TOGO 131 
bark. Wood fairly hard. Light sapwood, dark brownish 
heartwood. 
Albizzia Angolensis. Atikuzé (Ewe). Ktipausstito (Tschandjo). 
Height 97} feet. Diameter 4] feet. 
Albizzia fastigata. Asihué (Atakpame). 
The Albizzias are all proof against the termites on account 
of their hardness. Wood of A. fastigata used for the felloes 
of wheels. 
Acacia catechu. 
Acacia Arabica. Magarua or Bagarua (Hausa). 
About 194 feet in height. Characteristic tree of the Steppe 
north of Oti. .Numerous. 
Acacia suma. Gudjépupii or Gudzawuwu (Ewe); Chrinika (Atak- 
pame). 
Height 324 feet. Yellowish-white wood, heavy and very 
hard ; used for agricultural implements. 
Dichrostachys nutans. Ssossdsi (Tschandjo) ; Beniti (Agome). 
Hard wood—dark heartwood, almost black—used for 
making walking-sticks. 
Prosopis oblonga. Ak&ka (Ewe); Pato (Tschandjo); Pangi 
(Mangu); Kaki (Atakpame); Kpdanena (Kratschi). 
Hard wood—termite-proof. Young branches used for 
handles of axes and hatchets. 
Tetrapleura Thoningii. Prékese (Ewe). 
A stately tree, only known in Akposso at present. The 
wood not yet much used. 
Piptadenia Kerstingii. Kapaussuto (Kabure). 
Huge tree—stands singly. Blossoms in January, when it 
is leafless. Fruit appears in April. 
Piptadenia Africana. Alagbéta (Atakpame). 
Wood doubtless of great value. 
Entanda Abyssinia. Ondutu (Tschandjo); Kiria (Hausa) ; Kets- 
chikantscha (Kratschi). 
Tree stunted, leafless in the dry season. Wood spongy, not 
of much value. , 
Entanda scandens. Klokpakpa (Ewe). 
The well-known Liana, with husks 3} feet long, growing 
abundantly in the coast provinces. The fibre is much used in 
the making of nets, ropes, etc. 
Parkia Africana. Wo (Ewe); Ssuto (Tschandjo); Dorana 
(Haussa) Sorofio (Asante) ; Gotschéne (Kratschi). 
Height 65 feet. The hard. heavy, pale yellowish wood, locust- 
wood of Sierra Leone. In commerce known as Caindah wood. 
Parkia filicoidea. Ena (Atakpame). 
Grows plentifully on the coast of Atakpame. 
