192 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
The chief cultivated Leguminose of the region are: Indigo, 
Indigofera arrecta and other spp., Arachis hypogaea, Vigna sineusis 
in numerous varieties, and Voandzeia subterranea. 
Rosace#& mainly by Parinarium curatellefolium, to which may be 
added P. polyandrum in the South and P. macrophyllum in the North. 
CoMBRETACEZ by several species of Terminalia, of which the com- 
monest are the Baushe (of more than one species) and the Kandari, 
T. macroptera ; more fully by a number of species of Combretum, which 
are trees often gum-yielding, and very typically by the Marike, 
Anogeissus letocarpus. 
Myrtace& by Hugenta Owariensis, a tree, and EH. coronata, a shrub. 
LyrHRacez by the “ henna” shrub, Lawsonia alba, and the weed 
of damp places, Ammannia Senegalensis. 
ARALIACEE by an interesting species, Cussonia Nigerica, a small 
tree of peculiar habit. 
RupiacezZ by Adina microcephala, a fair-sized tree by bush 
streams; by very numerous small trees and shrubs, e.g. Crossopteryx 
Kotschyana, Sarcocephalus Russegeri, Pavetta Barteri, Feretia canthioides, 
the Gardenia erubescens and the Gauden kura, G. ternifolia, the 
Giyaiya, Mitragyne Africana, typical of the islets of foliage clothing 
the grassy swamps, Moralia Senegalensis on stream-banks, and by more 
humble but abundant species of Oldenlandia, Spermacoce, Octodon, etc. 
SapotacEz by the Shea Butter Tree, Butyrospermum Parkii, 
probably the most characteristic member of the association. 
EBENACEz by the African Ebony, Diospyros mespiliformis. 
APOCYNACE typically by the arrow-poison woody climber Stro- 
phanthus sarmentosus, which is always wild, and S. hispidus, which is 
generally planted near villages—both species called Kwankwanni ; 
also by the more common and inferior rubber vine, Landolphia florida, 
and shrubs Carissa edulis and Cryptolepis Nigritiana, the woody twiners 
Tecazea Bartert and other spp., with numerous others. 
ASCLEPIADACEZ by the very typical giant milkweed Tumfafiya, 
Calotropis procera, probably always in association with man, the smaller 
undershrub Asclepias: lineolata, and several suffrutescent herbs with 
tuberous and sometimes edible rootstocks of the genera Xysmalobium 
and Schizoglossum. 
Loaaniacez by Sirychnos spinosa, S. alnifolia, and S. triclisioides, 
all shrubs or small trees. 
Boraainacez by Cordia Abyssinica, a small tree, the undershrub 
Trichodesma Africanum, three or four weeds of the genus Heliotro- 
pium, etc. 
BiGNoNIACEE by Stereospermum Kunthianum, a small tree, and 
the Aduruku, Newbouldia levis, confined to towns and rarely more 
than a tall, slender shrub ; the Rahaina or Rawuya, Kigelia Athiopica, 
occurs, but in an interrupted distribution. 
