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Forest Flora of Portuguese East Africa. 
Nuelambeba (4), Clerodendron glabrum. A close grained nearly white hardwood, somewhat cracked. Pores numerous, fine ; rays evident, not numerous; hark thin, 
corky, deeply fissured into narrow ridges. Weight about 50 lbs. Fit for furniture and similar work when large enough. 
Mecruce (no locality), probably Mocurusse (1 1), Umbitzan (4), Weihea subpeltata. A small branch of a close-grained yellowish hardwood of slow growth and having a 
small dark walnut heartwood; bark fissured, rough. A pretty wood but the specimen is too small for technical work. Umbitzan however grows to a metre diameter 
in the Lcbombos, and 15 c.m. poles lying at Mr. Stem’s consisted almost entirely of black heartwood. It has the reputation there of being exceedingly hard and 
durable. This is one of the 2 or 3 timbers which were burned into shape and used as hoes before iron hoes were introduced. 
Pesso Impesha (4), Albizzia mossambicensis. A yellowish-grey, half-hard timber, of equal texture, or softer towards the bark, and taking a fair surface, showing well 
under varnish, though too open and porous for most purposes. Pores few but large; rays not numerous, fine; weight about 40 lbs. Not durable; subject to insect 
attack ; brittle and not strong ; fit only for temporary boxes, or such work. Bark thick, woody, roughly cracked outside but hardly fissured ; the ash of the bark is 
used regularly by the natives in snuff. 
Fungusha (4), Kigclia pinnata. A white or yellowish softwood, equal in texture, taking a fair surface, and showing well under varnish. A timber of unusual strength 
and toughness, 35-40 lbs. weight, and often of considerable size, hence useful for many purposes, such as yokes, oars, wagon-wood, &c., as also for planking, boxes, 
&c. In Magenja da Costa it is selected for spoons and other domestic utensils. Bark thick, smooth, light grey. 
Catchusoba (4). Log 7 c.m. diameter. A very beautifully-grained yellowish timber of dense equal texture of fine surface, which would be most useful in furniture 
manufacture if of sufficient size. Pores few, small ; growth slow. 
Umcucho (ICuhlu) (4), Trichilia emetica. A grey or pinkish-grey timber of open grain and light weight (40-45 lbs.), largely used in the Transkei for furniture, planking, 
planks one metre width being there obtainable of good length, and if seasoned in water found to work up into first-rate beautiful furniture, not subject to warp, 
crack, or suffer from insects. If not water-seasoned it usually is destroyed by borers in 2-3 years. 
Qua-qua or Cua-cuo (4), Strychnos Gerrardii. A fairly dense timber of rapid growth up to its size, but containing a very large number of exceedingly large pores, the 
largest pores among local timbers of equal density. Colour nearly white ; weight about 45 lbs.; takes a good surface which shows well under varnish. Seldom of 
size for timber, and rather subject to have defective holes and gnarls; fit however for boxes, &c. Bark grey, with white blotches. 
Macimbirre. Presumably this name has been obtained from a Mozambique native, in which case it would be Pterocarpus erinaceus, which also grows at Matolla and 
elsewhere in Lourenzo Marques. A pinkish or light-red timber, changing gradually to a lighter sapwood. Surface good, and very pretty under varnish, quite fit for 
furniture, &c. Weight 40-45 lbs. Bark thick, deeply fissured and cracked, grey outside, red when cut. 
Fochuana. (No locality.) Log 15 c.m. diameter, with pithy core. A fairly soft nearly white wood, taking passable surface, and fit for planking, house-timber, boxes, 
&c. Weight 35-40 lbs. Bark warted, wrinkled and lined, but not cracked, stringy inside. 
Nhoebe (Mnebe) (4), Andradia arborea. Small sample ; a pinkish, dense, close-grained hardwood, of slow growth, without pores, and with numerous very fine rays. 
Good for furniture and all similar hardwood work. Bark thin, more or less fissured and cracked. Weight about 55-60 lbs. 
Chese (4), ( ommiphora. A yellowish rather soft timber of rapid growth ; rings about 8 m.m. apart. It takes a good surface, and is fit for planking, boxes, &c. Weight 
about 35 lbs. Bark thick, woody, irregularly cracked and furrowed. 
Hloho (4), Euphorbia grandidens. Timber very light, unfit for technical purposes. Bark thin, yielding latex. 
Chimubocantha (4), Chimumbuncanhe (4), Chibumbocanhe (5) (Shumbu-n-Kanye), Commiphora caryaefolia. A very light and pinkish-white softwood of rapid 
growth ; lings about 8 m.m. wide, surface fair, showing well under varnish ; rather open and porous ; pores small, numerous ; weight 40-45 lbs. ; fit for planking, 
boxes, & c. Bark reddish-brown, smooth, nearly white, with a somewhat papery surface, and woody or fibrous red interior. 
Chissenge (4), Commiphora sp. Weight about 30 lbs. Timber white, cuts to a good firm surface. Quite fit for boxes, &c. Bark thin, greenish, decorticating in 
transparent papery flakes. 
