120 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
and since that time seeds have been sown, and this proved a great 
success. Eight species of trees have been used to form these plan- 
tations : 
(1) Teak, Tectona grandis. 
(2) Afzelia Africana, also called Rhodesia Mahogany or Apa. 
(3) Sasswood, Erythrophleum Guineense. 
(4) African Mahogany, Khaya Senegalensis. 
(5) Khaya Klainii, Mahogany. 
(6) Iroko, Chlorophora excelsa. 
(7) Kapok, Ceiba pentandra. 
(8) Anogetssus Leiocarpus, Chew-stick Tree. 
One-sixth of the total area, however, has been planted with teak ; 
in all, 491,300 seedlings. The Erythrophleum seedlings are most 
numerous, the wood of this species being hard, durable and termite 
resisting. It has been used with great success for piles and trestles 
in bridge-building. 
Afzelia and the two mahoganies will be valuable and useful 
timbers, especially the mahoganies, as they are indigenous to the 
country, and there is not the element of speculation attending 
introduced trees. 
In addition to the eight chief species named above, a few specimens 
of Detarium Guineense (the Dita fruit of Sierra Leone) and Cynometra 
were planted, but their growth is slow. A mixed crop, consisting 
of Parkia filicoidea, the Locust Tree, Prosopis oblonga, Anogetssus 
leiocarpus and Detarium Guineense (Senegalense), has also been 
planted. 
The mixture is a good one, but the growth has been slow. The 
general appearance of the area where teak has been planted, in spite 
of the fact that the bush was left standing, is that of a teak plantation, 
for the teak has outgrown all the indigenous trees and formed a 
complete thicket. 
Owing to the lack of drainage in the soil, as well as attacks of 
the borer, the Khaya Senegalensis has grown slowly. Slow growth 
is noticed also in the Apa, Afzelia Africana, but that seems to be typical 
of the tree. 
During the first year the cost of planting (including building and 
labour) worked out at £4 4s. an acre, but by the third year this amount 
was reduced to £1 2s. The valuation of the whole plantation is at 
least. £10,000. 
The second Forest Department’s afforestation area is Mo-Kamaa, 
which is being planted in a similar manner and with similar planting 
methods to the area situated near the Haho-Baloé. Tax labour has 
been used to a large extent in these plantations. The situation is 
particularly suitable for planting operations, owing to its being pro- 
