48 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
Cylicodiscus gabunensis.* African Greenheart. Mbeli-deli (Mendi). 
It is very similar to Piptadenia Africana in appearance, 
and also yields a strong, hard wood. 
Dalbergia sp.* Dalbergia Rosewood. Balakenta (Timani); Fir- 
bandu Ndambabuli (Mendi). 
A small tree. 
Baphia polygalacee.* Ndambabuli (Mendi). 
A climber, 10 feet in height. The stem used for killing fish. 
Baphia nitida.* Camwood Tree. Mat, Kam (Timani); Bendwi 
or Bunduei (Mendi). 
A small tree from which dyewood, a fast red dye, is obtained. 
The wood is hard and heavy, and is used for rice-mortar pestles 
and walking-sticks. 
Albizzia Brownit.* Albizzia. Bakbwi or Bpakpei (Mendi). 
This is a medium-sized tree yielding a reddish wood of 
moderately fine grain, somewhat resembling mahogany. The 
heartwood is very pretty. It should be saleable in Liverpool 
market. 
Albizzia fastigata.* Folei-kpakpei, Bakbaboi (Mendi). 
This species rarely attains a diameter at the base of more 
than 18 inches. It nearly always has a rotten heart. 
Detarium Senegalense.* Mahogany, Dita. Kita (Timani); Dupwi 
II, Kolei (Mendi). 
It is a very lofty tree, which yields a wood sold as mahogany 
in the Liverpool market. The grain is not so close as is usual 
in mahogany, but the colour is good. The fruit is edible and 
eaten locally. Dita is the name given to it. It is not very 
common. 
Detarium sp.* 
A large tree of 60 or 70 feet in height, probably a new 
species. 
Millettia cf. drastica.* 
A small tree. 
Millettia Lane-Poolei.* Togbeli (Mendi). 
A small tree or shrub about 15 feet in height, with white, 
scentless flowers. There are three other varieties, with flowers 
ranging from white and pink to mauve. 
Millettia pallens.* 
A medium-sized tree with mauve flowers: 
Millettia sp. near M. Sangana.* 
A medium-sized tree with erect pods and mauve flowers. 
Millettia rhodantha.* 
A medium-sized tree with yellow, aromatic wood. 
Mimosa Dinklagei.* Gumgui (Mendi). 
A medium-sized tree, 50 feet in height. 
