106 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
one of the largest trees of West Africa. The wood is very light, 
and should be useful in making light wood articles, such as 
boxes and toys, but there is no market for it at present. The 
fibre is good, and the wood should also make pulp in paper- 
making ; but there is no market, owing to the expense involved . 
in collecting it. 
Sterculiacee. 
Heritiera utilis. Awabima (Twi) ; Pteryyota Wawampe’e (Ashanti) ; 
N’yankon, Yankom or Yankun (general West Coast). 
Good timber-tree, medium-sized. 
Sterculia cordifolia. Wawapupuo (Twi); Duamenyi (Fanti). 
Tall tree; height, 60 to 100 feet. The wood of little value, 
as it is very soft. Found in the fringing and intermediate 
forests. 
Sterculia tomentosa. 
Height, 40 to 50 feet. Intermediate and fringing forests. 
The fruit grows in clusters, kidney shaped, with a dense, reddish 
tomentum. 
Sterculia Barterii. 
Flowers when the tree is leafless—appears covered with red 
flame. The wood is soft and of little value; it should make a 
good paper-pulp. The inner bark used to make rope. 
Sterculia tragacantha. 
A medium-sized tree. Wood of little worth. 
Triplochiton Johnsonti. Wawa or Wawwaw (Twi); Owawa 
(Wassaw). 
A good timber-tree. Bark used locally for roofing. Strong, 
works well and has satiny sheen. When used in exposed places 
it is subject to dry-rot. Tall, straight-growing tree. Should 
be useful for inside building. 
Cola Afzelia. 
Fringing forests. Monkey Cola. Fruit bright-red in colour, 
something like Kola. Tree grows to a height of 40 or 50 feet. 
Cola laurifolia. 
A very small species. 
Cola acuminata. Bessi (Ashanti); Esseri (Apollonian); Ewasi 
(Aowin) ;. Gwe (Grunchi) ; Evi (Quitta) ; Guru (Hausa). 
The Kola Nut of commerce is obtained from this tree. 
Cola caricifolia. 
Nansonia altissima. 
Timber-tree ; useful for domestic purposes. 
Cola cordifolia. 
Found in the savannah forests. 
Cola sublobata. 
