128 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
Sansevieria cylindrica. 
6} feet long. Fibres useful in commerce. Bowstring hemp. 
Aloe Barteri. 
Aloe Buetineri. 
Fibre from leaves of both Aloes. 
Amaryllidacee. : 
Agava Sisalana. 
Mauritius hemp. 
Both have been introduced into Togo. Fibre used in 
weaving. 
Taccacee. 
Tacca pinnatifida. Dzogbenyabo (Ewe) ; Ludjii (Tschandjo) ; Boti 
(Dyakossi). 
Used as a vegetable, having tubers like a potato, about the 
size of the fist. Leaves much divided. Fibres used in weaving 
all sorts of articles. 
Musacez. 
Wild bananas. 
Mohammedan rosaries are made from the seeds. 
Musa textilis. 
Fibre much used. 
Marantacez. 
Aframomum. 
Leaves for roofs. 
Clinogyne flexuosa. Fita (Haussa); dworom (Asante). 
Leaves used in paper-making. 
Ulmacez. 
Celtis Prantlit. 
Dwarf variety. Bark fibre very much used. 
Celtis integrifolia. Tyentyem (Mangu); Diki (Haussa); Kokoja 
(Losso) ; Patakli (Atakpame). 
130 to 162} feet high. Wood not very good. 
Moracez. 
Chlorophora excelsa. Logo asagu (Ewe); Ssire (Tschandjo) ; 
Ukloba (Akposso) ; Odum (Asante); Sserre (Kratschi); Roco 
(Dahomey). 
130 to 195 feet high. From 39 to 65 feet in circumference. 
- One of the highest trees in the Colony. One of the most useful 
trees of West Africa for building purposes and furniture. 
