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d as an evergreen tree 25-40 ft. high, 1-2 ft. in diam., 
plentiful in the primitive, dense and most elevated forests, Golungo 
Alto (Hiern, l.c.); flowers from December to February; fruits in 
March (Hiern, Monogr, Ebenac 97). 
See particulars of Ebony in general at end of order. 
Ref.—'' Black Ebony, Diospyros Dendo," in Timbers of Com- 
merce, Stone, pp. 153-154. 
Diospyros mespiliformis, /7ochst.; Fl. Trop. Afr. III. p. 518. 
Ill.—Warburg, Kumene Expel. p. 329; Engler, Bot. € 
xlii. 1909, p. 201, f. 4; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, App. x 
1909, p 30; Engl. and Drude, Veg. Erde, ix. p. 78, f. 63; (Vires 
Col. italy, v. 1911, Suppl. p. 70. 
Bull. Imp. Ind. ioni, p- 209). "iab Guava; Ebony, Zanzibar 
ony. 
Lagos (Foster, No. 35, a Herb. Kew); Nupe (Barter, Nos. 
1208, 1334, Herb. Kew); Katagum (Dalziel, No. 219, 1908, Herb. 
ew); Gorgoram (Elliott, No. 162, 1904) and Guarara River, 
N: Nigeria (Elliott, No. 215, 1905, Herb. Kew 
Found also between Tette and the Sea Const Kirk), Yem 
we edible. Heartwood tick ands comes mem Ms warket in 
billets as Ebony. rne to Welwitsch (Hiern. Cat. Welw. 
Afr. Pl. iii. p. 651) the wood is very hard, heavy, white, well 
adapted for making screws; Thompson (List of For. Trees, S. 
Nigeria, 1910, p. 3), used for making combs, walking sticks, rulers 
and furniture; Idem (Col. Rep. Misc. No. 66, 1910, p. 89), heart- 
wood uoo and furnishes one of the ebonies of commerce; Kirk 
to Dalziel (Herb. Kew). the common ebony of "the [Katagum] 
country. Chevalier (Bull. Soc. Nat. d’Accl. de France, 1912, 
p- gosi states that the wood turns black only after the death of 
the 
oid TOM UC Ebony, believed to be D. mespiliformis, was being 
shipped in -— to the extent of 600 to 800 tons a year( Saunders, 
us. Kew). A sample of “‘ Kanran ” Ebony was t at 
the ul Show, Ibadan, 1910, by the Aue iu pt. Oloke- 
Meji (Govt. Gaz. S. Nigeria, 6th April, 1910, p. 484). 
The leaves, fruits, and roots are used for various medicinal p 
poses in French W. Africa (Pobéguin, Pl. Med. du Guin., DM 
in L'Agric. prat. pays chauds, xi. part 1,1911, p. 487). — 
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