74 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
Daniellia Ogea. Benin Gum Copal. 
Wood soft. When the tree has attained a large size, it 
is attacked by the boring beetle; the gum then exudes and 
falls to the ground, and is so collected. Value, 5d. or 6d. 
@ pound. 
Daniellia sp. Gum Copal sp. 
Very similar to the C. Ogea. 
Didelotia Englert. 
A small tree found in the humid woods of the coast. 
Polystemonanthus Dinklaget. 
A small tree growing on the banks of St. John’s River, 
Grand Basa. 
Xylia Evansii. 
Beautiful plumed trees; small heads of flowers. A pretty 
ornamental tree. 
Rutacee. 
Zanthorylon sp. Satinwood. 
Fairly hard wood, with rough, knotty bark in the shape 
of cone-like, woody protrusions. 
Zanthoxylon macrophyllum. Spiny Satinwood. 
Smaller than the last, but somewhat similar; the wood 
a very pretty yellow, with open grain. 
Citrus aurantium. Common Orange. 
A very ornamental tree. Leaves and buds used in per- 
fumery. Fruit edible, valuable for export. Timber useful 
in many ways. 
Simarubacee. 
Irvingia Barteri. Dika Nut or Borbor. 
The fruit is edible, seeds oily. Dika butter, dika bread 
and a kind of chocolate are made from it. The wood is 
also used. 
Burseracez. 
Canarium Schweinfurthii. 
Wood useful in commerce. The oily seeds are edible. 
Meliacee. 
Lovoa Klaineana. African Walnut. 
Has a shady crown of branches. A good shade tree. 
Carapa procera. Crabwood. 
A small tree cut and sold as cedar mahogany for building 
purposes. 
