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cens, Bth.), in Kew Bull. 1888, pp. 268-269. "West African 



Indigo," in Forestry of West Africa, Moloney, pp. 153-156. 



"West African Dyeing," Maguire, in Journ. Afr. Soc. Jan. 1906, 



pp. 151-153. " The Occurrence of Indigo in the Gara Plant of 



Sierra Leone," in Bull. Imp. Inst. 1907, pp. 129-130. " Report by 



the Imperial Institute on Indigo Plant from Southern Nigeria," 

 Danstan, in Govt.Gaz. S. Nigeria, Suppl. July 14, 1909, p. 28. 



Lonchocarpus laxiflorus, Guill. & Perr. ; PI. Trop. Afr. II. p. 242. 



III. — Peters, Mozamb. t. 5 (Capassa violacea) ; Sim, For. Fl, & For. 

 Res. Port. E. Afr. t. 50, f . B. 



Vernac. names. — Mowaleh (Madi, Grant) ; Panda (Ironga, Lorenzo 

 Marques, Sim) ; Homohomo (Swazi, Sim). 



Kontagora (Dalziel No. 13, 1906, Herb. Kew). Widely distributed 

 in Tropical Africa — Senegambia through Abyssinia to Mozambique. 



Wood valuable and very durable according to Wiesner (Rohstoffe, 

 Pflanzenreiches, ii. p. 90) and Engler (Pflan. Ost Afr. B. p. 310) ; 

 but Sim (For. Fl. & For. Res. Port. E. Afr. pp. 45, 127) states that 

 the timber is quite useless and not durable. There is no specimen 

 of the wood in the Museum at Kew. 



The flowers are described by Grant (Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. p. 63) 

 as lilac-coloured and scented, and Sim (I.e.) as rather pretty and 

 Wistaria-like. 



The plant reproduces itself freely from seed and the cut roots 

 (I.e. p. 45). 



Lonchocarpus sericeus, H.B. & K. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 241. 



III. — Pal. de Beauv. FL Ow. Ben. ii. t. 76 (Robinia violacea). 



Vernac. names. — Apapo or Ipapo (Lagos, Punch, Elgee) ; Ipapo 

 (S. Nigeria, Foster ; Yoruba, Thompson) ; Mutala-Menha (Angola, 

 DeWildeman) ; Ossani (Gaboon, Moloney). 



Ibadan Forest Reserve, Abeokuta, Lagos, Oloke-Meji, Nupe, Zun- 

 geru, and extending in West Africa from Senegambia to Angola. 



Timber used for building, Ibadan (Punch, Herb. Kew) ; suitable 

 for constructional work, cabinet work and turnery ; very hard, 

 durable, and stands well under water (De Wildeman, PI. Util. Congo, 

 Art. xxvi. 1904, p. 370). Branches used for hoe-handles in S. Nigeria 

 (Thompson, List of For. Trees, S. Nig. 1910, p. 5). 



The bark on the Gaboon is used medicinally in abdominal com- 

 plaints and as a laxative (Moloney, For. W. Afr. p. 325 ; Cat. Prod. 

 Col. Franc. Exp. Univ. 1867, p. 47) ; also in S. Nigeria (Thompson, 

 I.e.). 



A tree 30-40 ft. high ; common on the banks of streams and 

 nullahs, and also found as a shrub 6-10 ft. high on the Accra plains. 



Baphia, Afzel. 



Baphia nitida, Afzel. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 249. 



III.— Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 367. 



Vernac. names. — Irosun (Lagos, Punch) ; Irosun or Iguronin 

 (Lagos, Mitten) ; Owinu (Lagos Rowland) ; Awenu or Irosun (Lagos, 

 Dawodu) ; Otwa (Benin, Dennett) ; Odwen (Akwapim, Gold Coast, 

 Thompson) ; Bundoi (Sierra Leone, Kew Bull. 1906. p. 374) ; Mat, 

 Kam or Bendwi (Mendi, Sierra Leone, Unwiri). — Camwood. 



Lagos ; Abeokuta ; Benin ; Old Calabar ; Ododobo (Cross River), 

 and extending in West Africa from Sierra Leone to Fernando Po. 



The heart- wood yields the Camwood of Commerce, used as a red 

 or red-brown dye. It is the best of several dye woods used for 



