78 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
Flacourtiacez. 
Smeathmannia levigata. 
Smeathmannia sp. 
The buds are single, growing in the axils of the leaves. 
Leaves toothed. There are fifteen species of this tree; not 
very common. Wood of little value. 
Rhizophoracez. 
Rhizophora mangle. 
The Mangrove species. It grows in swamps or on the banks of 
rivers of Liberia. The wood is hard and heavy but easily 
worked; much used for poles and firewood, the bark in 
tanning. 
Rhizophora racemosa. 
The Mangrove species. Very similar to the above. 
Myrtacez. 
Psidium guajava. Guava. 
A small tree growing near Monrovia. Fruit edible, the 
well-known Guava of commerce. 
Sapotacee. 
Mimusops sp. The Bobby Water or Benin Mahogany. 
A very common kind of Mahogany, attaining a bole of 
50 feet and girth of 12 feet. It will grow at a higher elevation 
than most forest trees. Wood very useful in the making of 
furniture. 
Mimusops lacera. African Pearwood. 
A tall, fine-looking tree, with good bole. It would pay to 
plant these unsparingly. It grows well near the coast. The 
hard, red wood is very useful and most valuable in furniture- 
making, inlaying, veneering, etc. 
Chrysophyllum sp. 
A tree of medium height. Fruit edible. The wood not 
well known in commerce. 
Sideroxylon longistylum. 
This tree supplies a good timber. The fruit is edible. 
Omphalocarpum. 
A kind of Guttapercha is obtained from this tree. It 
supplies also a good, useful timber. 
Apocynacee. 
Rauwolfia vomitoria. Swizzle-stick. 
A good workable timber is obtained from it. Stone fruit. 
