THE GOLD COAST - 99 
Baphia nitida. 
A small tree, frequently found, except in the driest parts. 
The Camwood of commerce, though camwood is really the 
product of Pterocarpus. 
Dialium Guineense. 
Known as Sierra Leone Tamarind. Very local; fruit edible. 
Berlinia acuminata. 
Medium-sized tree. Gum obtained from it. Ornamental 
wood ; does not work well. 
Berlinia Auriculata. 
A small tree. 
Berlinia Heudelotiz. 
Medium height. Grows on river banks. 
Cassia bicapsularis. 
Cassia fistula. 
Tree much like a laburnum, of medium size. 
Cassia tora. 
Cassia alata. 
Flowers more brilliant then C. fistula. Found near villages. 
Cassia lophira. 
Cassia Sieberiana. 
Cassia Occidentalis. 
Milletia Thonningii. 
Milletia Zechiana. 
Bussea Occidentalis. 
A small tree with bright-yellow flowers. 
Newtonia insignis. 
A tall tree with very smooth bark. 
Calpocalyzx. 
A medium-sized tree of the evergreen forests. 
Lonchocarpus sericeus. 
Timber not much good ; branches for hoe-handles. 
Lonchocarpus cyanescens. 
The young leaves for making blue dye. 
Entada Soudanica. 
A small, spiky tree; grows in dry, open country. 
Entada Abyssinica. 
Grows in savannah forests. Small tree. 
Dichrostachys nutans. 
Ormosia laxiflora. 
A tree of about 30 feet in height, much gnarled and twisted. 
Copaifera salikounda. 
Cylicodiscus Gabunensis. Ajumkobi (Ashanti). 
Sold as greenheart in the Liverpool market: 90 or 100 
feet in height. Very much like Piptadenia Africana. 
