177 



Haematostaphis, Hook, f . 



Haematostaphis Barteri, Hook.f. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 443. 



El. — Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. t. 25. 



Vernac. name. — Dzinjerigya (Nupe, Baiter). — Blood Plum. 



Nupe. 



The fruit is edible, acid, and not unpleasant ; it is of a deep 

 crimson colour and hangs in clusters like bunches of grapes (Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xxiii. 1860, p. 169). 



Odina, Roxb. 



Odina acida, Rich. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 446. 



III. — Volkens, in Notizblatt, App. xxii. No. 3, 1910, p. 106, f. 54 

 {Lannea acida) ; Engl. & Drude, Veg. Erde, ix. p. 805 (L, acida). 



Found in Upper and Lower Guinea. 



Fruit edible. According to Vogel the powdered bark mixed with 

 other substances is used by the natives to form a paint for the face 

 (Hooker, Niger Flora, Odina Oghigee, p. 286). Leaves, root, and 

 bark used for various medicinal purposes in Senegal (Sebire, PI. Util. 

 Senegal, p. 78). 



A decoction of the bark of Odina ant i scorbutica is used in Angola 

 as a remedy for scorbutic ulcers of the mouth, and for scurvy ; 

 cultivated in the vicinity of the villages in Angola, and favours the 

 virgin forests in the hillv districts (Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. PI. i. 

 p. 178). 



Spondias, Linn. 



Spondias lutea, Linn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 448. 



Vernac. names. — Kafili (Katagum, Dalziel, No. 338 Herb. Kew) ; 

 Iy eve (Lagos, Dawodu) ; Buaji (Sierra Leone, Scott Elliot) ; 

 Muguenga (Golungo Alto, Welwitsch). — Hog Plum ; Yellow Spanish 

 Plum Jamaica, Marsh). 



Throughout Upper Guinea. Indigenous to the West Indies and 

 Tropical America. 



The fruit is edible, with an agreeable acid taste ; cultivated in 

 Jamaica for feeding swine (Moloney, For. W. Afr. p. 305). An 

 infusion of the fruit is good for fever (Sebire, PI. Util. Senegal, 

 1». 78). 



The bark is stated to be used for tanning in British Guiana 

 (Moloney, I.e.). 



In Antioquoia silkworms are fed on the leaves (Paton, Mus. Kew). 



Spondias mangifera, Willd. Sp. PI. ii. p. 751. 



A small tree, everywhere glabrous. Leaves 1-1^ ft. ; petiole 

 slender ; leaflets 2-9 by 1-4 in., shortly petiolulate, shining, more 

 or less oblique ; nerves 10-30 on each side, horizontal, joined by 

 a strong intra-marginal one. Panicles large, spreading, sparingly 

 branched. Flowers^ in. diam., scattered uni- or bi-sexual Calyx 

 5-toothed. Petals oblong, greenish-white. Disk broad, 10-toothed. 

 Filaments short, subulate. Drupe 1^-2 in. long, yellow, smooth ; 

 flesh very austere ; stone cavernous, usually with 1 (1-3) perfect 

 seed (Fl. Br. India, ii. 1879, p. 42). 



III.— Rheede, Hort. Mai. i. t. 50 ; Wight, Illust, t, 76 ; Bedd. Fl 

 Sylv. t. 169. 



(16583— 6a.) Wt. 6298—573. 500. 12/11. D & S. A 



