130 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
Cleistopholis patens. Baledia or Welengéle (Tschandjo) ; Nuso or 
Aru (Atakpame). 
Height 32} feet to 65 feet. Wood light—used for barrels 
and drums—of a grey colour. 
Hexalobus morepetalus. Tschabola buanda (Tschandjo) ; Tumba- 
laka (Atakpame). 
Grows to large tree in Gallery Forests—small in Savannah. 
No trial of wood made yet. 
Xylopia ethiopica. Tso (Ewe); Ssosi (Tschandjo). 
Light yellow wood of flexible nature, used for masts of boats. 
Xylopia parviflora. Tschabolabunda (Tschandjo). 
Root wood takes place of cork. 
Xylopia Eminii. Akatapuressosi (Tschandjo). 
Fairly large tree, wood reddish, used for furniture. 
Anona sp. 
Root wood of all the species forms a substitute for cork. 
Myristicacez. 
Pycnanthus Kombo. Obala (Atakpame). 
Soft wood. Used in box-making. 
Capparidacez. 
Crateva religiosa. Anamolum (Tschandjo); Dengma (Mangu) ; 
Tschengunga (Asante). Wood can be turned easily—like 
boxwood in appearance. 
Rosacee. 
Parinarium ccuratellifolium. Molemdle (Tschandjo); Insofani- 
woche (Mangu) ; Pétepote (Kratschi) ; Yafo (Kpedyi). 
Trees of stunted appearance in Savannah, but growing 
higher in better soil. Wood is oak-like and very hard—uniform 
texture. Used for wooden pegs or pins, and*other purposes 
in building, when durability is important. 
Parinarium subcordatum. Bende noso (Tschandjo); Insuopangi 
(Mangu) ; Pekire (Losso). 
Used for rafters in roofs by the natives of Mangu. 
Parinarium polyandrum. Bende noso (Tschandjo). 
Parinarium mobola. 
Never attains any great height. 
Parinarium Kerstingii. 
Attains much greater height than the last, a tree worthy 
of notice. 
Leguminos2. 
Albizzia Brownti. Pangalan (Tschandjo). Kokpara (Atakpame). 
Large, handsome forest tree, with greyish-green cracked 
