442 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
Randia cladantha (K. cladantha). 
Height, 65 to 81} feet. Very common throughout the 
Cameroon country. 
Composite. 
Vernonia frondosa (Oliv.). Bopolopolo (Duala). 
Found in the district of Rio del Rey. 
Vernonia conferta. Bopolopolo (Duala). 
Found in the district of Rio del Rey. 
Helichrysum fetidum (Cass.). 
Found in the districts of Victoria and Buea. 
SOME CAMEROON TREES ONLY KNOWN BY 
NATIVE NAMES 
Abange ( Jaunde). 
Adom (Jaunde). 
Akaka (Jaunde); Ikaka (Bakundu). The wood is soft and nut- 
brown; it smells like pencil-wood. 
Akondog (Jaunde). 
Ase (Jaunde); Njokubore (Bakundu). The fruit is similar to 
the Entandrophragma (Meliacez), the root buttressed, and 
the leaves with rosettes on the branches. 
Awong (Jaunde). 
Bosambai (Jaunde). 
Dibanga (Jaunde). A mediumly hard, greyish-brown wood with 
brown medullary rays; it is used for making furniture. 
Ebe (Jaunde); Borimba (Bakundu). A giant tree with oval 
leaves, smooth on the top and having brownish hairs underneath. 
Ehemba (Jaunde). 
Ejan (Jaunde). 
Ekoah (Jaunde). 
Enjog (Jaunde). 
Esang (Jaunde). 
Lawonong (Jaunde). 
Lobog (Jaunde). 
Otungue (Jaunde). 
Ebunja (Bakundu). 
Ekambamba (Bakundu). 
Enjenju (Bakundu). 
Esok (Bakundu). 
Idjnake (Bakundu). 
Mbonda pondo (Bakundu). A very close-grained, hard wood. 
Mondoa (Bakundu). 
Bowasa (Duala). 
