340 'FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 



Produits des Colonies Frangaises, Exposition Uni- 

 verselle de 1 867,' p. 45 ; ' Treasury of Botany,' 

 Lindley and Moore, &c. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land. 



Parkia filicoidea, Welw. mss. — Tree, forty to fifty 

 feet high. The mealy contents of the fruits are eaten 

 and the crushed seeds used in native cookery. — ' Flora 

 of Tropical Africa,' Oliver, vol. ii., p. 324. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Lower Guinea, 

 Mozambique District. 



Adenanthera pavonina, L. — Large tree. Wood 

 used in South India in house-building and for cabinet 

 work, and also as a red dye. The seeds are used as 

 weights by jewellers, and are also made into necklaces ; 

 they also yield an oil. — ' Manual of Indian Timbers,' 

 Gamble, p. 146. 



With regard to the distribution of this plant 

 Professor Oliver, in his 'Flora of Tropical Africa,' 

 vol. ii., p. 239, says: — "A. pavonina has been intro- 

 duced into the New World, and is doubtless met 

 with here and there on the African coast, although 

 I have not seen specimens from thence. M. Baillon 

 says, it is found on the Gaboon River (Adans. vi., 

 207). In the Kew herbarium there is an imper- 

 fect specimen, collected by Dr. Meller on the Rovuma 

 River in young fruit, which may belong to this genus." 



Ogagouma. (Teirapleura Tkonnmgii,Bex\ih..). — Large 



