Pterocarpus] xliv. leguminosjE. 279 



colour ; wood in some cases blood-red, in others whitish. Sporadic, in 

 the secondary woods of Sobato Cabanga Quiquette ; fl. middle of Jan. 

 1857. Called by the negroes " Muangue." No. 1871. A tree, 20 or 

 about 35 ft. high ; crown ample, lax ; fruit fuscous-velvety on both 

 sides, wavy on the margin ; style-bearing extremity drawn far down- 

 wards. In the sandy mixed forest from Lombe in the direction of 

 Quibinda, where only one tree with a few fruits was seen March 1857. 

 No. 1872. Further in the interior, fr. Coll. Carp. 439. 



The pounded root of this plant furnishes the drug in most general 

 use among the natives of Angola and reputed as the principal panacea 

 for the cure of illness ; mixed with various vegetable and mineral 

 substances, the sawdust of Tacula is used in the composition of charms 

 and for decoration of the body ; newly born children are frequently 

 painted as soon as possible all over with the red dye made from this 

 powder, and stylish ladies on festive occasions never appear without 

 having their feet coloured with this dye, so as to imitate shoes or 

 slippers ; it is sold in all the markets, and all the native tribes believe 

 in its remarkable virtues. The tree is rare in the coast region, and 

 there it appears only as a stumpy tree, commencing at the higher part 

 near Calumguembo, becoming more abundant above Dande and Dembos 

 towards Sange, and being lost sight of about Pungo Andongo where 

 P. mellifer Welw. and P. erinaceus Poir. make their appearance. 



Var. /?. macrophyllus Welw. ex Baker, I.e. 



Golungo Alto. — A lofty tree ; wood valuable, of a fine purple 

 colour when old ; the natives paint their bodies red by means of a 

 decoction of the wood. In the dense primitive forests at the base of 

 the mountains of Serra de Alto Queta ; in late fl. Feb. 1855. Native 

 name " Tacula." No. 1868- 



Cazengo. — In the elevated coffee forests of Serra de Muxaulo, near 

 the summit ; sparingly in fl. at the beginning of Jan. 1865. A form 

 with elongated leaflets. No. 1869. 



3. P. erinaceus Poir. (erinacea) in Lam. Encyel. Meth. v. p. 728 

 (1804), Illustr. t. 602, f. 4 ; Baker, I.e., p. 239 ; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, 

 p. 147. 



Pterocarpus (sp.) Synopse, p. 37, n. 100. P angolensis DC. 

 Prodr. ii. p. 419 fide Baker, I.e., p. 240. Echinodiscus (sp.), 

 Welw. Synopse, p. 19, n. 48. IAngoum erinaceum O. Kuntze, 

 Kev. Gen. PI. i. p. 193 (1891). 



Pungo Andongo. — A moderate-sized tree, 20 to 40 ft. high, or 

 sometimes in secondary woods a shrub of 2 to 4 ft. and already in this 

 state flowering and fruiting ; branches patent ; crown rather lax ; 

 resin black-purple. Produces gum kino. Wood durable, red-resinous ; 

 leaves coriaceous ; pod circular, broadly winged, rigidly echinate in the 

 centre. Very plentiful in sandy and rocky woods throughout the 

 district, especially from Zamba up to the fortress of Pungo Andongo, 

 sometimes constituting the bulk of the forest ; near Cazella, in young 

 fr. Oct. 1856. At the banks of the river Lutete in Mata de Pungo, in 

 company with Psoralea andongensis Welw. Native name " Ngillasonde " 

 or"Mutete." No. 1864: 



Huilla. — A robust tree, 1 5 to 25 ft. high, evergreen, with dilated 

 crown and patent branches, exuding a blood-red resin called gum 

 kino. In the less dense woods around Lopollo, Nene, Humpata, 

 Monino, etc. ; fr. Feb. and March 1860. No. 1863. Resin called 

 ''Sangue do Drago," red or atro-purpureous. Lopollo, March 1860. 



