108 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
Violacee. 
Alsodeia. Notonima (Ashanti). 
A shrubbery tree of little value. 
Smeathmannia pubescens. 
A shrubby tree with conspicuous white flowers. 
Flacourtiacez 
Oncoba echinata. 
A small tree with white cauline flowers. 
Oncoba Gilgiana. 
A large shrub. 
Oncoba dentata. 
A small tree. 
Rawsonia spinosa. 
A medium-sized tree. 
Smeathmannia pubescens. 
A shrubby tree with conspicuous white flowers. 
Lecythidacez. 
Napoleona Vogelii. 
A small tree, grows by river banks. The wood is easily 
worked. Fruit edible. 
Rhizophoracee. 
Anopyzxis ealenis. Kokoti (Wassaw); Anchi or Kokoti (Fanti) ; 
Abari (Apollonian). 
Good timber-tree, much used for fuel. 
Combretacee. 
Combretum Afzelia. 
Found near rivers. 
Laguncularia racemosa. 
White Mangrove. Grows in swamps. 
Anogeissus leiocarpus. 
A tall tree, from 30 to 50 feet in height. The roots are used 
as chew-sticks. The heartwood very durable, brown or blackish- 
brown. The grey ash of sap and heart woods used as a mordant. 
Tannin and gum obtained from this tree. 
Combretum Zenkerit. 
A large, shrubby tree. 
Combretum sp. Esseah or Essia (general West Coast). 
The “ Stinkwood ” Tree. 
Terminalia sp. Emril, or Emil or Emiri (general West Coast). 
The wood is used locally for shingles. In intermediate 
forests. Branches in tiers or whorls. A huge tree, bark black. 
