SIERRA LEONE 59 
Conopharyngia crassa.* 
A small tree bearing a double fruit as large as a child’s 
head. 
C. longifiora.* 
A small tree bearing a conspicuous heavy-scented flower. 
Holarrhena Africana.* Nukoi (Mendi). 
A small or medium-sized tree. Wooden serving spoons 
for rice are made from the wood. The leaves beaten to a pulp 
are used for poultices. 
Holarrhena ovata.* Bubbuoi (Mendi). 
Used as a stirring-stick. 
Pleioceras Afzelit. 
A small tree. 
Pleiocarpa tricarpella. 
A small tree. 
Rauwolfia vomitoria. Kawogei (Mend). 
A very common small tree, 20 feet high. Swizzle-sticks 
for mixing drinks are made from it, and the natives use the 
large branches for mixing indigo dye. 
Voacanga Africana.* 
A tree 30 feet high bearing very fragrant flowers. 
Voacanga obtusa.* 
A tall tree. 
Voacanga Thonnersii.* 
A medium-sized tree of 50 feet in height, with ornamental 
cream flowers. It has been seen growing in the swamp-land 
near the 180th milestone on the railway to Kennema. 
Asclepiadacez. 
Xysmalobium granitiolum. 
A small tree in the river bed. 
Borraginacee. 
Cordia sp. Kpetellahen (Mendi). 
It is a large tree growing on river banks. The bark is 
edible. 
Verbenacee. 
Vitex grandifolia. 
Some of this species yield timber, vegetables, edible fruits 
and medicaments. 
Vitex Cienkowskii.* Heinokohun (Mendi). 
A tall tree growing at the edge of the forest. 
Vitex doniana.* Lubei (Mendi). 
A small tree growing in the savannah country in the Koina- 
