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Yields an insoluble gum of some value. Samples from Uganda, 

 consisting of irregular dark brown tears and aggregations of tears, 

 varying in weight from J lb. to £ oz. or less, and in most cases con- 

 taining woody impurities, have been stated to be practically unsale- 

 able, though gum of a similar type when light-coloured could be 

 sold at low rates in London (Col. Rep. Misc. No. 63, 1909, pp. 164, 165). 



The wood — sapwood white, heartwood dark brown — is very hard 

 and durable ; planks are often sold in Lagos as " Iroko " (Punch, 

 Herb. Kew). A good timber fit for local use, Gold Coast (Thompson, 

 Col. Rep. Misc. No. 66, 1910, p. 184), sold locally in S. Nigeria, where 

 it is used for making doors, beams and planks (List of For. Trees, 

 S. Nigeria, 1910, p. 4). Suitable for building purposes (De Wilde- 

 man, PI. Util. Congo, Art. xxvi. 1904, p. 363). 



The tree is recorded on Herbarium specimens at Kew as a large 

 forest tree at Abeokuta (Punch) ; large tree on river banks, near the 

 confluence [Niger & Benue] (Barter) ; tree 30 ft. high, Old Calabar 

 River (Mann) ; large tree with gum exuding from trunk at Okuni 

 (Holland) ; a tree about 30 ft. on laterite soil in open country, Sierra 

 Leone (Scott Elliot) ; tree 30-40 ft. N.W. Ankole at 3500 ft., in 

 Mabira Forest at 4500 ft. above sea-level, and common throughout 

 Uganda (Dawe, Rep. Bot. Miss. Uganda, 1906, p. 44). 



Ref. — "Gum of Albizzia Brownei," Uganda, in Col. Rep. Misc. 



No. 63, 1909, pp. 164-165. "Albizzia Brownei" in "Einige Nutz- 



holzer Kameruns," Harms, Notizblatt, Bot. Gart. Berlin, App. xxi. 

 No. 2, 1911, pp. 16-18. 



Albizzia fastigiata, E. Meg. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 361. 



III.— Engl. Pflan. Ost, Afr. t. 21, ff. H-J (part of flower & pod) ; 

 Wood, Natal PL i. t. 27 ; Sim. For. Fl. Cape Col. t. 62 ; Sim. For. Fl. 

 & For. Res. Port. E. Afr. t, 58 ; Engl. & Drude, Veg. Erde, ix. f. 290 

 (habit). 



Vernac. names. — Owowe (Benin, Thompson) ; Ayinre ogo (Oloke 

 Meji, Foster) ; Ayanre (Lagos, MacGregor, No. 40, Herb. Kew, var. 

 glabra) ; Ayinretta or Ayinreta (Lagos, Thompson, Punch) ; Papan 

 (Gold Coast, Ferguson) ; Chikwani (Nyasalancl, Purves) ; Urn- 

 Llandhloti, or Um-Llandoti Nebelele (Kafir, Sim, Wood) ; Apaon 

 Bagroo River, Mann, Moloney) ; [Goane (Tronga, Lorenco Marques) ; 

 Mbezwa (Gaza) ; Mccusu or O'heso (M'cbopes, Zuralla) ; Maranga 

 (Echuabo, Quelimane) Sim~] ; Pran pran (Ivory Coast, Chevalier). — 

 Flatcrown. 



Lagos ; Oloke Meji ; Mt. Patti, N. Nigeria ; widely distributed in 

 W. Africa ; known also from Natal. 



Yields a gum somewhat similar to gum arabic (Chevalier, Comptes 

 Rendus, 7th March, 1910, p. 625) ; exudes an insoluble gum accord- 

 ing to Foster (No. 128, 1901, Herb. Kew). 



A native sauce is prepared from the seeds by maceration in 

 Golungo Alto (Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. p. 362 ; Moloney, For. W. Afr. p. 346). 



Wood soft, used for naves of wheels (Moloney, I.e.), yokes, for 

 doors and for general purposes ; weight per cubic foot 35-40 lb. 

 (Sim, For. Fl. Cape Col. p. 214 ; For. Fl. & For. Res. Port, E. Afr. 

 p. 114), or 38-67 lbs. per cubic ft, (Unwin, Tech. Rep. & Sci. Papers 

 Imp. Inst. p. 291) ; yields good timber, fit for local use (Thompson, 

 Col. Rep. Misc. No. 66, 1910, p. 184). A specimen in the Museum at 

 Kew has specific gravity 0*6237 = 39 lbs. per cubic foot. 



