1530 606. TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES. [cu. xxii. 
TasLe LXXILI. 
Trees found near the River Zambesi. 
Dimensions of Stem. 
No. Local Names. 7 ReMarKs. 
Length. | Diameter. 
Feet. Inches, 
1 | Inhanpasse. . 6 8 
2 ee or Pad- 6 6 Resembles Lignum vita. 
3|Mocua... I 8—10 | Forked knees. Good quality. 
4|Imbila . . . | 15—18 12 Flexible, light. Middling do. 
5 | Murumanhama, 18 12 Pale red colour, light. 
6 | Mocunca. . . | 15—18 | 8—10 | Grows crooked, heavy. 
7 | Mocéza . . «| 35—45 | 36—48 | Yellowcolour, light, wormed. 
Inferior quality. 
&-| Mucuinite or Brown with light and dark 
Sandal d 6—8 8 shades of colour, heavy, 
anda woods crooked. Good quality. 
9 | Pamburo. . . | Shrub 
io| Peam. . .. 18 12—20 | Red colour, shrinks and 
warps, heavy. 
11 | Mussangara. . 12 10 Crooked, iene liable to split. 
12| Taxa. . .. 20 20—28 | Yellowish colour, heavy. 
Good quality. 
13 | Mocundo-cundo 36 40—60 | Yellow colour, light, porous, 
a used for masts, bark yields 
quinine, 
14 | Mucorongo. . 18 12 
15 | Raiz-de-Pingue Rootsspreading, heavy, black 
or Pao-preto. as ebony. 
16 | Monangare . 18 20—28 | Resembles rosewood, heavy, 
crooked, used by wheel- 
wrights, and for blocks. 
17 | Mocasso-cassa . 18 20—28 | Reddish-brown colour, hard, 
heavy, used for joiners’ 
work, ee quality. 
F Red colour, hard, heavy, used 
ie ies d ne 24 8 for furniture and treenails. 
Good quality. 
19 | Pao-ferro or 5 8 Dark brown, heavy, resembles 
Mais-is-curo . 4 Sabicu. Good quality. 
20 | Pangira. . . 30 26 Brown colour, porous, used in 
house and ship-building. 
21 | Pao-fava. . 22 12 Red colour, light, resembles 
mahogany. Good quality. 
22 | Metteral. . . 24 12 Ditto, heavier. Ditto, ditto. 
23.| Mugunda . . | 40—60 | 12—24 | Yellow colour, straight, light, 
used in ship-building. 
24 | Morrunda . . 15 5—8 | Ditto, ditto, ditto. 
25 | Mouna . . 15 12 Red colour, straight, mode- 
ratelyheavy. Good quality. 
26) Luabo ... 12 10 Ditto, heavy, ditto. 
