104 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
Odina sp. 
A small, uncommon tree. 
Pseudospondias microcarpa. 
A fair-sized tree, not unlike the Spondias lutea. 
Trichoscypha. 
A small tree, little known. 
Celastiacee. 
Salacia debilis. 
A tall shrub, 20 feet in height. 
Icacinacee. 
Apodytes Beninensis. 
A small tree, little known. 
Sapindacez. 
Blighia sapida. Takwadua (Twi); Takwadua (Wassaw). 
Often planted near villages. A useful shade tree, and part 
of the fruit edible, called Akee. In the forest a good-sized, 
straight tree. Timber excellent; hard, good grain, and easily 
worked. 
Paullinia pinnate. 
A small tree or shrub. 
Phialodiscus unijugata. 
Small tree. Wood of little account. 
Lecaniodiscus. 
Small tree. Wood of little account. 
Eriocelum. 
A river-side tree. 
Aphania. 
Small tree, little. known. 
Deinbollia insignis. 
Small tree, little known. 
Melianthacee. 
Bersama Chippii. 
A small ornamental tree with sweet-scented flowers. 
Rhamnacee. 
Zizyphus Spina-Christt. 
A small tree with edible fruit. Wood very useful in cabinet- 
work. 
Lasiodiscus. 
A small, little-known tree. 
Zizyphus mucronata. 
A small tree of the savannah forests. 
