60 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
dugu district. An ink made from the leaves is used by the 
Mohammedan teachers. 
Vitex micrantha.* Fevei (Mendi). 
A tree reaching a height of 70 feet and 2 feet 6 inches at 
the base. The timber is useful for many purposes. The 
Mohammedan teacher has his school slates made from it. 
Vitex oxycuspis.* f 
A small tree. 
Avicennia Africana.* 
A small tree growing in the mangrove swamps. 
Premna hispida.* Kafei (Mendi). 
A small tree. A decoction for ulcerated mouths is made 
from the leaves. 
Bignoniacez. 
Spathodea campanulata.* Tulip Tree. 
It is a large tree yielding timber, edible seeds and medica- 
ments. It is also used as an ornamental tree. 
Newbouldia levis.* Anyolo (Timani) ; Bogi Ponamagbei (Mend). 
It is a tree reaching a height of 40 feet. Its use is prin- 
cipally medicinal. The root and leaves are used for scrotal 
elephantiasis, and a decoction from the bark is applied to sore 
feet. It is much used for quick fences, as it grows readily from 
stakes. 
Kigelia.* 
A tree 50 feet in height. 
Stereospermum leonense.* 
A medium-sized tree bearing pink blossoms. 
Rubiacee. 
Morinda sp.? citrifolia.* Brimstone. Ketum (Timani); Bundwi 
Bundui (Mendi). 
This tree grows to a height of 150 feet, and has been found 
with a bole of 50 feet, a girth of 16 to 20 feet, and diameter of 
5 feet without any branches. The wood is of a bright yellow 
colour, commonly used for weather-boards. It is sold near 
Freetown at 10s. per 100 feet. Its English name is given 
because of the peculiar colour of the wood. Its durability 
and ant-resisting qualities have given it a high place among 
the local timbers. It is used for building wooden vessels, 
mortars, etc. It will shoot up from the stump, so a good deal 
of small timber is obtained from old farms. Neither its colour 
nor grain make it of any worth for export. The bark is made 
into a decoction for malaria, and the natives after marching 
bathe their feet in the water in which it has been boiled. 
