182 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
Parkia biglobosa. 
Height 97} feet. Bark from a clear grey to dark brown, 
much furrowed. 
Erythrophlawm Guineense. Tsa (Ewe); Kekétu (Tschandjo). 
Wood much valued for its heartwood and because of its 
rarity. Withstands the attacks of termites, and therefore 
much used in house and ship building, wheels for gun-carriages, 
etc. Takes a foremost place in export of wood. 
Burkea Africana. Tschisili (Tschandjo) ; Kiriandutschi (Haussa) ; 
Esseresu opirimi (Asante); Atakpla (Atakpame); Kinkiri 
(Kratschi). 
Height 78 feet. Broad crown. Leaves covered with silky 
hairs ; wood used by the natives for sword handles. 
Cynometra megalophylla. Agumu& (Tschandjo). 
Found in the coast forests. 
Cynometra Afzelii. 
Cynometra sp. 
Detarium microcarpum. Depapaté (Tschandjo) ; Naparli (Mangu) 
Kokpakpa (Kratschi) ; Ziklu (Misahche). 
A very heavy wood of a brown colour. Used in boat-building. 
Detarium Senegalense. 
Has a larger fruit than the D. microcarpum. A beautifully 
marked hard wood. Grows to a great height. Found exclu- 
sively on the coast. 
Detarium Guineense. 
Tamarindus indica. Keditia (Tschandjo); Samia (Haussa) ; 
Tamarese (Asante) ; Képu (Kratschi). 
Grows near farms and in the prairies. A clear-coloured 
wood—very heavy to work ; will not float in water ; used for 
mill-wheels, powder coal, etc. 
Afzelia Africana. Papac (Ewe); Welu (Tschandjo); Apakka 
(Anago) ; Ukpami (Akposso) ; Kao (Haussa) ; Papau (Asante) ; 
Kebarre (Kratschi) ; Kpakpa (F%6). 
Height 482 feet. A very beautifully marked wood. Proof 
against attacks of termites; much valued in building and for 
table-making, also mortars for crushing yams. 
Daniellia thurifera. Lipiti or Dsati (Ewe) ; Tschato (Tschandjo) ; 
Orokpo (Anago); Auwolo (Akposso); Masche (Haussa) ; 
Saingja (Asante) ; Kenjang (Kratschi) ; Sa (FO). 
Height from 65 to 97} feet. Common in the prairies. The 
sapwood is white, and the heartwood reddish and very hard. 
Barrels are made from it. 
Berlinia Heudelotiana. Ademé or Baba (Ewe) ; Budau (Tschandjo) ; 
Kochoa (Kratschi). 
Large tree with white showy flowers, growing on banks of 
