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Forest Flora of Portuguese East Africa. 
Specimens from Maputa — 
Chenga (4), Acacia arabica. Timber dark, reddish-brown, close-grained, dense, equal, with a small nearly white sapwood. Pores fairly abundant, rather large, continuous, 
more or less resinous ; rays numerous. Takes a beautiful surface and has good colour, useful for many purposes when large enough. Bark grey, dense, deeply 
grooved in long more or less parallel 2 c.m. stringy ridges. Frequent but seldom large. 
Camba (4), Acacia Xanthophloea (Fever tree). A nearly white soft timber, of open texture and very light weight (perhaps 35 lbs. or less). Growth rapid ; pores large, 
spongy ; rays numerous, prominent. Bark thin, greenish-yellow, without fissures, but with numerous horizontal grooves. Absolutely useless as timber, except it 
can be planed into fruit punnets, or some such purpose. Very subject to insect attack. 
Munga (4), Acacia hirtella. A close-grained hardwood of grey colour and rather slow growth, dark-brown in the centre with age ; rings 2 m.m. apart, irregular ; pores 
rather numerous, regular, large ; rays rather few, distinct ; weight 55 lbs. Used here only for firewood, and generally too gnarled for other purposes. Bark dark 
roughly fissured, in old trees thick and very deeply fissured. 
Kahane (4). A 5 c.m. cracked sample of a close-grained pinkish hardwood. Too small for technical purposes unless it grows larger. 
Shrituana (4), Commiphora Harveyi. Very light (30-35 lbs.). Timber fairly dense, showing no pores. Fit for boxes, &c. Bark nearly smooth, grey or whitish, not 
decorticated. 
Icotolo (4), probably Mimusops. Log 40 c.m. diameter. A pinkish-grey timber, working up to a nice figured surface, pretty under varnish. Pores very numerous and 
rather large ; rays numerous, very fine; weight about 45-50 lbs. Fit for planking and similar work, and also for furniture. Bark stringy, 6 m.m. thick, fissured 
into irregular ridges. 
Cinhana (Maputa and Manhica). Probably a Ficus. Specimens 18 c.m. diameter. A white softwood quite fit for planking, boxes, &c., and taking a fairly good 
surface. Weight 30-35 lbs. Bark thin, grey, warled or slightly cracked. 
Chiquicha. This does not appear to be Lonchocarpus mossambicensis which bears a similar name in M’Chopes. A grey timber of fairly close-grain but rather rough 
surface. Pores numerous, rather large, rays very fine and very numerous. Weight 50-55 lbs. Fit for general purposes, half-hardwood or planking. Bark roughly 
warted, or more or less cracked, dark grey. 
Specimens from Magude— 
Mussanga-tanga (5). A rather open grey hardwood timber, taking a good surface, and weighing about 50 lbs. Pores numerous, small, scattered ; rings numerous, 
fine ; timber yellowish and of good surface. One specimen star-cracked. Bark grey, unfissured but somewhat streaked. 
Gubassila (5). A yellowish-brown or reddish fairly hard timber, taking a beautiful rather grained surface, showing well under varnish. Rings about 1 m.m. apart ; pores 
minute, rays fine, numerous ; bark nearly smooth, grey, thin. Fit for furniture work, planking, &c., if large enough. 
Indiziva (5). A yellowish timber of close-grain ; rings 2 m.m. apart, with numerous smaller intermediates. Pores few, small ; rays numerous, fine, close; weight about 
50 lbs. Bark very thin, smooth or warted. Specimen 10 c.m. diameter, perhaps a young piece of Inziha, Andradia arborea. 
Mucunico (5). A yellowish-grey timber, taking a fair somewhat soft surface, and rather streaked with darker markings. Rings about 1 m.m. apart ; pores few large • 
rays fine ; bark thin, smooth, grey, inclined to decorticate, may be useful for half-hard planking and similar work, boxes, &c. 
Chinirana (5). A dark reddish-brown hardwood, with lighter sapwood of 2-3 c.m. thickness. Pores few, large, resinous ; rays numerous, fine. Heartwood very pretty 
like dark rosewood, and good for furniture, &c., if of sufficient size without defect ; sapwood pinkish ; grain rather coarse. Weight about 55 lbs. Specimen 12 
c.m. diameter. Bark 6 m.m. thick, cracked and furrowed into squares, dark grey. 
Chipalhasse (5). A dense hardwood, the heartwood quite black, the small sapwood yellowish, and distinctly defined. Rings about 2 m.m. apart ; pores numerous in 
the sapwood, absent in the heartwood. Surface first-rate, and takes varnish well. Presumably this is one of the ebonies, and it is fit for export if of size and sound. 
Specimen 12 c.m. diameter. Bark grey, flaky, more or less smooth. 
