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Camwood {Baphia nitida), (Unwin, Rep. Forests Sierra Leone, 1909, 

 p. 10), and in the Western Province, S. Nigeria, it is said to be 

 frequently used instead of the real Camwood (Thompson, Col. Rep. 

 Misc. No. 51, 1908, p. 4). 



The wood is described as blood-red in some cases, whitish in 

 others, the colour developing as the tree gets old ; valuable for joiners' 

 work (Hiern. I.e.) ; used for posts in St. Thome, and recommended 

 for shingles (Dennett, S. Nigeria Govt. Gaz. Oct. 1906, Suppl. "For. 

 Work, W. Div."). 



Found in the Mamu forests as a fairly lofty tree (Thompson, Col. 

 Rep. Misc. No. 51, 1908, p. 4) ; in the Ife and Ilesha forests (I.e. p. 6) 

 confined to the moist evergreen forests in S. Nigeria (I.e. p. 26), in 

 mountainous forests especially on slopes near the banks of the river 

 Lifune and in the dense primitive forests at the base of the moun- 

 tains of Serra de Alto Queta, Angola (Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. PI. i. 

 pp. 278, 279). 



Pterocarpus sp. (probably P. erinaceus, Poir., but the specimen in 

 the Kew Herbarium has neither fruits nor flowers). 



Vernac. name. — Maidobia (Hausa, Dudgeon) ; Madobia (Hausa, 

 Dalziel ; Zaria, Parsons) ; Yinyamhi (Fufulde, Dalziel). 



Kano (Dudgeon, No. 3, 1909, Herb. Kew) ; Zaria (Parsons, 

 N. Nigeria Gaz. April 30th 1910, p. 102) ; Yola (Dalziel, Kew Bull. 

 1910, p. 137). 



One of the trees producing Danko — a Hausa name applied to 

 the exudations of various trees. The Danko from Maidobia is 

 of a ruby-red colour and resembles the kino obtained from 

 Pterocarpus erinaceus. It is used medicinally as an abortifacient 

 (Dudgeon, N. Nigeria Gaz. July 31st 1909, p. 161). The tree 

 produces a gum and the wood is used for making bows, Zaria 

 (Parsons I.e.). 



Pterocarpus sp. (Leaf specimens only in the Kew Herbarium.) 



Vernac. names. — Osun-dudu (Yoruba, Dudgeon) ; Iro-usun-dudu 

 (Fiditi (Ibadan), Letter, Director Imp. Inst, to Director Kew June 

 7th 1909).— Black Camwood (I.e.). 



Nupe ; Yoruba (Dudgeon, N. Nigeria Gaz. July 31st 1909, p. 161). 



For particulars of the preparation and use of the dye wood, see 

 " Osun Pupa " {Pterocarpus Osun). 



A specimen of the heart-wood of Osun dudu, from Fiditi 

 in the Museum at Kew has a specific gravity 0"8625=53*9 lbs. per 

 cubic foot, which cuts it off from Baphia nitida, suggested by the 

 name Black Camv/ood, and indicates Pterocarpus erinaceus. 



LONCHOCARPUS, H. B. & K. 



Lonchocarpus cyanescens, Benth. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 243. 

 ///.—Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1791 ; Kew Bull. 1888, p. 268 ; Ann. Inst. 

 Col. Marseille, ix. 1902, t, 5 ; Engl. & Drude, Veg. Erde, ix. f. 661. 



Vernac. names. — Elu (Yoruba, Moloney) ; Elu (Lagos, Dawodu) ; 

 Echi (S. Nigeria, Baily) ; Gara (Sierra Leone, Bull. Imp. Inst. 1907, 

 p. 129) ; Gera (Gonga, Armitage) ; Ngeparsa or Negepassa (Sierra 



Leone, Scott Elliot) ; Niale (Mendi, Scott Elliot). Yoruba Indigo ; 



West African Indigo. 



Yoruba ; Nupe : Old Calabar, and in general extending in West 

 Africa from Senegambia to Fernando Po. 



