421 . 
Ref.—‘‘ Mimusops Elengi," in Dict. Econ. Prod. India, v. 
part 1, 1891, pp. 249-251.— —'* Mimusops Elengi," in Manual of 
Indian Timbers, Gamble, pp. 449—450. 
Mimusops lacera, Baker, Fl. Trop. Afr. III. p. 507. 
Ill.—Engler, Monogr. Afr. Puan. Sapotaceae, t. 20 B. 
Vernac. names.—Emido (W. Prov. S. Nigeria, Thompson); 
Aganokwi (Benin, Thompson); Bonding aling (Batanga, Bates); 
Ntaguaya, Isonguin (Ivory Coast, Courtet, Chevalier); Anain- 
guéri, Bempé (Ivory Coast, Courtet). 
N : 
Ivory Coast, Togoland, extending to Batanga in S. W. Africa. | 
A very good timber (Col. Rep. Ann. No. 512, 1906, p. 23); 
suitable for bulkheads, River Nun (Mann, Mus. Kew); similar 
d'Ivoire, in L'Agric. prat. pay 
Density given by Chevalier (Les Vég. Util. L'Afriq. Trop. Franc. 
Fase. v. 1909, p. 243) and Courtet (1.c.) as 1-045 [= 65 Ib. per 
cubie ft. ]. 
The tree yields a substance like Gutta Percha (Barter, Herb. 
Kew; Moloney, For. W. Afr. p. 378; Fl. Trop. Afr. l.c. 
Propagated by seed. Found in the evergreen forests, Central 
Province, S. Nigeria (Col. Rep. Ann. No. 512, 1906, p. 23), as a 
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dant, trunk 7 ft. in cireumference, River Nun [Niger] (Mann, 
us. Kew); 25-30 metres high, with trunk 60-70 cm. in diam. 
Ivory Coast (Courtet, l.c.), a middle sized tree with low scraggy 
orestry Ordinance, Order No. 26, 1912, Govt. Gaz. S. Nigeria, 
Sept. 4th, 1912, p. 2242, and Schedule p. 2244). 
Mimusops multinervis, Baker, Fl. Trop. Afr. IIT. p. 506. 
Ill.—Engler, Monogr. Afr. Pflan. Sapotaceae, t. 20, £ A. 
Vernac. names.—Emido (Lagos, Foster, McLeod, Hislop); 
Emido (Yoruba, Thompson); Aganokwi (Yoruba, Thompson).— 
Lagos; Nupe, Central Province, S. Nigeria. 
Wood hard, reddish in colour, often figured, exported from the 
Niger as Afriean Mahogany (Thompson, Col. Rep. Misc. No. 66, 
1910, p. 89); rich coloured, hard, resembling mahogany (Kew 
Bull. 1908, p. 191; Col. Rep. Misc. No. 51, 1908, p. 12); used for 
making mortars and bowls; the branches used for house posts 
substance, found to contain 66 per cent. of resin and 29 per cent. 
of a somewhat friable gutta-like mat»rial, not likely 5 be of any 
