THE GOLD COAST 105 
Vitacez. 
Leea. 
A small tree of the savannah forests. Fruit edible. 
Tiliaces. 
Grewia carpinifolia. 
Glyphea Grewioides. 
Triumfetia sp. 
Three small fibre-yielding trees. The Grewia has brilliant 
yellow flowers. 
Malvacez. 
Hibiscus tiliaceus. 
A yellow-flowered tree. Wood durable under water. 
Thespesia populuea. ¥Fref (Fanti); Eijan (Apollonian). 
A small tree growing on sea-shore. 
Bombacacesze. 
Bombax Buonopozense. Akata (Twi); Akata (Denkira); Ekuba 
(Apollonian) ; Eku (Aowin) ; Kafro (Grunchi) ; Agutesi (Krepi) ; 
Akronkron (Accra). , 
The Silk Cotton Tree. Red-flowered. A tall tree with hori- 
zontal branches with spiny protuberances. Grows in the mixed 
forests. It yields a kapok (fibre) similar to the Eriodendrons. 
Bombax brevicuspe. Kuntunkun (Twi); Kuntunkuni (Denkira). 
A new species of cotton-tree. Timber used for canoes, 
bark for dye, and cotton for native pillows. 
Bombaz ap. Eku (Twi); Nyi-nu-kobin (general West Coast) ; 
Akata (Denkira) ; Ekuba (Apollonian) ; Ekui (Aowin); Kafro 
(Grunchi) ; Agutesi (Krepi) ; Akronkron (Accra). 
This species is confined to the rain forests of the maritime 
zone. 
Adansonia digitata. 
The Baobab Tree. The pulp of the fruit is eaten by the 
natives; flavour acid. The seeds are washed, pounded and 
steeped in water for ten days. The North-west Ashanti natives 
use it to flavour soup. This tree is very rich in wood fibre, 
which realises from £9 to £10 per ton, and is of great com- 
mercial value. A gouty-looking tree, and grows in open 
country, rocky soil. 
Eriodendron anfractuosum. Ongina (Twi); Enyena (Wassaw) ; 
Onyina or Enyena (Fanti); Enyena (Ashanti); Enyenga 
(Apollonian) ; Enyo (Aowin) ; Gung (Grunchi) ; Ofwho (Quitta) ; 
Ofwho (Krepi). 
The white-flowered silk cotton-tree of the fringing forests, 
