510 
Vernac. names.—Oruru 
[Oruru (Yoruba), Okwokwi (Benin) Thom pson |; Odoumanki (Gold 
Coas i Jsisiri n) 
oast, Farmar); Osisirin (Accra, Johnso i); 
i, Ivory 
Coast, Chevalier); Tchioge (Sierra Leone, Scott Elliot, Moloney).. 
Wood white and very soft, Angola (Monteiro, Herb. Kew); 
S. Nigeria (Thompson, List of For. Trees, S. Nig. 1910, p. 7); 
Congo (De Wildeman, Pl. Util. Congo, ii. 1904, p. 367), Ivory 
Coast (Courtet, L'Agric. prat. avs chauds, x. 1. p. 463; 
Chevalier, Bois Cote d'Ivoire, p. 145); density 0-363. Suitable for- 
carpentry work (Courtet, l.c.); and suggested for making paper 
pulp (Chevalier, Lc.). A specimen of the wood in the Kew 
Museum, grown in — weighs 40 Ib. per cubic ft. (Gamble, 
511 
Afr. Pl. iv. p. 791); a very handsome tree in à village near Kabba, 
V. Nigeria, for decorative purposes, flower- 
Kew): 
* Kew); a tree 60 ft. in the 
delta of the N iger (Barter, Herb. Kew). Suitable for avenues or 
as a shade-tree, raised from seed, which is winged, light, and freely 
Hef.—Les Bourgeons Floraux du Spathodea campanulata, 
Béauv., Treub, in Ann. du Jardin du Buitenzorg, viii. 1890. 
KicELIA, DC. 
Kigelia aethiopica, Decne.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 538. 
111.—Deless. Ic. v. tt. 93a 93b; Schnizlein, Ic. t. 152; Agric. Col. 
f v. 1911, Suppl. p. 121, f. 164; Thonner, B. ütenpfl. Afr. t. 
Vernac. names.—Om Shutur (Arabic, M uriel); Mederba, 
Meder-deur, Selsele, Ingula, Salasile (Eritrea, Fiori). 
Kordofan, Uganda, B.E. Africa, ete. 
A tree 20-60 ft. high. 
uu ; : Var. bornuensis, Sprague, Fl. Trop. Afr. ke, 
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