sherriff, Mus. Kew). The extract 
believed to be from this species has been found on examination to 
-be of a resinous character and of no commercial value (Col. Rep. 
Ann. No. 583, 1908, p. 36). 
Yields an excellent and valued timber, Cameroons (Fickendey). 
One of the finest timber trees in W. Africa, sold in Europe as 
‘“ African Pear Wood,” at 6d. per foot, often figured (Thompson, 
List of For. Trees, S. Nig. 1910, p. 6, Mimusops sp. nr. Djave); 
seen in an area situated on the right bank of the Kwa River above 
Calabar [some 5 sq. miles in extent, visited with a view to acquir- 
ing it as a Reserve and for a Rubber Plantation] (Thompson, Ann. 
Rep. Forestry Dept. 1911, S. Nigeria, p. 3). 
Farquhar reports (Govt. Gaz. S. N igeria, 1911, No. 22, Suppl.) 
plants of this species are being raised at the Victoria Gardens, 
Cameroon—the kernels fetch a fair price but they are available 
only for a few months in each year. The country where Sherriff 
collected his specimens is described by him as flat and the soil 
coarse sand (Mus. Kew). In the Cameroons, the tree is widely 
distributed in the zone of primeval forest: it thrives on 
laterite and alluvial soils but appears to avoid those of volcanic 
origin, and does not occur on the ameroon or the Bakossi 
mountains, flowering February to March; fruiting July to August 
(Fickendey). 
Ref. D'Jave ou Noumgou: Mimusops D'jave," Perrot, Les 
Vag. Util. de L'Afriq. Trop. Franc. Fasc. ii. pp. 160-171 (A. 
Challamel, Paris, 1907).——-'* Seeds of Mimusops sp." in Bull. 
