142 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
Diospyros mombuttensis. Lii-nuwasaure (Tschandjo) ; Etjannaka 
(Akposso). 
A tree growing only from small to moderate size on the 
hill slopes, with a bright-red fruit—a thorn-bearing tree. The 
wood is durable and hard, used for shovels, walking-sticks, 
rafters, etc., and the flexible branches in the making of traps. 
Diospyros tricolor. 
One of the most frequent trees on the shore and prairies of 
the coast region, growing only to the height of a man. It has 
a yellowish-red three-sided fruit; the stem seldom attains 
more than the thickness of the finger. It is used for walking- 
sticks. A hard white wood. 
Maba Warneckii. 
A fair-sized noticeable tree, rarely found, and little known. 
Oleacee. 
Linociera nilotica. 
A small, unimportant tree. The wood is light brown, of 
even texture, and great durability. 
Loganiacee. 
Strychnos Buettneri. Kongofura (Tschandjo). 
Strychnos laxa. Wagbebé (Ewe); Naprdmpdgo (Dyakossi) ; Egbo 
(Atakpame) ; Géngévi (Kpedyi) ; Yokharatigu (Dagomba). 
Both these trees have a strong stem of bright-coloured wood, 
with a fine grain, and should be of value. The fruit of the 
Buettneri is edible, something like an orange. 
Strychnos pubescens. Kongé (Tschandjo). 
The natives only use it as firewood. 
Anothocleista Kerstingit. Kuwondéii (Tschandjo); Egu (Atakpame). 
Height 97} feet, growing in the terraced or gallery woods, 
and also in small groves. The trunk is very straight at first, 
then widely branched. The trunk of the young trees is marked 
with leaf-scars; the leaves attain the length of 4} feet, and are 
used by the natives as quivers for their arrows. The white, 
easily-worked wood is used for many purposes. 
Apocynacez. 
Holarrhena Wulfenbergii. 
A tall tree of the Agome Mountains and the coast forests of 
Sokodé-Bassari, also found singly near villages and farms. The 
white wood is fairly heavy and easily worked, used in carving 
figures, etc. 
Conopharyngia crassa. 
A tree of varying height, with drooping branches. Found 
only in Misahohe. 
