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feet high. The wood is white, compact, and much 

 valued by the natives, and is useful for many pur- 

 poses ; the heart-wood is black, like ebony. Fruits 

 edible. — ' Monograph of Ebenaceae,' Hiern, p. 165. 



Distribution : Upper Guinea, Nile Land, Lower 

 Guinea, South Central, Mozambique District. 



Musolveira {Diospyros platyphylla, Welw.). — A mo- 

 derate-sized tree. According to Dr. Welwitsch the 

 fruits are edible. — ' Monograph of Ebenacea;,' Hiern, 

 p. 267. 



Distribution : Lower Guinea, 



Dendo or N'Dendo {Diospyros Dendo, Welw. 

 MSS.). — Tree twenty-five to thirty-five feet high, 

 and one to two feet in diameter. Valuable as a 

 timber tree. The wood is very black, and hard in 

 the centre. — 'Monograph of Ebenacese,' Hiern, p. 

 196. 



Distribution : Lower Guinea. 



Diospyros Loicreiriana, G. Don. — .Shrub or small 

 tree. Under the name of Nhamodema the natives 

 of the Mozambique District use the roots to clean 

 and to dye their teeth red. The fruit is said to be 

 edible. — ' Monograph of Ebenaceae,' Hiern, p. 195. 



Distribution : Lower Guinea, Mozambique District. 



