5S4 



Vernac. naine. — Tsah (Katagum, Dalziel). 



Lagos, Katagum, Yola, Bornu, in Nigeria and widely sjneaJ 

 over Tropical Africa. 



Stems used for making native beds, Katagum (Dalziel, Herb. 

 Kew). 



A slender shrub on river banks and sand flats. 



WiUd 



Fluggea microcarpa, Blume; Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. Sect. 1, 

 p. 736. 



7ZZ.— Talbot, For. Fl. Bombay, ii. p. 455, f. 497. 



Vernac. names. — Tigwi (Sierra Leone, Unwin) ; Umsosoti 

 (Chindao, Swynnerion). 



Lagos, Nupe, Katagum, throughout Tropical Africa and 

 occurring in India, Burma, China, AustraHa, &c. 



Astringent bark used for poisoning fish; Wood reddish- 

 yellow, close-grained, strong and durable ; used for Agricultural 

 Implements, India (Talbot, I.e.) 



Fruits edible (Swynnerton, Journ. Linn. Soc. xl. 1911, p. 193). 



A shrub or small tree about 12 ft. high. 



IVIiCRODESMis, Planch. 

 Microdesmis puberula. Hook.; Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. Sect. U 



p. 741. 



//Z._Hook. Fl. Nigrit. t. 26 ; Hook. Ic. PI. t. 758. 



Vernac. names .—Arinigo (Yoruba, Millson, Moloney) ; Ineyiu- 

 fun (Lagos, Millen); Offenmah (Ashanti, Chipp); Aforwah 

 (Wasaw, Gold Coast, Brent); Erapata (S. Nigeria, Dennett); 

 Nkpili (Onitsha, Unwin). 



Lagos, Onitsha, Adiabo (Old Calabar) and in other parts of 

 Upper Guinea from Senegambia to Fernando Po. 



Leaves when boiled used for feeding babies and said to cure 

 them of spleen, Lagos (Moloney, Herb. Kew). Wood used for 

 hoe handles and chew sticks, Ashanti (Chipp. No. 102, 1912, 

 Herb. Kew) ; for chewsticks, Lagos (Millen, Herb. ' Kew)' 

 Thompson (List, For. Trees, S. Nig. 1910, p. 9) mentions a wood 

 caUed " UbeHu " (Benin) used at Calabar as a timber by the 

 Pubhc Works Department. It is attributed to a species of 

 Microdesmis, and it may be this one as the only other species 

 {M. Zenkeri, Pax) so far appears to have been collected only in 

 the Cameroons and further South. There is no specimen in tlie 

 Kew Herbarium associated with the name " Vhelln " 



.nu^ ^"^^ ?'' ^^"""^ ^^''''* ^^ ^*- ^g^^- ^ «n^all tree, Ashanti 

 Chipp, I.e.) a sub-shrub, 1 ft., Aquapim Hills, Gold Coast 



(Johnson, No. 589, Herb. Kew) ; a small shrub Onitsha (Barter 

 No. 1805, Herb. Kew). \ :. 



