303 



(Unwin, Rep. For. Sierra Leone, 1909, p. 8) ; recommended for 

 cabinet work, joinery, constructional work and domestic utensils 

 (De Wilcleman, PI. Util. Congo, ii. Art, vi. 1906, p. 139) ; useful for 

 furniture locally, though not ornamental and of no value for export ; 

 weight 56 lbs. per cubic foot (Bull. Imp. Inst. 1908, p. 231). 



The ashes of the .wood and bark are used on the Congo, in the 

 preparation of skins (De Wildeman, I.e.). 



Ref. — " Parinarium excelsum" in PI. Util. Congo, De Wildeman, 

 ii. Fasc. 1, 1906, pp. 138-140. 



Parinarium macrophyllum, Sabine ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 369, 



i7/.— Guillem. Perr. Rich. Fl. Senegamb. t. 61 (P. senegalense). 



Vernac. names. — Gawasa (Katagum, Dalziel). — Ginger-bread plum. 



Katagum. Sierra Leone ; Senegambia ; St. Thomas. 



Fruit about the size of a goose egg ; edible, Katagum (Dalziel, 

 Herb. Kew) ; eaten in Sierra Leone (Smythe, Herb. Kew). 



Wood used for planks, S. Nigeria (Thompson, List of For. Trees, 

 S. Nig. 1910, p. 8). 



Parinarium Mobola, Oliv. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 368. 



III. — Warburg, Kumene Exped, p 71 (habit) ; Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xxxvii. 1906 t. 18, ff. 3, 4 (habit) ; Rhodesia Agric. Journ. viii. 1910, 

 p. 212 (habit) ; Engl. & Drude, Veg. Erde, ix. f. 369 (habit). 



The Mola or Mobola Plum. 



Yoruba (Thompson, Rep. Meko & Shaki Dist. 1910, p. 4). 



Fruit edible, flavour like strawberry (Kirk), somewhat the taste 

 of a rich date, but mealy and tasteless if not quite ripe (Dawe). 



The kernels contain an oil ; in 1876 they were tried on the Liver- 

 pool Market as an " oil-seed," coining from Liberia (Samuelson, 

 Mus. Kew). 



Timber good, Nyasaland (Cameron, Herb. Kew) ; used for planks 

 S. Nigeria (Thompson, List of For. Trees, S. Nig. 1910, p. 8). 



Parinarium polyandrum, Benth. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 370. 



Vernac. names. — Ako Idofun (Yoruba, Thompson) ; Abaddina or 

 Attadina (Nupe, Barter) ; Chebweri (Shire Dist. Nyasaland, John- 

 ston). 



Lagos ; Lokoja ; Kontagora ; Attah on the Quorra ; Nupe. 



Fruit resembles a small peach, scarcely edible (Barter, Herb. 

 Kew) ; black, plum-like, fruiting in March at Lokoja (Dalziel, Herb. 

 Kew). 



The root, dried and powdered, is used as a cure for syphilis in the 

 Shire District (Johnston, Mus. Kew). 



The wood is largely used by the native smiths (Nupe) for charcoal 

 making, for which purpose they consider it the best wood (Barter, 

 I.e.) ; used by the Natives of S. Nigeria for building farm-houses 

 (Thompson, List of For. Trees, S. Nig. 1910, p. 8). 



Grows as a small stout tree 12 to 20 ft. high in Nupe (Barter). 



Parinarium robustum, Oliv. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 370. 



Vernac. names. — Aghaghe (Lagos, Milleri) ; Bumpago (Gold Coast, 

 Evans) ; Aroba or Oroba (Mbonoi, Ivory Coast, Chevalier). 



Banks of the Nun [Niger] river ; where, according to Mann 

 (No. 481, Herb. Kew), it grows 40 ft. high, and on the Gold Coast a 

 large timber tree 80 ft. high (Evans, Mus. Kew) : density of wood 

 0-957 (Chevalier, Les Veg. Util. L'Afriq. Trop. Fran?. Fasc. v. 1909, 

 pp. 281, 225). 



