412 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
Satinwood. Okwaba (Benin). 
This tree is found in the mixed forests of the Benin province 
of Nigeria. 
In 1906 sample logs of this timber were sold in the Liverpool 
market as satinwood, but were not considered worth shipping. 
Since then, however, none has been cut for export or for local 
use. Perhaps owing to the increased demands for all kinds of 
timber a further trial should be made with this one for satinwood. 
Natural regeneration is poor. It is a somewhat slow-growing, 
shade-bearing, soil-protecting and soil-improving tree. It reaches 
a large size. 
Ubellu, genus? Annamamilla (Benin). 
It is found in the Benin province, Nigeria. 
It is a small tree, the name often confused with the mahogany- 
walnut, Lovoa Klaineana, which is also sometimes known as 
Annamamilla in the Benin country. The leaves are impari- 
pinnate. It is a softwood with light-brown heartwood and 
little black, spherically-shaped fruit, unarmed. 
Native Use.—Firewood of good quality. Not used otherwise. 
Big Hardwood. Arugbo (Yoruba) ; Eto (Benin). 
It is a very large tree with a wide crown. The timber is of a 
brown colour, but the sapwood is white. It is extremely hard 
and durable ; even when felled in the farms it will be six years 
before it has rotted away. The bark is a dark-green with white 
lenticels scattered over it. 
It is rather a rare tree in the Benin province of Nigeria. 
Standing a good deal of shade, it is a soil improver and __pro- 
tector. Natural regeneration does not appear to be very 
plentiful. 
It does not sprout up when coppiced. 
Native Use.—None. 
Ifon (Yoruba). Owehe (Benin). 
Is a small tree which has scented wood. It reaches a girth of 
20 inches only. Before going to market, according to the natives, 
the feet, hands and body should be washed with a solution 
prepared from the bark of this tree mixed with soap. The object 
of this operation is to effect quick sales at the market. 
Ewayron (Yoruba). 
A leaf for wrapping up food, found in the Yoruba country, 
also used in Benin for roofing houses. 
