BRITISH SPHERE OF THE CAMEROONS 435 
Grewiopsis globosa. Ebonga evodi (Duala). 
This is a small tree having yellow fruit, the size of a man’s 
fist, used as food for elephants. ~ 
District, N.W. Africa. 
Grewiopsis discophora. 
District, N.W. Africa. 
Malvacez. 
Pavonia Schimperiana. 
Dschang and Buea district. 
Bombacacez. 
Ceiba pentandra. Silk-cotton Tree. Monga (Balong); Mungongo 
(Duala). 
Yields timber, bast, tanning materials, wool for stuffing, 
oil, etc. ; fruit woody. 
Adansonia digitata. Baobab. Sometimes called ‘‘ Asses Bread.” 
It yields timber, fibre, tanning materials, etc. The pulp 
of the fruit and the seeds are edible. Found in the savannah 
forests and also near villages. 
Eriodendron. Silk-cotton. 
District, West Africa. 
Bombax buonopozense. Silk-cotton. 
District, West Africa. The tree yields timber, wool for 
stuffing, fibre, oil, etc. 
Sterculiacez. 
Sterculia oblonga (Mast.). Engele or Ongele (Balong); Bongele 
(Bakundu); Ekonge (Bakwiri); Bongele or Bopum ba niji 
(Duala). 
It grows in the district of Johann Albrechts Hoéhe. A 
large tree having opposite leaves and smooth bark, which 
rapidly turns red when exposed to the air. The wood is much 
used for planks. 
Sterculia tragacantha. Poose (Bakundu); Ndototo (Bakwiri) ; 
Pio (Duala). 
Found in the district of Johann Albrechts Héhe. It flowers 
in November. 
Sterculia grandifolia. Kamdjok (Ossidinge). 
Found in the districts of Johann Albrechts Héhe and 
Ossidinge. 
Sterculia cordifolia. Lom (Bakoko). 
Found in the districts of Johann Albrechts Hohe and 
Ossidinge. 
