613 



Celtis integrifolia, Lam. ; FL Trop. Afr. Yl. Sect. 2, p. 



i. 



Yernac. names. — Dukki or Dunki (Hausa, Dalziel) ; Zuwoh 

 {Katagum, Dalziel) ; Mahagai-a, Lebinga (Arabic, — Kordofan, 



Blue Nile, Muriel). 



Borgu, Yola, Katagum and widely distributed in Upper 

 Guinea and Nile region, also in Arabia. 



Leaves used as fodder and as a pot-herb, Yola (Dalziel 

 No. 152, Herb. Kew) ; fruits edible, Borgu (Barter, No. 772, 

 Herb. Kew). Wood very perishable, Blue Nile (Muriel, No. 71, 



Herb. Kew)» 



A low tree, banks of Guarara River (Elliott, Herb. Kew) ; 

 a tree, 40 ft., Borgu (Barter), 40 ft. and well known all over 

 N. Nigeria (Dalziel) stem much branched, buttressed, growing 

 on ground inundated at high Nile (Muriel). 



Celtis Soyauxii, Engl. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. Sect. 2, p. 5. 



III. — Mildbraed, Wiss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr. — Afr. Exped. 

 t. 16c (C. Mildbraedii). 



Vernac. name. — Cabende (Angola, Gossweiler). 

 Cameroons, Ivory Coast, Uganda, Angola, East Africa, 

 Congo and Natal. 



The dead wood has a foetid odour. A tree 50-100 ft. 



Celtis Zenkeri, Engl ; FL Trop. Afr. VI. Sect. 2, p. 6. 



Veryiac. names. — Ita (Lagos, PitncJi) ; M'piwere (Mabira Forest, 

 Dawe) ; Cabende (Angola, Gossweiler) ; Pao Cababa or Quibaba 



(Golungo Alto, Welwitsch). 



Lagos (Punch, No. 108, 1901, Herb. Kew), Aladin, S. Nigeria 

 (Foster, No. 194, Herb. Kew) ; Idah District (Kitson) and 

 between Garua & Golombe (Talbot) in Nigeria; also in the 

 Cameroons, Uganda, Angola, Belgian Congo and East Africa. 



Fruit is a small red drupe about the size of a currant, watery ; 

 wood white, hard ; but perishable and attacked by insects, 

 Lagos (Punch, I.e.) ; wood pale-yellow in colour, of good strength 

 and texture, but not obtainable in large sizes (Foster, Nig. 

 Trees & PL Celtis sp. p. 62) ; timber whitish throughout, not 

 durable, Angola (Gossweiler, Fl. Trop. Afr. I.e.); whitish, 

 straight, strong, very useful, Golungo Alto (Hiern, Cat. Welw. 

 Afr. PI. iv. p. 1028) ; a valuable timber tree, Mabira Forest 

 (Dawe, No. 173, Herb. Kew; Eep. Bot, iVIiss. Uganda, 1906, 

 C. Soyauxii, Engl. p. 56) and affording hard wood, Budongo 

 Forest (Dawe, No. 833, Herb. Kew). 



A large deciduous tree 40-80 ft. or more high. 



4 



Trema, Lour. 

 Trema guineensis, Ficalko; Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. Sect. 2, p. 11. 



/ZL— Thonner, Bliitenpfl. Afr. t. 30; Engl. & Drude, Veg. 

 Erde, ix. f . 541 ; De Wildeman, Etudes FL Bangcala, p. 19 ; 

 Eull. Soc. Bot. Belgique, li. 1912, t. 35. . 



