FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 323 



Plants,' G. Don, vol. ii., p. 365 ; 'Treasury of 

 Botany,' Lindley and Moore. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land, Lower 

 Guinea, Mozambique District, Cape de Verd Islands. 



" Dialambam," Ebene du Senegal {Dalbergia 

 melanoxylon, Guill. et Perr.). — Bush or small tree 

 fifteen to twenty feet high. Wood valuable, said to 

 be impervious to insects. It is extremely hard and 

 heavy, the dull purple heart resembling rosewood 

 when polished. This wood is in general use for furni- 

 ture in Senegal, and was said to be worth 150 francs 

 the metre cube at Goree in 1865. According to 

 Colonel Grant, the wood is used for arrow-tips, wooden 

 hammers for beating bark cloths, and for rafters. A 

 native comb of this wood from East Tropical Africa 

 is exhibited in the Kew Museum. The root is said 

 to be a remedy for toothache. — 'Catalogue des 

 Produits des Colonies Frangaises, Exposition Uni- 

 verselle de 1867,' p. 44; 'Flora of Tropical Africa,' 

 D. Oliver, vol. ii., p. 233, &c. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land, Mozam- 

 bique District. 



Ecastaphyllum monetaria, Pers. — A wide-climbing 

 shrub, the wood of which is red, and affords a resin 

 resembling dragon's blood. — ' A History of the 

 Dichlamydeous Plants,' G. Don, vol. ii., p. 378. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea. 



Pterocarpus escnlentiis, Schum. et Thon. — Erect tree 



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