THE GOLD COAST 97 
Piptadenia Africana. Dahomah (Twi); Odahuma (Wassaw). 
Feathery foliage. Fruit a pod 1 foot long, 1 inch broad. 
A common forest tree; hard timber, good for railway 
sleepers. 
Cylicodiscus Gabonensis? Denya (Twi); Odenya (Wassaw). 
Very large tree of the evergreen forests. 
Daniellia Ogea. Ahedua (Twi). 
Gum Copal. 
Pentaclethra. macrophylla. Atawah or Althawah (Twi); Ekuana 
(Fanti). 
The Oil-bean Tree. Fruit edible ; vegetable oils and fats. 
Timber hard, suitable for turnery. 
Detarium sp. Biunwe (Twi). 
A gigantic forest tree. Timber good. 
Detarium sp. Bowiwunua (Twi). 
Much like the first. Timber good. 
Detarium Senegalensis. Bowiwasi (Fanti). 
Not so large as other species; doubtful if the timber would 
be durable on exposure to the atmosphere. 
Parkia filicoidea. 
Fruit edible. The Locust-bean Tree. Savannah forests. 
Peltophorum sp. Memchin (Apollonian). , 
Bauhinia reticulata. 
The bast fibres are very long and tough; used as ropes by 
the natives. 
Paradaniella thurifera. 
Balsam Copaiba Tree—wood oil. Timber of little value. 
Tetrapleura Thonningit Prekese. 
Feathery-leaved tree. Four-angled fruit (pod), edible. 
Used for medicinal purposes. Wood of medium hardness. 
Xylia Evansii. Samanta (Twi); Samantawa (Fanti). 
Pithecolobium altissimum. Augwameatee (Aowin). 
A medium-sized tree, growing on river banks. A good 
shade tree. 
Afrormosia laxiflora. Duakobin or Duabayi (general West 
Coast). 
A large tree. Timber good, reddish colour; has been sold 
in Liverpool as satinwood. Canoes made from it. 
Afzelia Africana. Opapao (Twi); Papao (Ashanti); Opapao 
(Akwapim). 
A first-class, durable tree. Timber very valuable. The 
dominant tree of the savannah forests. Pod 4 to 7 inches 
long. Used for railway sleepers, furniture, and building 
purposes. 
Afzelia fastigata . 
