LIST OF INDIGENOUS TREES AND RUBBER VINES 
(From Mr. H. N. Thompson’s Report on the Gold Coast Forests.) 
Pandanacee. 
Pandanus sp. Ntung (Fanti); Ntung (Ashanti); Ndau (Apollo- 
nian) ; Ndau (Aowin) ; Ekpa (Krepi). 
Screw Pine. Often found near villages on the coast and 
where drier conditions prevail, in sheltered spots. Reaches 
height of 30 feet. Leaves used in mat-making. 
Graminee. 
Bamboo sp. 
Some of these attain a great height. Used for many purposes 
by the natives. 
Cyperacez. 
Bulbostylis barbata. 
Bulbostylis laniceps. 
Quite small trees. 
Palme. 
Ancistrophyllum sp. Eye (Fanti). 
Large kind of rattan. Scandent palm 
Borassus flabellifer. Makube (Fanti); Makube (Ashanti); Kube 
(Akwapim); Malankwi (Apollonian); Ago (Quitta); Ago 
(Krepi) ; Ago (Accra). 
Borassus ethiopica. 
The wood, exclusive of pith, extremely hard. Ffericarp of 
nut edible. Savannah forests. 
Raphia vinifera. Adube and Doka (Fanti); Doka (Ashanti) ; 
‘Tombo (general West Coast); Doka (Apollonian); Doka 
(Aowin) ; Alati (Quitta); Alati (Krepi). 
Raphia Hookert. 
Wine (from stem) and bamboo palm. Piassava fibre 
prepared from the rachis and the leaves. poles from bamboo 
in building; pinne for baskets and thatch. Seed beaten to 
pulp thrown in water to catch fish. 
Eleis Guineensis. Abe (Fanti); Arere, Abeletia (Apollonian) ; 
Beteng (Aowin) ; Ede (Quitta); Ede (Krepi). 
Oil Palm of commerce Derived from this tree, also, the chief 
supply of palm wine and piassava fibre. The coast natives 
use the leaf rachis for building and the leaves for thatch. 
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