TOGO 139 
Firmiana Barteri. Tschingbelika (Tschandjo). 
From 130 to 162} feet high. The regular, pyramidal-shaped 
trunk ends in plank-like roots. The natives make cups and 
bowls and floats from the wood. The flowers are a beautiful 
scarlet, appearing before the leaves. 
Ochnacee. 
Ochna Afzeliit. Tanam (Tschandjo). 
Moderately high tree, with hard, beautifully-marked bright 
brown wood. Used in turning and table-making. 
Lophira alata. Parapara (Tschandjo) ; Akpakpla (Anago) ; Otugba 
(Akposso); Kekrefunde (Asante); Belengbe (Kratschi) ; 
Kotublassu (F5) 
A very common tree of the prairies, so much like the Shea 
butter as to be frequently mistaken for it. The wood is hard, 
heavy, and dark, reddish-brown, and sold as African oak. 
Guttifere. 
Pentadesma Kerstingii. Budyoni (Tschandjo). 
Grows on the wooded banks of streams. A tall, slender 
tree with lightish brown wood, very similar in texture to that 
of the Ochnacee family. Used by the natives in various ways. 
Dipterocarpacee. 
Monotes Kerstingii. Kesang (Tschandjo). 
Height about 48? feet. It is found frequently in the 
prairies. Easily recognized by the likeness of its leaf to a 
curved hollow of a hand. The wood is only useful for burning. 
Flacourtiacee. 
Oncoba spinosa. Kpoe (Ewe); Kruti (Tschandjo); Kongowura 
(Kotokoli). 
A tall, thorny shrub, with white rose-like flowers. The wood 
is capable of taking a good polish, used in inlaying. 
Caloncoba Gilgiana. Efiohlé (Ewe). 
A fair-sized tree. The wood is also used for inlaying. 
Rhizophoracez. 
Rhizophora mangle. Woto or Atrati (Ewe). 
Rhizophora mucronata. 
Little is yet known of the mangroves of Togo. The Rhizo- 
phora mucronata of East Africa has a reddish brown wood, 
hard and heavy, but easily worked ; used in building. 
Combretacez. 
Combretum sokodense. Ssissiku (Tschandjo). 
Flourishes in pasture land and by streams. The bark is 
