100 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
Distemonanthus Benthamiam. 
Licastaphyllum Brownet. 
A small white-flowered tree. 
Erythrina Senegalensis. 
A medium-sized tree, found chiefly in the dry parts. It 
has very ornamental scarlet flowers. 
Linacee. 
Hugonia acuminata. 
Hugonia Planchoni. 
Hugonia playsepala. 
Hugonia octhocosum. 
The Hugonia species are all small trees growing on the 
sea-shore, 
Rutacee. 
Zanthoxylum Senegalense. Ainyere (Apollonian). 
Timber good quality. Bark used medicinally. A tree of 
the fringing forests—from a shrub on the sea-shore to a tree of 
40 feet in height inland. 
Simarubacee. 
Hannoa Klaineana. Feutia (Aowin). 
A medium-sized tree. Timber soft. 
Irvingia sp. Okurii (Ashanti). 
Yields a latex copious white when tapped, but turning red 
on exposure. Used as a rubber adulterant. 
Irvingia Barterii. 
One of the species that bears the Dika Nut or Wild Mango 
of commerce. Edible. Vegetable oils and fats. 
medium size. 
Harrisonia Abyssinia. 
A small tree. 
Tree of 
Bursuracee. 
Boswellia Klaineana. 
The Ehye or Incense Tree. Timber good. 
Santiriopsts. 
Timber good. 
Meliacee. 
Khaya anthotheca. Kwabohri (Twi); Akwabohori (Fanti); Kwa- 
boho (Ashanti). 
White Mahogany. Medium-sized tree ; timber good. 
