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4 lin. long. Inflorescence unknown. Pod oblong, falcate, 2f in. 

 long, 1| in. broad. Seed solitary, attached by a long funicle laterally 

 near top of pod. 



Vernac. names.— Ogea (Lagos, Moloney) ; Bungo (Sierra Leone, 



Daniell) ; Bumbo, Bungbo, or Bungo (Sierra Leone, Bennett). 



Frankincense of Sierra Leone. 



Lagos (Moloney, Herb. Kew, 1883). 



Daniellia sp. 



Readily distinguishable by its leaf rachis and midrib, pubescent 

 beneath. 



Vernac. names.— [Ogea (Yoruba) ; Ujea (Popo, Lagos) Moloney,] 

 Lagos (Moloney, 1883, Herb. Kew). 



Daniellia sp. 



Probably distinct, but represented in the Kew Herbarium by 

 flowering material only. 

 Yields the gum copal, W. Province, S. Nigeria (Thompson, No. 18, 



1906, Herb. Kew). 



Paradaniellia, Rolfe. 



Paradaniellia Oliveri, Rolfe. 



[Daniellia thnrifera, Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 300, non Bennett.] 

 ///.—Hook. Ic. PI. t. 2106 (D. thurifera) ; Volkens, in Notizblatt, 

 App. xxii. No. 3, 1910, p. 92, f . 45 (D. thurifera) ; Engl, and Drude, 

 Veg. Erde, ix. p. 801, f. 674 (D. thurifera, after Hooker). 



Vernac. names. — Dunchi (Lokoja, Elliott) ; Ozia, or Oyiz (Ishan, 

 S. Nigeria, Dennett) ; Ozaba (Ibo, Univin) ; Osia (Benin, Unwin) ; 

 Iya (Oloke Meji, Foster). 



Lagos, Oloke Meji (Foster, No. 151, 1907, Herb. Kew) ; Asaba 

 (Unwin, No. 23, 1906, Herb. Kew) ; Ugboha, Ishan (Dennett, No. 102, 



1907, Herb. Kew) ; Kontagora (Dalziel, No. 16, 1905, Dudgeon 

 No. 62, Herb. Kew) ; Lokoja (Elliott, No. 14, f Herb. Kew) ; Nupe 

 (Barter, No. 978, Herb. Kew). 



According to Thompson, the " Balsam Copaiba tree " or " Iya " of 

 the Yorubas is very abundant in the open country, especially at the 

 sources of the Oha river and along the banks of the Upper Ofiki river. 

 The wood is durable and the natural regeneration of the tree prolific. 

 (Tour through Meko and Shaki Districts, No. 25, 1910, S. Nigeria, p. 7.) 



This tree yields a balsam, and the wood shows an excellent grain, 

 which in small manufactured articles closely resembles that of 

 mahogany ; it is commonly 50 to 60 feet high, frequently unbranched 

 to a considerable distance from the ground, and is perhaps the com- 

 monest large tree in the district [Kontagora] (Dalziel, Bull. Imp. 

 Inst. 1907, p. 256, under Daniellia thurifera). 



Source of wood oil and copal (Dudgeon, No. 62, Herb. Kew), 

 of wood oil " Balsam of Copaivi " very common especially near 

 Lokoja (Elliott No. 14, Herb. Kew), and the natives collect a gum 

 like copal from this tree. Nupe (Barter, No. 978, Herb. Kew). 



The botanical identity of the " resins " or " copals " of W. Africa has 

 been subject to much uncertainty. They are attributed to various 

 species of Daniellia and Copaifera (q.v.). 



The vernacular names given above have been correlated from 

 specimens in the herbarium at Kew, and the following names and 

 general particulars may also belong to one or other of the species 

 of Daniellia as well as of Paradaniellia mentioned, 



