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Icones Plantarum, pl. 2465 (1396) with a description by 
Professor Oliver. It is known in Sierra Leone as the * Kamoot ” 
tree, Farke ^ Heckel, in his monograph Les Kolas Africains, 
refers to it as the * * Kanya " tree ; and the oil or butter yielded 
by the seeds as Me de Kanya. 
The e following correspondence relates to an investigation that 
has been carried on in this country at the request of the Govern- 
e as a source of oi h 
depressed condition of the market for oil-seeds, is not very 
promising. It is possible, however, that the piia now 
published may prove of service to those E in West 
African products, and suggest means n the seeds may 
eventually become of commereial importance :— 
THE COLONIAL ese Scrat Pu Pe TO ROYAL 
GAR , KEW 
assit wai Sierra Leon 
SIR, 18th Fide ig I 
I have the honour, p^ iror tion of His Erao the 
Governor, to forward to u, through the Crown Agents for 
* Kamoot" tree, and to request that you will be so kind as to 
report o it as a plant worthy of cultivation from an economic 
oint of vie 
P A co y rd the letter of Rev. J. A. Cole, who Seehes the 
specimens, is herewith enclosed for hee informatio 
ave, &c., 
(Signed) Z C. GORE 
The Director, Colonial Secretary. 
Royal dédit Kew. 
[ Enclosure.] 
Freetown, Sierra Leo 
DEAR SIR November “oth, 1895. 
ACCORDING to arrangement made with His Excellency 
Governor Cardew, I beg to forward you a package containing the 
seed, flower and leaves of the Kamoot tree. 
t is an economic plant that may be introduced into the com 
merce of Western Africa. It grows wider dee we along the 
banks of our rivers, and on the mountains. The yields a 
edible oil, highly esteemed by the interior natives. 
is Excellency Governor Cardew desires it to be examined by 
Kew, um i ANM with him that it be forwarded through the 
Governm 
The ed. now forwarded is not fresh, and the proportion of oil 
may not be estimated fairly from it, but it may be possible to 
arrive at something more definite when fresh seeds are obtained, 
At present it is the flowering season, and the sample of seed is 
fully a year old. 
remain, 
(Bignod) J. weed ec. COLE, 
The Honourable 
The Colonial Secretary, 
Freetown, Sierra Leone. 
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