72 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
Monodora myristica. Calabash Nutmeg. 
A small tree having showy flowers and aromatic seed ; the 
much esteemed Calabash Nutmeg of West Africa. 
Monodora tenuifolia. 
Found in the primary forests of Grand Basa. Very similar 
to the last; narrower leaved. 
Myristicacee. 
Pycnanthus Dinklaget. Muskat Nut. 
Tree reaches the height of 30 feet, with drooping branches. 
It supplies good timber and oily seeds. 
Pycnanthus kombo. 
The seeds of this variety contain 73 per cent. of fat and 
burn like a candle. 
Rosacez. 
Parinarium macrophyllum. Rough-skinned Plum. 
A very common tree, used locally for building purposes ; 
oak-like texture. Fruit yellow, the size of a goose-egg ; some- 
times called Gingerbread Plum. 
Parinarium excelsum. Wild Plum. 
Parinarium sp. Wild Plum. 
Also found in Sierra Leone. Used for building locally ; grain 
too open for export. P. excelsum and sp. very similar. 
Chrysobalanus icaco. Cocoa Plum. 
Chrysobalanus ellipticus. Cocoa Plum. 
A tall shrub or small tree, with greenish-purple edible fruit 
known as Cocoa Plums. These two are very similar; both 
found near Grand Basa. 
Leguminose. 
Lonchocarpus laxiflora. Mountain Mahogany. 
Supplies a good useful wood and dyes. It is also found 
in Sierra Leone. 
Lonchocarpus sericeus. 
An ornamental tree with downy twigs, reddish-violet 
papilionaceous flowers; wood hard and heavy, not very well 
known. Found in Grand Basa. 
Lonchocarpus Barteri. 
Similar to ZL. sericeus, but a loftier tree. 
Lonchocarpus Zenkeri. 
Entada scandens. Mackay or Sea Bean. 
The well-known liana, the fibre used in rope and net 
making. 
