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Newtonia insignis.* 
A tree about 80 feet in height, with well developed buttress 
roots. 
Peltophorum.* Njomboguli (Mendi). 
A large tree. 
Ormosia monophylla.* 
Linaceee. 
Ochthocosmus Africanum.* Tuanyei (Mendi). 
A small, fairly common tree. 
Humiriacee. 
Saccoglottis Gabunensis.* 
This tree yields a first-class timber. The bark strips off 
cleanly and is sold in Calabar at 5s. a roll 30 inches long and 
18 inches in diameter. 
Rutacee. 
Zanthoxylum macrophyllum.* Spiny Satinwood. Witkoran (Timani) ; 
Pfui IT (Mendi). 
This tree yields a very pretty yellow wood, with a some- 
what open grain. 
Zanthoxylum sp. Satinwood. Bek (Timani); Pfui (Mendi). 
A medium-sized tree, with most peculiar conically shaped 
woody protrusions on the bark. It has not been cut locally. 
Zanthoxylum rubescens.* 
An armed tree from 12 to 15 feet high. 
Burseracee. 
Canarium Schweinfurthii. White Mahogany. Beri (Mendi). 
This tree is not very common. A very large tree which has 
been found 150 feet high, with a bole of 70 feet and a girth of 
10 feet. It could be cut locally and would make a valuable 
addition to local furniture woods. It is, however, hard to saw. 
Meliacez. 
Lovoa Klaineana.* + African Walnut. 
It is a medium-sized tree, not very common; the value of 
the timber varies from 1#d. to 3d. per foot. 
Lovoa sp. near L. Klaineana. African Walnut. 
A medium-sized tree. 
Carapa procera.* Crabwood, Coondi, Kakunt (Timani); Kuwi 
Kowi (Mendi). 
It is a medium-sized tree, which is evenly distributed every- 
where. It yields a mahogany-like wood, which has been sold 
in the Liverpool market. 
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