423 
(Chevalier, CM Rendu, Lc.) _ Specimens, of wood at Kew 
named '*Baco" (Leopold de Rothschild, 1899) and '' Abeku "' 
(G. E. Farita 1891) have a specific gravity of 0-717 and 0-643 
— to 45 Ib. and 40 2d» per cubic ft. respectively; they are both 
from the Gold Coas 
Hébert states c the seeds yield “ Doumori butter," used by 
the natives of French West Africa as food, and his s analysis is 
given as fo Ho ws:— Yield of anean seed, 40 per cent. ; pm at 
—oleic, Ee or ie reco. ur id P ie + 60°C. (Inter. 
Inst. Agric. Rome, Bull. Bur. Agric. Intell. Aug.-Sept.-Oct. 1911, 
p. 2075 from La Quinzaine Col. Par ris, xv. Août; 1911, p. 541). 
The fat is reported as of about the same value for ‘soap-making as 
middling quality palm-oil; the residue after extraction of the oil 
owing to its intensely bitter taste, is not suitable for feeding 
purposes; the dried kernels in good condition were valued (1910) at 
£13 per ton in England (Col. Rep. seg. p. 544). The yield of one 
tree is given as up to 4000 fruits giving about 66 lb. of solid fat 
(Bull. Imp. Inst. 1911, p. 159 from Hébert, Les Matiéres Grasses, 
1v. 1911, p. 2158) 
The method of extraction of the oil from the ** Bacco" Nut o 
the Gold Coast is said to be the same as for palm-kernels (Elaeis 
guineensis), i.e., * beating the kernels in a wooden mortar and 
then frying in a pot ” (Ferguson, Mus. Kew 
Bako mahogany is probably this species (Kew Bull. 1894, P- 9). 
ce 
Ref —“‘ un nouveau genre de Sapotaceae (Dumoria) de 
l'Afrique occidentale, a graines fournissant une m me grasse 
comestible,” Chevalier, in Comptes s Rendus un 1. Paris; 
-exlv. 1907, pp. 267—269. ** Dumoria Heckeli, A. Chev. in 
Les. Vég. Util. de L'Afrique Trop. Franc. v. ii ut (D de la Cote 
’Ivoi ——" Baco V } 
: l. 
L’ Assoc. Pl. Cao aie vi. M 1914, '* Matières grasses,’ 
p. 82.— See also refs. under M imusops D’ jave 
EBENACEAE. 
Masa, Forst. 
Mata Mannii, Hiern; Fl. Trop. Afr. III. p. 516. 
Nupe, Banks of the Guarara River, N. Nigeria, Bagroo River; 
ces Leone, wes 
mall tree or arborescent shrub. Flowers white; ripe fruits 
bruit orange “saint. Nupe (Barter, No. 1220, Herb. 'Ke w). 
Drosryros, Dalech. 
DIM, Por od dme Guerke in Engl Bot. Jahrb. xxvi. 
1904 
: x e ium sized tree; branchlets slender, glabrous. Leaves 
je or oblong-elliptic, rarely —— obtusely 
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