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(Kew Bull. I.e. p. 190) ; found in the forests of Jebu-Ode, Ife, and 

 Ilesha (Thompson, Col. Rep. I.e. p. 6), in the forest reserve of the 

 Oban Hills, and in the Cross River region (I.e. pp. 7, 8). 



Khaya, A. Juss. 

 Khaya grandis, Stapf. 



A glabrous tree. Leaves pinnate, with 4 pairs of leaflets ; leaflets 

 oblong or subovate-oblong, often oblique, shortly and frequently 

 obscurely apiculate, rounded to shortly cuneate at the base ; 7-9 in. 

 long, 4-5 in. wide, papery, margin more or less undulate ; common 

 rhachis (inclusive of petiole), about 9 in. long ; petiolules 6 lin. 

 long. Panicles 3-6 in. long, 3-4 in. wide, very loose, pedicels 

 very short or up to 1^ lin. long. Flowers pentamerous (only 

 known in the hermaphradite condition). Calyx flat, 1 lin. in 

 diameter ; sepals rotundate. Petals 2 lin. long. Staminal tube 

 globose-urceolate, hardly constricted below the mouth, about 

 If lin. long. Anthers \ lin. long. Ovary adnate to a crenulate 

 disc ; stigma sessile, disciform, crenulate ; ovules about 15 in 

 two rows. 



Vernac. name.— Ogwangu (Benin, Thompson).— Benin Mahogany. 



Jebu-Ode, Ife, Ilesha, Mamu, Western Province, S. Nigeria. 



The timber is a regular article of export. 



Found in the forests of the localities mentioned though not very 

 plentiful in Mamu (Thompson, Col. Rep. Misc. No. 51, 1898, 

 pp. 4, 6). 



See under Khaya senegalensis. 



Khaya Punchii, Stapf. 



A glabrous tree. Leaves pinnate with 3 or less, often 4, pairs of 

 leaflets ; leaflets ovate-oblong to oblong, shortly and often abruptly 

 acuminate, rounded or very shortly and broadly cuneate at the 

 base ; 4-7 in. long, 2-4 in. wide, papery, margin more or less 

 undulate ; common rhachis (inclusive of petiole) 6-12 in. long ; 

 petiolules 3-6 lin. long. Panicles 6-9 in. long, 3-4 in. wide, rather 

 loose ; pedicels very short. Flowers pentamerous (only known in 

 the androdynamous state ; that is they are apparently hermaphro- 

 dite but are actually male). Calyx flat, 1 lin. or less in diameter ; 

 sepals rotundate. Petals 2-2^ lin. long. Staminal tube, globose- 

 urceolate, hardly constricted below the mouth, about 2,\ lin. long. 

 Anthers \ lin. long. Ovary surrounded at the base by an adnate 

 disc ; style cylindric, as long as the ovary ; stigma disciform ; 

 ovules very minute, barren. 



Vernac. name. — Ogwangu (Benin, Thompson, Unwiri). ; Eggo 

 (I bo, Thompson) ; Oganwo (Lagos, Punch). — Benin Mahogany. 



Ibadan Forest Reserve, Lagos ; Benin. 



The timber realises good prices and is much in demand. The 

 tree is said to be found in areas that are under water for several 

 months in the year (Thompson, Col. Rep. Misc. No. 51, 1908, p. 24, 

 and Kew. Bull. 1908, p. 189) ; found in the swamp forests between 

 the Forcados, Ramos, and Dodo Rivers (Col. Rep. I.e. p. 7). 



See also under Khaya senegalensis. 



