896 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
The tree reaches a girth of 36 inches and a total height of 
about 50 feet. 
The slash is greenish-white, and a very little white, rather 
watery latex exudes from the cut. The wood is white, soft, 
planes easily, and splits comparatively easily. It saws fairly 
well and takes nails with comparative ease. It is not termite- 
proof. 
It is a moderately fast-growing tree of a light-loving nature. 
Natural reproduction by seed appears to be fair. It sprouts 
slightly from the stump. 
Being found in odd and poor places in the mixed deciduous 
forests at the edge of dry-zone vegetation, it should prove 
useful for temporary house-building purposes and for cutting 
up as cratewood for bananas, etc. 
Pleiocerus Barteri (Baill.). Irena, kekere (Yoruba). 
The fruit is very much like a Cola and fairly common in the 
forest. It is very sticky to the taste. 
It is a medium-sized tree, in habit similar to the Cola-tree, 
and most people would classify it from its external appearance 
as a species of Cola. 
It is found in the Benin and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria. 
Picralima Klaineana?, Agege (Yoruba). 
Found at Agege, Yoruba country. 
Oncinotis gracilis. Ornamental Rubber Vine, Allerle (Benin). 
Found in Ogodo Dry-zone Forest. 
Name unknown. Ikwian (Benin). 
An uncommon tree of the Benin province of Nigeria. It 
attains a medium-size and bears large fruits. The wood is 
used as firewood. 
Borraginacee. 
Ehretia cymosa (8. and H.). Ija oke (Yoruba). 
Found in the Olokemeji. 
Cordia sp., ? Platythyrsa. Drum-wood Cordia. Ako Ledo (Yoruba). 
It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve of the Abeokuta 
province of Nigeria. 
Cordia Irvingii. Acorn-like-fruited Cordia. 
It is a medium-sized tree, similar to Cordia Millenti. It is 
found in the Abeokuta province of Nigeria. 
Cordia Millenti. Omon or Omo (Yoruba); Omah (Benin). 
This tree is found in the Abeokuta, Ibadan, Ondo, Benin, 
Owerri, Calabar and Ogoja provinces of Nigeria. 
It is an irregularly shaped tree, often with more than one 
stem. The light-coloured bark, especially when it is scaly, 
often gives the impression that the tree is luminous at night. 
