76 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
Spondias lutea. 
A tall, glabrous tree, with yellow, plum-like fruits, which 
are edible. They are often made into a refreshing drink. The 
wood bright-coloured and hard; it has the useful quality of 
growing when put in as fence posts. 
Sapindacez. 
Blighia sapida. Akee. 
A useful shade tree near dwellings, growing to the height 
of 9734 feet. Wood light yellow in colour. 
Allophyllus Africana. 
A small, common tree with hard, blackish fruit, growing 
along the coast of Grand Basa; wood useful in many ways. 
Dodonea viscosa. 
A small tree having viscid branchlets saturated with resin, 
which serve as torches. The wood is used for engraving and 
in turnery. 
Malvacee. 
Gossypium Peruvianum. Kidney-tree Cotton. 
These African cotton-plants are still imperfectly known. 
Probably used locally. 
Bombacacee. 
Eriodendron anfractuosum. Cotton Tree. 
Grows to the height of 160 feet. Smooth, bright grey 
bark, having cracked appearance. Wood not of much value 
in commerce. Handsome, brilliant crimson flowers. 
Bombax Buonopozense. Red Cotton Tree. 
A large deciduous tree, often attaining 162 feet in height, 
with tuberculate, prickly bark and scarlet flowers with firm, 
velvety petals. Wood of little value in commerce. 
Sterculiacee. 
Sterculia oblonga. Yellow Wood. 
A tree of medium height, the wood soft, and fibre strong 
and tough. Exudes gum. 
Sterculia sp. 
Fruit edible, the oily seeds used medicinally. 
Triplochiton. 
Fruit winged, flowers panicled, leaves ragged. 
