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Forest Flora of Portuguese East Africa. 
, • . , AU. c^i:a With whitish sapwood and dark almost black heartwood, beautifully streaked. 
Chicush (6), Lonchocarpus mossambicensis. A very unusual timber, ig , > V > ^ slrea k. A etty timber> about 40 lbs. weight. Bark unfissured, 
Kings about 12 m.m. apart, with numerous intermediate small rings which give the longitudinal y 
grey, 4 m.m. thick. .. , / ik s ) • rines 6 m.m. apart ; takes good surface, 
Nyamarre (6). Log 20 cm. diameter, light, and rather spongy, very like Trichilia, reddish, but more open and lighter (40 lbs.) , ring 
and is not damaged by borers. fr om a usua lly small tree. Bark in small thick flakes. 
Xissasala (6), Gardenia Thunbergia. Hard and heavy (55 lbs.), yellowish-grey, with rings 3 m.m. apart. A g> 
Nyama-m-hutyana (6). Log 5 cm. diameter, always small tree. Timber yellowish, equal, rather light. Bark unfurrowed, woolly inside. 
TsZlll l, Vernonia senegas. Light-gmy spongy timber, of good surface, without noticed, e rings or rays. BaHc rough, somewhat frssured, thtek, woody 
inside. Specimen bored by small borers. 
Tondo or Tzontzo (6), Brachystegia appendiculata. Compact timber of medium ^ 7n view rfth" ^m^qul^ of™ 
scattered, very large j rays not visibie. Bark unfissured, used or water-ves and f ^ght, h IChardwood than a heavy hardwood, at least in 
this is probably the most important tree in M'Chopes and neighbouring districts ; it is rather a medium ggg . 
so far as the dry specimens seen by me were concerned, but possibly in mature trees the hear w y I , 
u iat , r f ormn tinn • nores laree in regular circles, about i m.m. apart each 
sU so useless for planting ; may have a use in fancy work. Bark thin, flaked 
Mueb^Sn- arborea. The best Hardwood seen , beautiful 
CUS 80 Specimens are 
not damaged by borer, but in Cape Colony it is considered advisable to give this species water-treatment to preserve it. 
against that, as also borer damage. Does not look like either a Celtis or a Ficus timber (see Chapter I .). 
Sicarit (6), Acalypha, Sp. Log 8 cm. diameter. A dense, grainless, ringless, whitish timber, never large, and consequently of little use. Surface good. Bark grey, not 
furrowed, but streaked in small furrows. 
Thendjele (6). A , s cm. star-cracked specimen of a compact, dense, darkly-yellowish wood of medium weight and good surface; rings regular, 4 m.m. apart, darker, 
but compact throughout. No pores ; no visible rays ; bark thin, grey, flaky ; small tree. 
Dane or Madane (6, 7), Spathodea alba. A light-grey, very equal timber, of good surface, better than Trichilia, less red ; weight about 45 lbs. ; rings id m.m. apart, 
with many intermediate pores ; rays not visible. Valuable board timber, not bored. Bark thin, flaky. Sometimes a large tree. 
Chicacute (6) Combretum Kraussii. A dull yellow timber, shot with irregular black streaks (possibly fungoid) ; surface fair; wood rather spongy; looks tough ; weight 
about 50 lbs. ; rings 12 m.m. apart, indistinct. Bark slightly fissured in rather close pattern, thin. May do for planking, boards, &c. 
Tole (6) Mimusops obovata, or M. cafira. A dense hardwood of dark reddish-grey colour ; good surface, and equal throughout ; rings 4 m.m. apart ; bark grey, hardly 
furrowed. A valuable timber. M. caflra is a fairly large gnarled tree along the coast, elsewhere small. M. obovate is large more in an . 
Mkurre (6), Eugenia guineensis. Very dark grey timber, shot throughout with almost black; somewhat woolly on end but takes a good ^ ^ork 
apart, without wider rings. Weight about 50 lbs. Bark grey, thin, unfissured. A good half-hard board timber but of bad colour; suitable however for y 
