438 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
Rhizophora mangle (Roxb.). Mangrove. Tanda (Duala). 
It grows freely on the coast of West Africa. The bark is 
much used in tanning. 
Alangiacez. 
Alangium hegonifolium. 
District, Buea. 
Combretacez. 
Combretum cinerea. 
.It grows in the Dschang district. 
Terminalia superba (Engl. and Diels). Nkom (Bakossi); Bokome 
(Bafo); Bokome (Bakundu); Djombe (Bakwiri); Mukonja 
(Duala). 
Height, 65 to 974 feet. It grows abundantly throughout 
the Cameroon country, but especially at Johann Albrechts 
Hohe. The wood is hard, light yellow and close grained ; much 
used for making windows and shutters. 
Melastomacez. 
Amphiblemma polyneuron. 
District, Johann Albrechts Hohe. 
Memecylon macrodendron (Gilg.). 
Height, 482 to 65 feet. Found in the Bipindi district. 
Araliacee. 
Schefflera Hookeriana (Harms.). 
Found in the Buea district. 
Myrsinacee. 
Mesa lanceolata. 
Found in the Dschang district. 
Sapotacez. 
Mimusops sp. 
Mimusops Djave (Laness), (Engl.). Nsab (Bare); Bonjabi 
(Bakundu); Njabi (Duala). 
Found in the districts of Johann Albrechts Héhe and Mbo. 
Height, 1783 feet. Diameter, 64 feet. There is frequently 
a clear bole of 97} feet, containing 6,380} cubic feet of wood 
(181 cubic metres). The nuts are much valued locally as food. 
Chrysophyllum Africanum. 
District, Johann Albrechts Hohe. 
Chrysophyllum macrophyllum. Wonjanja (Bakwiri). 
District, Johann Albrechts Héhe and Buea. 
