186 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
Hymenocardia ulmoides. Taboia (Atakpame) ; Bila (Afem). 
Height 130 to 162} feet. 
Uapaca Togoensis. Egba (Ewe); Kidgeling (Tschandjo) ; Nagudi 
(Atakpame). 
A prairie tree of medium size. Beautiful brown-coloured 
wood ; used for firewood. 
Uapaca Heudelotii. Oli (Atakpame). 
Grows in the terraced woods. Useful in building. 
Alchornea cordifolia. Tschuféu (Tschandjo) ; Awowlo (Atakpame). 
A small prairie tree. The hollow twigs are used in pipe- 
making. 
Sapium Guineense. 
Sapium Kerstingit. 
Sapium Mannianum. 
These three trees are not of much importance. 
Ricinodendron Africanus. 
Vegetable oils and fats obtained from this tree. The wood 
is soft and used for fuel. 
Anacardiacee. 
Mangifera Indica. 
Mango tree. <A greyish wood, useful for building 
purposes. 
Anacardium occidentale. Atisia (Ewe). 
Reddish, fairly hard wood, used in boat-building, also for 
charcoal. 
Spondias lutea. Kinyelu (Tschandjo); Akiko or Agliko (Atak- 
pame) ; Nayile (Konkomba). 
Tall, slender tree. The fruit is edible, yellow, and downy. 
Abundant in the prairies, now introduced in many localities. 
Bright-coloured wood, fairly hard and heavy. 
Pseudospondias microcarpa. Onyangba (Atakpame). 
Stately tree, 65 feet in height. Nothing is known of the 
wood. 
Lannea acida. Eknalokpoe (Ewe); Kala (Tschandjo); Tyétébu 
(Mangu) ; Asogedaka (Atakpame). 
A common tree in the prairies. The greyish hard wood is 
used by the natives for arm-rings, chairs, etc. 
Lannea Barteri. Tingbatau or Patandeu (Tschandjo); Bénature 
(Mangu) ; Aki (Atakpame.) 
This tree has a characteristic spiral bark. It grows to a 
height of 65 feet, with reddish edible fruit. 
Hematostaphis Barteri. 
Has a beautiful fruit of a delicious flavour, the blood-plum 
of Sierra Leone. The wood has not yet been tried. 
