736 



a-c.) 



T^ 



fatua. Fruits pointed at the apex ; pericarp yellowish ^ 



nuts very hard (Kew Bull. I.e. p. 40). 



Vernac. names. —Ahe-dsxm (Gold Coast, Tudhope, Beccari). 

 Yield of oil 11-2 per cent. Gold Coast (I.e.). 



leucocarpa. 



Vernac. names.— Lole quel (Ivory Coast, Chevalier, Beccari)^ 

 and it is suggested that Af-fiako-jub (Ibo) and Ojuku (Eifik> 

 may belong here {see Kew Bull. 1914, p. 287). 



semidura. Fruits nearly spherical; pericarp black at the 

 apex and red at the base; nuts hard (I.e. p. 40). 



Vernac. ?iame.— Abe-tuntum (Gold Coast, Tudhope, EvanSr 

 Beccari) . 



Yield of oil 13-7 per cent. (I.e.). 



tenera {E. guineensis, var. microsperma, Welw.) FI. Trop, 

 Afr. I.e. p. 125. Fruits hke those of the ordinarj^ Oil Palm, 

 but differ in their thinner shell— about 1-5 mm. thick or about- 

 the same as that of the " hazel-nut "—and negroes crack them 

 with their teeth, Cameroons (I.e. p. 44); medium in size, similar 

 in shape and colour to " Abe-tuntum," shells of the nut ver}-' 

 thin and easily cracked with the teeth. Gold Coast (I.e. pp. 40, 

 42); comparatively soft, exocarp deep-purple, almost blacky 

 mesocarp abundant, full of oil, endocarp comparatively soft 

 kernel full of oil of a superior quality, S. Nigeria (I.e. p. 37). 



Vernac. name^.— Ausuku (Ibo, Hitchins, Farquhar, Beccari); 

 Asogejub (Eifik, Ibibio, in Ikot-Ekpene and Uyo districts,, 

 Hitchens, Beccari); Ope-arunfo (Yoruba, Thompson, Univin, 

 Dawodxi, Beccari); Ijsombe or Isombe (Cameroons, Freuss)'^ 

 Disombe or Disombo (Angola, Welwitsch); Degbakou or Deg- 

 bakoum (Dahomey, Adam, Beccari); De-de-bakin (Togoland, 

 Gruner); Abobo-be, Yue-wyiam (Gold Coast, Evans); Ivioroii- 

 mila (?) (Benin, Thompson, U niv in) .—Tlun shell variety or 

 soft-shelled nut. 



Southern Provinces, Nigeria— in the Agege, Abeokuta and 

 Oshogbo districts. Western Province; to the extent of 30 per 

 cent.^ in the Eastern Province (I.e. pp. 36, 37 )— Cameroons— of 

 only isolated occurrence, is never gregarious, and in some district* 

 does not occur at all (I.e. 1918, p. 198)— Gold Coast, Dahomey, 

 Togoland— spread everywhere in the proportion of about 25 per 

 cent. (I.e. 1909, p. 43), Angola. 



Considerable interest has been taken in this form under 

 cultivation and strong hopes have been entertained of its import- 

 ance for development because of the soft shell on the kernel 

 and therefore comparatively easy to get rid of. The experience 

 gamed, so far, {see general particulars, se^.) ^almost make it clear 

 that it will never come up to expectations, as the reproduction of 

 the desired character is not sufficiently constant. 



var. gracainux, Chev. I.e., p. 64. Fruit with abundant pulp, 



but with sheU of the nut absent or reduced to fibrous strands 

 (Kew Bull. p. 42). 



