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. 27) and as a conspicuous tree common in the eastern middle 
Veld of the Zoutpansberg (Burtt Davy, Kew Bull. 1908, p. 152). 
May be propagated by seed. In the Oloke-Meji Forest Reserve, 
S. Nigeria, there were 2370 seedlings put out in 1908 (Col. Rep. 
Ann. No. 630, 1909, p. 14) and the tree is being cultivated in 
combination with Teak (Tectona grandis) in Togoland (Unwin, 
Rep. Affor. Togoland, 1912, p. 30). 
See references at end of order. 
Diospyros mombuttensis, Guerke in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. (1904) p. 66, 
A tree or shrub 10 ft. high (Barter) with glabrous branches. 
Leaves shortly petiolate, obovate-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, 
narrowed at the base, up to 63 in. long and 3 in. broad, entire, 
subcoriaceous, sparingly puberulous on the nerves on both 
surfaces, otherwise glabrous. Cymes 3-5 flowered, shortl 
pedunculate. Flowers sessile, greenish-yellow, fragrant (Barter). 
Calyx tubular, 5 lin. long, silky pubescent outside, bidentate, the 
teeth sometimes 2-3-denticulate. Corolla 4-lobed, twice the length 
of the calyx; lobes ovate, acute, with hairy tips. Stamens 16. 
The tree has on various occasions been confounded with 
D. senensis, Klotsch, Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 520, a distinct plant, 
commoner on the East Coast. 
Vernac. name. — Ogan pupa (Oloke-Meji, Foster, Ibadan, 
Punch, Yoruba, Thompson), 
- Lagos (Foster, No. 59, 1906; Rowland, 1893, Herb. Kew); 
Abeokuta (Irving, No. 141; Barter, No. 3390, Herb. Kew); Eppah 
and Aboh (Barter, Nos. 3250, 290, Herb. Kew); Apomu, S. Nigeria 
(Foster, No. 210, Herb. Kew); Ibadan Forest Reserve (Punch, 
No. 30, 1901, Herb. Kew). 
-- Wood used for tool handles (Punch, l.c.), and by the natives as 
scantling and for walking sticks (Thompson, List of For. Trees, 
S. Nigeria, 1910, p. 3). 
One of the trees prohibited from being felled on native lands 
without a licence (Forestry Ordinance, l.c.). 
Diospyros sp. (no specimen in the Kew Herbarium). 
~ Vernac. name.—Isanwi (Benin, Thompson, List of Forest Trees, 
'S. Nigeria, 1910, p. 3). 
Given as one of the Benin ebony trees, rather quick growing. 
