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acuminate, obtuse er slightly cuneate at the base, 41-7 in. long, 
15-21 in. broad, entire, thinly chartaceous, shining avoti duller 
belo ow, sinies lateral neryes 3—6 on each side, ascending, promi- 
nent below. oo te flowered. es lobes of the female, large 
Tl. —Engler, Bot. Jahrb. ce 1909, p p. 212, f. 4. 
Ver es.—Igedudu (W. Prov. S. Nigeria, Thompson). 
rodudu. (Benin, Dennett). 
Benin (Thompson, No. 4, 1906, Herb. Kew; Dennett, No. 27, 
1907, Herb. Kew). 
Wood d pena as a brown ebony (Thompson, List of For 
Trees, S, Nig. 1910, p. 3). A sample was valued in 1905 as totu 
at £5 to £10 per ton eae Bull. 1908, p. 194 
One of the trees prohibited from im cut on native lands 
without a licence (Forestry Ordinance, Order No. 26 of 1912, 
Govt. Gaz. S. Nigeria, Sept. 4th, 1912, 2242, and Schedule, 
p. 2244) ; dad all over the Central Province, especially near the- 
Niger (Kew Bull. L.e.). 
j 
Diospyros crassiflora, Hiern; Fl. Trop. Afr. III. p. 525. 
names.—Kanran (Yoruba, Thompson); Aborpor or 
Aborkpor (Benin, Thompson, Foster 
Old Calabar (Thomson, No. 47, Herb, Kew); Benin (Foster, 
No. 196, 1908, Herb. Kew 
Wood described as a black ebony (Thompson, List of For. Trees,. 
S. Nig. 1910, p. 2). 
Found as a Se about 40 ft. Benin (Foster, l.c.). 
Diospyros Dendo, W ew: Fl. Trop. Afr. III. p. 523. 
Ill.—Hiern, Monogr. Ebenac. t. 10; Stone, Timb. Comin: +. 10, 
f. 85 ee Nes of wood). 
Ver —De S or N'Dendo (Angola, Welwitsch).—. 
Black Phony. "Billet Wood, Gaboon, Lagos, or Calabar, Ebony. 
Angola (Welwitsch) : Kamerun (Zenker, No. 2633, 1903, Herb.. 
Kew). There is no specimen from Nigeria at Kew, but Thompson 
states (List of For. Trees, S. Nigeria, 1910, p. 2) that it is the. 
chief ebony of the Eastern Province. It is one of the trees pro- 
hibited from being cut on Native lands, S. Nigeria, without a 
licence (Forestry Ordinance, Order No. 26 of 1912, Govt. Gaz. 
S. me Sept. 4, 1912, p. 2244 
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