735 



pp. 2, 3, 4, 8 (var. microsperma); L'Agrie. Col. Italy, viii. 1914, tt. 

 7-14, tt. 24-26 (vars.) t. 40(vars.); Journ. Bombay N.H. Soc. 

 xxiv. 1916, t. 84; Tropenpfl. 1919, p. 247 (fruits of "dura," 

 " semidura," "tenera"); Bucher and Fickendey, Olpalme, 

 Frontispiece, tt. 1-14; Bull. Imp. Inst, xviii. April-June 1920, 

 tt. 1-6. 



West African Oil Palm ; Oil Palm. 



var. albescens, Becc. L'Agrie. Col. (Italy) viii. 1914, p. 62. 

 Vernac. names. — Abe-fita or Abe-fufu (Gold Coast, Evans, 

 Beccari). — White Oil Palm. 



Fruits very large, pericarps reddish -white, occasionally 

 streaked with black; nuts hard; oil of a yellowish colour- 

 yield 15 per cent. (Kew Bull. 1909, p. 40), 



So far only known from the Gold Coast, where it is scarce. 



angulosa 



p. 37). 



(K 



Vernac. names. — Okporo Eyop or Okporo Oyop (Eifik, Old 

 €alabar, Thompson, Beccari); Okporokpo (Ibo, Thompson); 

 Ikrok Eyop (Ibibio, Thompson). 



var. Ceredia, Chev. Les. Veg. Utiles I'Afriq. Trop. Fran9. 

 vii. 1910, p. 56; Becc. I.e. p. 42. 



Fruit large, deep orange -claret, becoming yellower at the 

 base (Kew Bull. 1909, p. 37). 



Vernac. names. — [Osok Eyop (Eifik); Osuka (Ibo), Eduege 

 (Ibibio), Thompson, Beccari]; Adesran, Adibe, Abedam adibe 

 (Gold Coast, Tudhope); Ceredi (Ivory Coast, Chevalier, Bucher 

 and FicJcendey) . 



S. Nigeria, Gold Coast. 

 , The pericarp is very rich in oil, the best of all said to be 

 obtained from this variety in the Eastern Province, S. Nigeria 

 (I.e. p. 37). 



commimi 



Afr 



1909, p. 38). 



Vernac. names. — Udin (Benin, Unwin, Beccari, Foster); 

 [Ope Pamkova (Yoruba); Akponojub (Eifik, Old Calabar), 

 Okparukpu (Ibo) Hitchins] ; Ok-porukpu (Ibo, Beccari) ; Dilombe 

 or Dipobe (Cameroons, Hassert); Kwakwa (Ilausa, Dalziel). 



The predominating variety in the Southern Provinces, Nigeria 

 (I.e.) and in West Africa. Beccari has included in this variety 

 the following forms : — 



dura (var. macrosperma, Welw.). Fruits pointed at the 

 apex, pericarp very thin, dark-reddish colour; nut hard thick 

 (Kew Bull. 1909, p., 39). 



Vernac. names. — Efia Ekpo Oyop (Old Calabar, Thompson, 

 Beccari); Abe Pa (Gold Coast, Tudhope, Evans, Beccari); 

 [Akporojub (Eifik, Ibibio); Ojina (Ibo); Efiako Eyop (Ibibio); 

 D6, Ede or Deti (Togoland) Beccari] De or dje-dje (Dahomey, 

 Adam). — Hard shell Palm nut. 



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