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making ink, Sierra Leone (Scott Elliot, Col. Rep. Misc. No. 3, 
1893, p. 31). 
mon, Nupe (Barter, Herb. Kew), over Northern Nigeria 
Dalziel, Herb. Kew), and over the iron plateaux 500-3 t 
ierra Leone (Scott Elliot, Herb. Kew), in Savannah, Ashanti 
Vitex diversifolia, Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. V. p. 324. 
Nupe, Kontagora, Yoruba. : 
Fruit edible, size of a cherry, black when ripe, like the “ Edi ” 
or Black Plum "' of Sierra Leone (Barter, Herb. Kew). 
A tree, 15 ft. high, flowers small, violet, Yoruba, common on dry, 
hilly ground, Nupe (Barter, Herb. Kew), Kontagora (Dalziel, 
Herb. Kew). 
er 
A large tree; branches quadrangular. Leaves with 5—7 leaflets, 
e , 
Vernac. name.—Ori eta (Oloke-Meji, Foster). 
Oloke-Meji (Foster, No. 34, 1906, Herb. Kew). 
Wood soft (1.c.), used for house-posts and the branches as scant- 
lings eos List of For. Trees, S. Nig. 1910, p. 7, “ Ori-eta ” 
tree, V. megaphylla). 
Vitex grandifolia, Giirke; Fl. Trop. Afr. V. p. 324. 
 Vernac. names.—Ore (Ebute Metta, Millen); Ori (Yoruba, 
Thompson); Oriri (Benin, Thompson, Unwin). 
Lagos, Benin, and Niger Delta, and generally in W. Africa. 
Fruit edible; Ekpe (Barter, Mus. Kew), size of a small plum 
from which a spirit is made, Ebute Metta (Millen, Herb. Kew); 
fruit made into a kind of honey, Asaba (Thompson, List of For. 
Trees, S. Nig. 1910, p. 7, V. cuneata). 
The wood is used for making large drums, S. Nigeria (lc. 
V. cuneata). 
A small tree; with the habit of an Aralia, sea shore near the 
River Nun (Barter, Herb. Kew), 25 ft. high. Ebute Metta 
(Millen l.c.), a shrub 10 ft., flowers cream-coloured, Akwapim, 
1000 ft. (Murphy, Johnson, Herb. Kew). 
