THE NIGERIAN TIMBER TREES 259 
valued at £7 per ton in Liverpool. It was difficult to get 
sufficient for a sample. 
Loranthacee. 
Loranthus  leptolopus. African Mistletoe, or Red-flowering 
Loranthus. 
Found in the Yoruba and Benin country. 
Menispermaceez. 
Cissampelos Owariensis. Ebewaki (Benin). 
A medicinal plant. 
Cissampelos Pariera (L.). Jokoye (Yoruba). 
It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve of the Abeokuta 
province of Nigeria. 
Anonacee. 
Enantia polycarpa (Kew). Abeokuta Bark, Kanda or Canta Bark. 
Ghido (Yoruba). 
Found in the Egba province. 
Enantia chlorantha. African Yellow Wood. Yaru (Yoruba) ; 
Ehranbabogo (Benin). 
It is a common tree of the Ondo, Benin, Owerri, Ogoja 
and Calabar provinces of Nigeria. 
It is a medium-sized tree, attaining a girth of 5 feet and 
a bole length of 25 feet. The most peculiar feature of the 
tree is the fruit, a bundle of reddish clubs all coming out of 
the twig at one point. The stem is dull green, with scattered 
lenticels here and there. The bole is uneven near the base 
and almost divided by large spurns, which makes it difficult 
to cut out a square log. Standing in dense shade usually, 
and often with a piece of the bark removed, showing the yellow 
cambium layer or wood, it is easily distinguished from other 
trees. 
The yellow wood is similar both in the sap and in 
the heartwood. It splits well, even into tiny thin, lath-like 
pieces. It is soft, but planes up into a smooth surface. The 
medullary rays are often prominent, and make the wood look 
very pretty. The sheen of the wood also adds to its appearance. 
The tree is a shade-bearer and rather slow-growing ; 
perhaps in more open localities it would grow faster. Natural 
regeneration does not appear to be good, though more extensive 
observations on this point may reveal more. Small quantities 
of seed are borne each year. It sprouts a little from the stump, 
but this method of reproduction cannot be relied upon. Cut- 
tings have not yet been tried. It likes a good moist soil of 
