TOGO 137 
Heeria insignis. 
The wood is much valued in the making of specially good 
furniture. 
Sapindacee. 
Blighia sapida. Adza or Adja (Ewe); Peso (Tschandjo); Aki 
(Asante) ; Keka (Kratschi). 
The wood is light yellow, not of any value. Planted near 
houses as an orchard tree, and also for its shade. 97} feet in 
height. 
Eriocelum Kerstingii. Nimwau Peso (Tschandjo); Yevo-Gboma 
(Atakpame). 
97} feet in height in the coast forests. A good furniture 
and building wood. 
Talisiopsis oliviformis. Waogbim (Tschandjo). 
Perhaps identical with Zanha golungensis. 65 to 974 feet 
high, with reddish bark. Wood used for furniture and building. 
The fruit is downy, of an orange colour, and edible. 
Allophyllus Africanus. Weti (Atakpame) ; K6tia (Yendi). 
A small bushy tree. The wood used for cleaning the teeth. 
Useful for working in many ways. 
Melianthacee. 
Bersama Doeringii. 
This tree has aerial roots. The blossoms in long bunches 
of white flowers. 
Rhamnacee. 
Zizyphus Jujuba. 
A small shrub-like tree with edible berries. The wood is 
used in saddle-making and for agricultural implements. 
Zizyphus mucronatus. Pangbaingu (Tschandjo); Sausanyebui 
(Mangu). 
The wood is used in wagon-building. 
Tiliacez. 
Grewia gigantiflora. Adzadze (Ewe); Tolaba (Atakpame). 
Grewia villosa. Adzadze (Ewe); Yumba (Mangu). 
The natives use the wood for handles of spears. 
Malvacez. 
Thespesia populuea. 
The sap-wood is a bright red, and the hard heartwood a 
dark red ; used for carriage-building and furniture. 
