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Abeokuta ; Yoraba ; Lagos ; Benin ; Nupe. 



Fruits edible, used as ornaments by the natives in most parts of 

 Africa. Snuff-boxes are made from the fruits and used by the 

 Zulus in Natal (Mus. Kew). 



In Senegal a decoction of the roots is used in cases of dysentery, 

 and an infusion taken each morniner, as an antilithic and diuretic 

 (Sebire, PI. Util. Senegal, p. 19). 



FLACOURTIA, Commers. 



Flacourtia flavescens, Willd. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 121. 



Niger. 



Berry edible. 



Flacourtia Ramontchi, VUerit. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 120. 



Ill — L'Herit. Stirp. Nov. t. 30, 30B ; Lam. Encycl. t. 826: 

 Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. or. i. t. 85 ; Brandis, Indian Trees, p. 40 ; 

 Thonner, Bliitenpfl. Afr. t. 105. 



Batoko Plum (Zambesi) ; Madagascar Plum. 



Abeokuta ; Niger. 



The fruits, about the size of a plum, are eaten either raw or 

 cooked. They are considered good for jaundice and enlarged 

 spleen. 



In India the leaves are used as cattle fodder ; the thorns for 

 breaking the pustules of small-pox ; the gum with other ingre- 

 dients for cholera ; and the bark is applied to the body with that 

 of Albizzia, in cases of intermittent fever (Diet. Econ. Prod. Ind.). 



The wood is red, hard, close and even-grained, durable, splits 

 but does not warp ; weight about 50-55 lbs. per cubic foot ; used 

 for turning, and for agricultural implements (Gamble, Man. Ind. 

 Timb. 2nd ed. p. 10). 



The thorny branches suggest its suitability as a hedge plant ; 

 propagated by seed, or by stout branches placed firmly in the 

 ground. It grows in poor, dry, rocky soil. 



POLYGALEAE. 

 SECURIDACA, Linn. 

 Securidaca longipedunculata, Fres. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 134. 



III.— Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, t. 10 {Lophostijlis august if olia) ; 

 Peters, Mozamb. t. 22 (Lophostylis pallida) ; Thonner, Blutenpil. 

 Afr. t. 79. 



Vernac. names. — Womagunguna ; Saingia (Kontagora, Dalziel) ; 

 Jalu (S. Nigeria) ; Jodo (E. Africa, Scott Elliot) ; Buaze (Zambesi, 

 Livingstone). 



Quorra. 



This plant yields two kinds of fibre, one from the bark of the 

 twigs, known as " Buaze fibre," and the other from the stem — a 

 fibrous bark which becomes enveloped by layers of the wood. 



