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The tree may be readily propagated by seeds, but like other 

 oily seeds they are not likely to retain their vitality for any length 

 of time. In Mozambique it grows wild all over the country 

 (Cons. Rep. Ann. No. 2630, 1901, p. 4). In Unyoro, Uganda, it 

 has been found growing on open land (Dawe, Herb. Kew). In 

 Cape Colony it grows on rich alluvial soil about 15 miles from the 

 sea, but not on the sea dunes, and is less abundant on shallow 

 shale soils (Sim, I.e. p. 160). Wood describes it as one of the 

 handsomest trees indigenous to Natal, where it grows in the Coast 

 districts (Nat. PI. i. p. 66). 



Ref. — "Trichilia emetica," in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 1875, 

 p. 44.—" Trichilia emetica," " Mafoureira," " Maforia," " Motsa- 

 kiri," " Mafurra," " Mafutratalg," in Pflanzenwelt, Deutsch Ost. 

 Afrika, Dr. Engler, B. pp. 475-476 (Dietrich Reimer, Berlin, 1895). 

 — " Mafoureira Nuts from Portuguese East Africa," in Bull. Imp. 

 Inst. 1903, pp. 26-29.— Forest Flora, Cape Colony, Sim, pp. 160-161 

 (Taylor & Henderson, Aberdeen, 1907). 



Trichilia Heudelotii, Planch. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. 1. p. 334. 



Vernac names. — Ovala (Benin, Thompson) ; Jauwi (Sierra 

 Leone, Scott Elliott). 



The bark furnishes a red dye used for cloth by the natives at 

 Kafogo, Sierra Leone (Scott Elliott, Col. Rep. Misc. No. 3, 1893, 

 p. 31). 



Trichilia Prieuriana, Juss. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 334. 



III.— Guillem. Perr. Rich. Fl. Senegamb. t, 30. 



Vernac. names. — Awe (Lagos, Punch). — Monkey Apple (Sierra 

 Leone, Scott Elliott). 



Lagos ; Old Calabar. 



A handsome decorative tree. Wood very hard and red (Punch, 

 Herb. Kew). 



Carapa, Aubl. 



Carapa guianeensis, Aubl. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 336. 



Ill— Aublet, Guiana, t. 387 ; Lam. Encycl. t. 301, f. 2 ; Desc. 

 Ant. vi. t. 446 ; Mem. Mus. Paris, xix. t. 20 ; De Candolle, Monogr. 

 Phanerog. i. t. 9, f. 2 ; Mart. Fl. Bras. xi. pt. 1, t. 64 ; Engl. & 

 Prantl, Pflau. iii. pt. 4, f. 156 F-H ; Stone, Timb. Comm. t. 3, f. 24 

 (Photo-Micro, trans, sec. of wood x 3) ; Journ. Inst. Comm. Res. 

 Tropics, Liverpool Univ. Jan. 1908, p. 24, f. 6 (Seed). 



Vernac. names. — Koudou (Ivory Coast, Pobeguin) ; Kobi 

 (Bambara, Pobeguin) ; Gobi (Soussou, Pobeguin). — Crabwood ; 

 Crab Tree. 



Eppah, Niger ; common in British Guiana and other parts of 

 Trop. America. 



The seeds yield an oil known in commerce as " Carap " or 

 " Crab oil." It is reputed to possess anthelmintic properties and 

 to be a powerful insecticide. Insects are said not to go near trees 

 daubed with the oil. Soap made from the oil dissolved in water 

 is an efficient insecticide for greenhouse or outdoor plants. The 



