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" Abo-Ogea," described as yielding an abundant supply of a com- 

 paratively soft extract when freshly cut ; common in the Ilesa forests 

 and throughout Ekitiland, where it is said to be used for stopping 

 leakages in pots, &c. (Leigh & Dawodu, Encl. in No. 66, Acting- 

 Governor Sir G. Denton, Lagos, 28th June, 1898, to Sec. of State for 

 the Colonies, Bot. Ent. in W. Africa, p. 63, as Daniellia thurifera ?). 



" Ako-Ogea," " a hard fossilised gum used largely in varnish 

 making," and " medicinally by the Natives"; found plentifully in 

 Benin and Idoko forests, and in certain parts of Yorubaland in swampy 

 localities ; formerly exported from Lagos, collected chiefly in Ondo, 

 Aiyeson, Itebu, &c. (I.e. Daniellia sp.). Similar specimens from 

 Yorubaland were exhibited at the Linnean Society in 1883 ; used 

 by the natives, according to Sir A. Moloney, for fire and light, and 

 powdered, as a body perfume by the women ; exuded from insect 

 borings in the tree, and also dug out from swampy ground (Thiselton- 

 Dyer, Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 1884, p. 408 ; Daniellia sp. ; see also 

 Hillier, Kew Bull. 1906, p. 199, Daniellia thurifera, Benn.). 



" Bu " or " Boo," from Golo, Sudan ; wood 52^ lbs. per cubic 

 foot, of no value for export (Bull. Imp. Inst. vii. 1909, p. 22, under 

 Daniellia thurifera). 



" Bubalinabo," of the Gambia, yields a resin from wounds in the 

 trees generally -where the trunk forks ; collected and sold in 

 Bathurst for use in Roman Catholic churches as well as in native 

 houses. The resin is dried in the sun, powdered finely, and the 

 woody portions removed before being used. A decoction of the root 

 and bark is used as a medicinal draught for gonorrhoea and skin 

 diseases ('* Craw-craw "), and the wood is used for making mortars in 

 which grain, &c. is pounded (Dudgeon, Gambia Govt. Gaz. March 

 6th, 1909, p. 128, under Daniellia thurifera). 



" Iya Odan," Lagos (Thompson, Col. Rep. Misc. No. 51, 1908, p. 84, 

 Daniellia thurifera). 



"Kadaura" (Hausa), « Katlahi " (Fufulde), " Karon Maje " (Hausa), 

 Yola Province, N. Nigeria — extract used, either alone or in combina- 

 tion with others {Boswellia Dalzielii and B. odorata^, as frankincense, 

 to fumigate clothing and houses (Dalziel, Kew Bull. 1910, p. 137, 

 under Daniellia thurifera). 



"Maji" (Hausa) — African balsam of copaiva ; extracted by fire ; 

 used for preparing paste rubber and medicinally (Dudgeon, N. Nigeria 

 Gaz. July 31st, 1909, p. 160, Daniellia thurifera). 



"Santang," Gambia (see Bubalinabo"); Sierra Leone (Scott 

 Elliot, Col. Rep. Misc. No. 3, 1893, p. 58, Daniellia thurifera). 



" Thievi," Senegambia (Moloney, For. W. Afr. p. 333, Daniellia 

 thurifera) ; Sierra Leone (Heckel, Ann. Inst, Col. Marseille, vi. 1899, 

 p. 127. D. thurifera). 



" Wood Oil," " llorin Balsam," or " African Balsam of Copaiva " is 

 also attributed to Daniellia (see Pharm. Journ. [3] xxii. 1891, p. 449 ; 

 Col. Rep. Ann. No. 656, 1910, Rep. on Work of the Imp. Inst. 1909, 

 p. 36, Daniellia thurifera ; Thompson, Rep. Tour in Meko and Shaki 

 No. 25, 1910, S. Nigeria, p. 7, D. thurifera ; Col. Rep. Misc. lit;, 1910, 

 p. 88, D. thurifera ; I.e. Ann. No. 512, 1906, p. 23 ; I.e. Ann. No. 554, 

 1908, p. 39 ; I.e. Misc. No. 51, 1908, p. 39 ; I.e. Ann. No. 633, 1910, 

 p. 25). 



The inferior sorts of " Gum Copal " are usually obtained from 

 living trees, and the superior or so-called " semi-fossilised " are dug 



