THE NIGERIAN TIMBER TREES 405 
Sarcocephalus sp. Swamp Opepe. Oppepera (Yoruba); Eben 
Obiache (Benin). Perhaps the same as the foregoing species. 
Morinda sp. Brimstone Wood. 
Ekiti district, Ondo province. 
Morinda lucida. Brimstone Wood. Oruwo (Yoruba); Obiache 
(Benin). 
Found in the Yoruba and Benin country. 
Morinda longiflora. Ekiti Morinda. 
Found in the Ekiti district, Mamu Reserve. 
Pausinystalia sp. 
It is found in the Eastern Calabar province of Nigeria. 
It is a medium-sized tree found growing in old farms. It has 
globular-shaped flowers with yellowish-red anthers, making it 
very pretty and conspicuous. It hasa hard, yellowish-white wood. 
Saccoglottis Gabunensis. Mahogany, Tala. Ugu (Benin); Attalla 
(Jekri); Edat (Efik); Tala (Brass); Tala (New Calabar) ; 
Edat (Oban, Ekoi). 
It is a large tree, attaining a girth of 15 feet and a height 
of 150feet. Nearly. always found on swampy ground, or anyhow 
where the rainfall is high, as, for instance, in the Oban district. 
One of the first trees to be seen in the forest immediately 
behind the mangrove swamps. The bark is roughly fissured 
like elm, but more regularly, and the slash is red. The fruit 
is an indehiscent nut with small nodules on it, about the size 
of a walnut, which exudes a liquid not unlike honey. Bees 
often frequent the tree for that reason. A reddish sap exudes 
when the tree is cut. 
It is found in the Benin, Warri, Owerri and Calabar 
provinces of Nigeria. 
The wood is hard and dark-red, with a fairly close grain, 
though easy to work. The sapwood is usually very narrow 
and yellowish-red. 
It is evidently a shade-bearer, and stands a good deal of 
shade in its youth. Natural regeneration is fairly good where 
the rainfall is high. It seems a moderately fast grower, though 
no actual measurements have yet been taken. It is almost 
gregarious, especially in Oban. In 1906 it was valued in the 
Liverpool market at 3d. to 6d. a superficial foot as a mahogany 
of mild texture and fairly good colour. It has, however, not 
been used by the Public Works Department. 
Native Use.—In the Benin, Warri and Calabar provinces 
the bark is stripped off in rolls about 3 feet long and sold for 
making gin bitter, by placing it in the liquid. A bundle of 
bark is sold for 5s. at Calabar. In the Degema and Brass 
districts it is one of the common canoe trees. 
