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The tree yields a red dye ; it is described as one of the sources of 

 Camwood dye in Zaria (Dudgeon, N. Nigeria, Gaz. July 31st, 1909, 

 p. 160) ; as the Camwood of the interior (Barter, Herb. Kew), and as 

 giving from the seasoned pounded wood a darker red dye than the 

 " Osun," though not so good. The colouring matter is obtained from 

 the heartwood principally, but the bark and roots yield it also, and 

 some trees when cat yield little or no dye (Barter, Herb. Kew). 



Propagated by seeds. According to Gray (Western Africa, p. 395) 

 the seeds ripen in about 5 months after the tree begins to flower. 

 The natural regeneration is good (Thompson, Col. Rep. Misc. No. 66, 

 1910, p. 89) ; occurs in the dry open forests of S. Nigeria (Thompson, 

 I.e. No. 51, 1908, p. 62) ; in fair quantity in the Ndiana, Akpayafe 

 and Akwa Rivers District, S. Nigeria (Billington, Report on the 

 Botany [of this region], 1895, p. 27) ; in open and wooded country, 

 Zungeru (Dalziel, Herb. Kew), where it grows to a height of 50 to 

 60 ft., flowering before the leaves appear, in December and January 

 (Elliott, Herb. Kew) ; attaining a maximum height of about 30 feet, 

 and deciduous during half the dry season in Yoruba, Nupe, Borgu, 

 and Zaria (Barter, Herb. Kew) ; very plentiful in sandy and rocky 

 woods throughout Pungo Andongo, sometimes constituting the 

 bulk of the forest (Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. PI. i. p. 279) the trunk not 

 usually exceeding 18 ins. in diameter (l.c .p. 280) ; confined to the 

 open forests and never attaining a large size in the Gold Coast 

 (Thompson, Col. Rep. Misc. No. 66 y 1910, p. 89) ; growing 40 or 50 

 ft. high, isolated on laterite plateaux, at an altitude of 3600 ft. in 

 Sierra Leone (Scott Elliot, Herb. Kew) ; obtainable in quantity in 

 the Maganja forest, Port. E. Africa (Sim, For. Fl. and For. Res. Port. 

 E. Afr. p. 118). 



Ref. — " Kino," in Pharmacographia, Fliickiger & Hanbury, pp. 194- 



199. " Kino de Gambie (Pterocarpus erinaceus),Vm\let,in L'Agric. 



prat, pays chauds i. 1901, p. 339. " Pterocarpus erinaceus" in 



Les Veg. Utiles de l'Afrique Trop. Franc, fasc. iii. Chevalier, Perrot 

 et Gerard, pp. 120-124, illustrated with transverse sections of the 

 wood highly magnified, and summarizing the information in a 

 tabular statement at end of volume. 



Pterocarpus esculentus, Schum & Thonn. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 238. 



Vernac. names. — Idogun (Lagos, Rowland) ; Akpanagia (Benin, 

 Dennett) ; Gbingbin (Oloke-Meji, Foster) ; Gbingbindo (W. Prov. S. 

 Nigeria, Letter Imp. Inst, to Kew, 28th July 1909) ; Batui (Sierra 

 Leone, Scott Elliot) ; Atont, B'Atwi or Batwi (Sierra Leone, TJnwin). 



Lagos ; Old Calabar ; Attah ; extending in W. Africa from Sene- 

 gambia to Fernando Po. 



The seeds are edible, but when raw have an intoxicating effect, 

 Nupe (Barter, Herb. Kew ; Mus. Kew ; Moloney, For. W. Afr. 

 p. 324) ; Sierra Leone (Scott Elliot, Herb. Kew). 



The wood is said to yield a dye similar, though inferior to that of 

 Pterocarpus erinaceus. 



Pterocarpus lucens, Guill. & Perr. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 238. 



III. — Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, t. 45 (P. abyssinicus). 



Vernac. names. — Taraiya (Arabic, Muriel) ; Immirora (Hameg, 

 Muriel). 



Yola ; Senegambia, Abyssinia, &c. 



Wood white or yellowish white, Blue Nile (Muriel, Herb. Kew) ; 

 good timber, Sudan (Broun, Herb. Kew) ; valued for its excellent 

 timber in Yola (Dalziel. Kew Bull. 1910, p. 137). 



