so FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 



be mentioned as an Official Heading, and applicable 

 in its embrace to Imports commonly used for ex- 

 pressing oil therefrom. The component parts are not 

 specialised in the Statistical Yearly Abstract pre- 

 pared by the Imperial Custom House. 



However, quantities imported into the United 

 Kingdom for eight years ended and inclusive of 1885 

 are afforded in the Return (page 51). 



Such imports were chiefly composed of the kernel 

 of the fruit of the West African Palm-oil tree {Elais 

 guineensis), and of the ground nut {Arachis hypogcea), 

 although beni-seed {Sesamwn indicuni), the kernel of 

 the cocoa-nut {Cocos nuciferd), the niko and m'poga 

 nuts (West African Parinaria, so far undetermined 

 from insufficiency of botanical material supplied), the 

 tooloocounah, carapa or crab nut {carapa guineensis), 

 akee nut {Blighia sapidd), cashew (alien) nut {Ana- 

 cardium occidentale), ordeal or Calabar bean {Physos- 

 tigina venenosunt), opachelo nut {P entaclethra macro- 

 phylld), coco-plum -kernel {Chrysobalanus Icacd), Niger 

 or Ramtil seed (Guizotia abyssinicd), the Dika almond 

 {Irvingia Barteri), tambacoombah and other oil- 

 yielding nuts of doubtless much commercial value 

 in the future are to be found among the exports from 

 West Africa, which is in its infancy as a prolific and 

 profitable field of discovery and utilisation in the 

 matter of other undiscovered oil-yielding kernels. 



According to Kew Report 1877, the M'poga nut 

 exudes abundantly oil on pressure by the fingers. 



