LIBERIA 75 
Carapa Gayensis. 
This tree supplies a good timber; the oily seeds are used 
in medicine. 
Pseudocedrela. Cedar Mahogany or African Walnut. 
The tree is 65 feet in height, wood used for building 
purposes and for furniture ; not very common. It should be a 
useful export timber. 
Trichilia Heudelotii. 
A small tree; wood easy to work; not well known. 
Khaya grandis. Benin Mahogany. 
A fine tree, sometimes attaining the height of 130 feet, 
and 14 feet in diameter. The trunk has slight root flanges. 
The wood of a beautiful surface, a most valuable wood in 
furniture and carriage making. 
Guarea Africana. Satin Mahogany 
Grain similar to mahogany and might be sold for it. Should 
be a useful export wood. 
Pynertia ealensis. 
Not very well known; flowers in long, showy panicles. 
Euphorbiacee. 
Ricinodendron Heudelotii. % Mahogany. 
Sold as mahogany. The wood is used locally for boat- 
building. The tree seeds readily, so could easily be planted. 
Hasskarlia didymostemon. 
Attains the height of 40 to 80 feet ; leaves yellowish-green 
and yellow catkins. Not well known. 
Oldfieldia Africana. Real African Oak. 
A tall, fine tree, with a bole of 50 feet and girth of 16 feet. 
Most useful in boat-building, especially for the keels. It 
seeds very readily. Many years ago it was exported as teak 
(1827-35), though this afterwards ceased. 
Anacardiacee. 
Mangifera. Mango species, Greenheart. 
The Mango Tree, very plentiful. It attains a girth of 
12 feet. A greyish wood used for building purposes. 
Mangifera sp. Bush Pawpaw. 
Used in building. 
Mangifera sp. Whitewood. 
Used in building. 
Odina acida. 
A small deciduous, glabrous tree; the powdered bark, mixed 
with other substances, used as a paint for the face. 
