TOGO 183 
rivers. Heavy wood of light brown colour. Only of secondary 
importance. 
Berlinia Kerstingii. Tau (Tschandjo). 
65 to 97} feet high, grows on open prairie. Wood used for 
rafters in house-building. 
Berlinia accuminata. 
Berlinia tomentosa. 
Bauhinia reticulata. Klo (Ewe); Baku (Tschandjo); Nyama 
(Mangu) ; Okokotaka (Asante); Tamenasi (Atakpame); Akl6 
(Anecho). 
Fairly heavy wood of dirty brown colour, easily worked. 
Very plentiful in the prairies. 
Dialium Guineense. Zigbli or Toé (Ewe); Mad& (Atakpame). 
32} to 483 feet high, valued as a wood for building, known 
as Black Tumbler or Velvet Tamarind on the market. 
Distemonanthus Benthamianus. 
One of the hardest woods of Togo, a gigantic tree. 
Cassia Siberiana. Gagamagati (Ewe) ; Tschamanu (Tschandjo). 
Grows best on dry, stony parts of the prairie. Light brown 
wood, extraordinarily hard, proof against termites. When 
burnt it causes headache. 
Swartzia Madagascariensis. Subando (Tschandjo). 
A small tree growing by river banks and on the prairies. 
Heartwood reddish black. 
Cordyla Africana. Kessing (Tschandjo). 
Wood used in table-making. 
Ormosia laxiflora. Kedeleaé or Kodoleaé (Tschandjo); Kokoro or 
Golloklo (Mangu) ; Obri (Asante); Kekpili (Kratschi) ; Akigre 
(Kpedyi). 
Beautiful clear brown wood, used by the natives for building. 
It is termite-proof. 
Baphia nitida. 
A small slender tree. Tons of the wood are sent yearly to 
.England as red dye-wood. 
Milletia atite. Atite (Ewe); Sso abalu (Tschandjo). 
Spread through all the colonies. Wood very uniformly 
marked of clear yellowish-white. 
Pterocarpus erinaceus. Doti (Ewe); Tim (Tschandjo); Segbe 
(Mangu) ; Keleyu (Kratschi). 
Used as a red dye. Height 65 feet. Very heavy wood of 
reddish-brown colour. Sold as teak—one of the best woods 
of commerce. 
Pterocarpus esculentus. Keruwowo (Tschandjo) ; Futu (Kirikiri). 
Smaller tree than the last, found in prairies. Wood fairly 
heavy and yellowish-white. 
