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BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA 
Lungwe makes a medicine for sores. Chips are taken off, placed in a pot, and heated 
over the fire. The infusion is applied to the sore by means of a feather. 
Mkakomtela makes lip-rings, and is carved into gun-stocks. 
Mkemgusa (Mlanje Cedar) is a noteable tree in British Central Africa. It is used in 
making tables, chairs, etc. It is easily cut and planed, and has a sweet smell. It also 
makes good walking-sticks. 
Nkolopochi —a tree which grows on the hills, and has a fruit of the same name, which 
is bright red when ripe. 
Mchenjilema is a tree that grows on hilly ground. It is a tree of great use. It is 
large in size, and grows in forest clumps. It has very large roots that grow down deep 
into the ground. 
Msilanyama —a fruit tree, but small. People take the bark (or husks) and pound it 
in a mortar, and make an oil used in smearing their bodies. It grows on sandy soil. 
The fruit is small like a chitalaka bead. 
Nkulukututu grows on sandy soil or near a stream. The fruit is very edible. The 
wood is used for making wooden spoons. 
Chipisawago , like the chinyenye tree, is used for making wooden mallets. After 
adzing, they are marked with a hot iron, and are used for hammering bark-cloth. It is 
an exceedingly hard wood, hence its name— chipisawago , “the blunter of the axe.” 
If Europeans make mallets of this tree they will find it very useful. 
Mpandabwalo is easily cut into boards. It does not crack. The seeds are used by 
women for lip-rings. 
Nakalima grows on hilly country, and makes into good boards. 
Chandafu grows on hilly country ; is a very large tree, and makes good boards. The 
tree is dark in colour, and the bark is very rough. 
Nkangasa —a canoe-tree growing at the river or on the hills. It is found here, and 
makes good boards. 
Mchelechela grows near streams or in clumps of forest trees. It is a very large tree, 
and is used in making, spoons, mortars, and canoes. 
Nkalala grows in forest clumps. It is used in canoe-making. 
Mchenga is used in making handles for hoes and axes. The leaves are small, and the 
bark is rough. 
