400 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
Clerodendron splendens (Kew). Adabi (Yoruba). 
A medium-sized shrub found in the Abeokuta province. The 
stem yields small wood for farm implements. 
Labiate. 
Ocimum viride (Willd.). Efinrin (Yoruba); Aramoho (Benin). 
Found in the Yoruba and Benin country. 
Scrophulariacee. 
Cycinium camporum (Engl.). Arojoku (Yoruba). 
Flowers white. Found at Obba on the Hill, Ondo province. 
Bignoniacez. 
Spathoidea campanulata. Red Tulip Tree. Oruru (Yoruba); Okokwi 
Okwekwe (Benin) ; Essenim (Efik); Osukaregigi (Bembi). 
This tree grows in the fringing and intermediate forests. 
It is of medium size and has large trumpet-shaped flowers, 
not unlike those of the tulip. 
Uses.—This tree is often used for ornamental purposes. 
Timber, edible seeds and medicaments are obtained from it. 
Stereospermum accuminatissimum. Osualong (seed), Okwekwe, 
Aguana (Benin). 
This is a somewhat common tree of the Benin province of 
Nigeria, and certainly with its red flowers it is one of the most 
handsome. It is not unlike the so-called African Tulip Tree, 
Spathoidea campanulata. On the whole, it is a smaller tree, 
with a round, almost spherical crown; the wood is soft and 
white and not durable. It bears a large number of seeds, but 
few appear to germinate. It sprouts feebly from the stump, 
is a light-loving tree, and also a soil-protecting and soil-im- 
proving species. It deserves greater attention for planting in 
gardens and at the edges of recreation grounds of all sorts. 
Stereospermum Kunthianum (Cham.). Ayagdo (Yoruba). 
This tree is found in the Abeokuta province and Erin, 
Tlesha. It is very similar to the tulip-tree, but has a more 
orange-coloured flower. 
Kigelia Africana. Sausage Tree. Orora, Pandoro (Yoruba) ; Ogia- 
himi, Esiskwi (Benin). 
It is a common tree of the Ogoja, Owerri, Onitsha, Benin, 
Ondu, Ibadan and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria. The 
most typical feature of this tree is the long sausage-shaped 
fruit, which hangs by a stalk about 10 inches long; the flowers 
are red, the leaves large and open. It is a small tree, often 
very much branched. It is usually found in old clearings 
at the edge of the mixed deciduous forest. The wood is not 
