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List of Trees and Plants oe Economic Importance. 



The following list is an extract from data collected by the writer 

 of the principal trees and plants that have hitherto been recorded in 

 the country as possessing economic importance. 



African Mahogany 

 Ago Beam 

 Bamboo 



Bamboo Palm . . 

 Basins and Stools, Trees 



used for 

 Camwood 

 Canoes, Trees used for 



Cedar . . 

 Chewstick Trees 



Coconut 

 Copal, Gum 

 Corkwood 



Cotton Tree 



Cotton . . 



Crawcraw Plant 

 Date Palm 



(See Mahogany). 



Borassus flabellifer, var aithiopiun, Warb. 



A few of the largest species are found in 



clumps in marshy localities. 

 Raphia spp. 



Alstonia congensis. Engl. 



Baphia nitida, Afz. 



Bombax. 



Eriodendron anfractiiosiun, D.C. 



Khaya. 



Triplochiton Johnsom, C.H.W. 



Entandrophragma . 



Natives do not seem to confine themselves to 

 any particular species. 



Cocos nucifera. 



Daniellia. 



Eriodendron anfractuosuin, D.C. 



Musanga Smithii, P. Br. 



Bombax. 



Eriodendron anfractuosuin, D.C. 



Apart from that obtained from the intro- 

 duced species, the natives use the cotton 

 from species of Bombax and Eriodendron 



Cassia alata, Linn. 



Phcenix. 



