4-5 in. long, lower surface permanently grey downy. Racemes short
stalked, fairly dense, 2-3 in. long; bracts scarious, in unexpanded
heads concealing the flowers; cor. pale to deep red Pod ab. ¾ in. long,
tawny.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: Duggu); Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
342 =Dalbergia Melanoxylon= _Guill._ & _Perr._ BABANUS or EIBNUSA—Arab;
ORŪM (Dilling) & KUNG (J. Eliri)—Nuba; FAITI & FUNITI—Bari; ERRIT (Goz
El Siada), RED (Kenissa), RĒT (L. Powendael) and RĪT (Bahr El
Ghazal)—Dinka; RIT—Jur; BOKANGO or EBANOS—Golo; TARI—Hameg; LURR &
GEL—Nuer; GIUOM—Burun.
Small to middle-sized tree of irregular growth; branches spiny. Leaves
imparipinnate; leaflets 9-13, alternate; flowers white, sweet-scented;
pods flat, indehiscent, mostly 1-seeded.
White Nile Prov. (Jebelein) & south of Lat. 13° N.
The timber is black like ebony, for which it is used as a substitute;
good-sized and sound logs are, however, rare. It is difficult to work
but takes a beautiful polish. It is resistant to insect pests, and is
useful for cabinet making.
=D. sp.= (leaf only) =No. 1295= _S.G.H._
Tall, graceful tree. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets alternate.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (near Dilling).
=D. sp.= HURHAR—Arab (Pod only).
Tree.
Kordofan Prov. (Muriel L/160).
343 =Pterocarpus lucens= _Guill._ & _Perr._ TARAYA—Arab; DIGDIG—Dinka &
Jur; M’BOLO & GANA—Golo; IMMIRORA—Hameg; TIRMA—Bongo.
Tall and straight tree. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets 3-7, alternate;
flowers yellow, sweet-scented; pod indehiscent, disk-like, with a winged
margin.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
The wood, which is yellowish white in colour and strong, works well. It
is suited to carpentry, joinery and cabinet making. The bark, which
contains a gum allied to “Kino,” is astringent, and is used for tanning
and for dysentery. The leaves excite the appetite, and are a remedy for
stomach troubles.
344 =Lonchocarpus laxiflorus= _Guill._ & _Perr._ AMGINEIDILAD (Baggara)
& KHASHKHASH AZRAK (Fung), K. EL SUGHUR & HARHAR (Baggara)—Arab;
LAKUDI—Bari; ZIDI—Zande.
Small tree. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets 5-7, oblong-lanceolate to
ovate-oblong; flowers light-purple, monadelphous, in dense panicles. Pod
3-4 in. long, nearly ¾ in. broad, membranous, straight.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); White Nile Prov. (Jebelein); Nuba Mts. Prov.;
Bahr El Ghazal Prov.; Darfur & Mongalla Provinces.
Wood, heavy, yellow. A very showy tree when in flower.
345 =Andira inermis= _H.B._ & _K._
Tree 20-30 ft. high. Leaflets 9-13, lanceolate, terminal obovate 2-3 in.
long, subcoriaceous, glabrous. Flowers pink in pyramidal panicles up to
1 ft. long. Fruit plum-like, hard, 1½ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
346 =Afrormosia laxiflora= _Harms._ M’BANGA—Golo; M’BANGA & LEBBE—Bongo.
Middle-sized tree with imparipinnate leaves and inconspicuous greenish
flowers, due to white petals falling off early. Leaflets 9-11, glabrous,
coriaceous. Pods flat, thin, 4 in. long, with an intra-marginal nerve.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Wau, Jur).
The wood is dark and hard, and close grained: density 1.1 (sap-wood and
1.14 heart-wood). It is difficult to work, but takes a good polish. An
excellent wood for cabinet making.
347 =Swartzia madagascariensis= _Desv._
Tree, 20-30 ft. high. Leaflets 9-11, alternate, oblong, coriaceous, 2-3
in. long. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered racemes; petal 1 only
orbicular, silky on back. Pod up to 1 ft. long, up to ¾ in. thick,
cylindrical, slightly furrowed.
Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
Wood very hard and heavy, density 1.08; difficult to work, and suited
for piles and fences. The heart-wood is dark reddish brown, the sap-wood
yellow. It takes a fine polish and makes handsome furniture, etc.
348 =Cordyla africana= _Lour._ DONJIJUAK (Bahr El Ghazal)—Dinka; BOLI,
CHINYA & TINA—Golo.
Large tree with rough bark. Leaves gland-dotted, imparipinnate; leaflets
19-25 up to 2 in. long. Flowers in 6-12 flowered racemes, 1-2 in. long;
petals 0; stamens numerous; filaments free or very slightly connate. Pod
stalked at first, then yellow, pulpy, the size of a small lemon.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Wau); Mongalla Prov. (Gondokoro).
Yields a dark gum. The fruit is eaten.
=SALICACEÆ.=
349 =Salix Safsaf= _Forsk._ SAFSAF—Arab; URU—Hameg. Willow.
Large riverside shrub. Leaves alt., lanceolate, usually 2-3 in. long,
glabrous, sometimes villous when young. Infl. diœcious; catkins 1-2 in.
long. Capsule rather broad and blunt; seeds silky hairy.
Atbara River; Nile below Khartoum; Blue Nile and tributaries; Darfur
Prov. (J. Marra).
The twigs are used for basket making. A black dye obtained from the
leaves, is used for dyeing mats.
=S. Murielii= _Skan._ SAFSAF—Arab; URŪ—Hameg.
Riverside shrub. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 1½-3 in. long, densely grey-
silky hairy. Catkins 1-3 in. long. Capsule broadly ovoid without style.
Nubia (between Berber & Khartoum); Blue Nile Prov. (Sennar & Dinder).
=S. Schweinfurthii= _Skan._
Young branches grey-tomentose, finally brown and glabrous. Leaves
oblong-lanceolate, long acuminate, serrulate, up to 5 in. long. Catkins
1-2½ in. long. Capsule ovoid, beaked, nearly ¼ in. long.
Nubia; Khartoum Prov.; Kordofan Prov.
=MORACEÆ.=
350 =Chlorophora excelsa= _Benth._ & _Hook._ DORO—Kaliko.
Tall tree with milky juice, with bole clean up to 60 ft. Leaves alt.,
elliptic, acuminate, cordate, serrate-dentate, 6-7 in. long (shorter on
old trees), tomentose, especially when young; pet. ½-1½ in. long. Infl.
diœcious. Male fl. on catkin-like spikes up to 7 in. long; calyx
4-partite; sta. 4. Fem. fl. in globose or cylindrical spikes up to 2½
in. long; calyx segm. 4; ovary enclosed in calyx; style simple or
unequally bifid. Fruit a fleshy syncarp.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: Assika River).
Wood brownish yellow with lighter longitudinal lines, hard, but works
well. A beautiful wood suitable for cabinet work.
351 =Dorstenia bicornis= _Schwfth._
Herb, 1 ft. high, from a creeping rhizome, pubescent on petioles, which
are long for lower leaves. Leaves thin, elliptic to obovate or
obcuneate, apex mucronulate, acute to acuminate, undulate to coarse-
dentate, 4-5 in. long. Infl. monœcious solitary; fl. crowded on a
foliform, lunately curved, stalked receptacle, ab. 1 in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Tuhami’s Zariba).
=D. psilurus= _Welw._
Herb, 1-2½ ft. high, from a creeping rhizome. Leaves polymorphic,
varying from ovate-elliptic to 3- or several-lobed. Infl. solitary,
long-stalked vertical; receptacle linear-lanceolate up to 1½ in. long
passing above into an erect, linear appendage 2½-3½ in. long, slightly
dilated at apex; base prolonged beyond the stalk forming an upward
curving appendage, ½ in. long.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
=D. Walleri= _Hemsl._
Fleshy plant; stem simple from a disciform tuber, 8-16 in. high. Leaves
crowded at top of stem, elliptic with unequal base, 2½-5½ in. long.
Infl. solitary; stalk 1-2 in. long; receptacle stellate, 4-7 rayed, up
to 1 in. diam.; rays ¾-3 in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Nabambisso River).
=D. barnimiana= _Schwfth._
Stemless, tuberous herb. Leaves radical fleshy cordate to cordate-ovate,
the ultimate leaf sometimes 3-sect, segments again 2-3 sect, many-
toothed; pet. 6 in. long or more. Peduncles as long as petioles;
receptacle green, vertical, linear to oblong, with a narrow margin and
linear bracts, the terminal one the longest up to 1¼ in. long.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat; Khor Koki, near Matamma); Fung Prov. (J.
Fazoghl, Famaka, Fazoghli).
=var. tropæolifolia= _Rendle._
Smaller than above. Leaf solitary, peltate, roundish, 1 in. diam.; pet.
under 2 in. long. Peduncle 2-4 in. long, bracts on receptacle ⅓-½ in.
long.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat; left bank of Gendua River).
=D. foetida var. obovata= _Engl._
Stems from a thick fleshy tuber; leaves on long slender petioles,
elliptic, ovate or obovate, 1½ in. long, 1 in. broad. Infl. roundish,
with 8-10 linear unequal arms about ⅙ in. long.
Red Sea Prov. (Katai Geraita).
=D. palmata= _Engl._
Stemless herb, tuber roundish to broadly conical. Petioles 2-4 in. long;
leaves glabrous, ovate-cordate, dentate or 3-7 sect, 3-4 in. long.
Peduncle 2-4 in. long; erect, narrowly triangular, up to 1½ in. long;
apical bract ¾ in. and 1-2 pairs of bracts from basal angles, ab. ½ in.
long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur; Wau, Jur Ghattas & Mangob).
352 =Ficus palmata= _Forsk._
Shrub or small tree with milky juice. Leaves alt. ovate-acuminate or
ovate-orbicular and 3-5 lobed, scabrous, 2½-8 in. long. Receptacles
axillary with 3 basal bracts and numerous others round the opening into
the receptacle (ostiole).
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Wau); Darfur Prov. (J. Marra; Abwo stream, 8,200
ft.).
=F. Sycomorus= _Linn._ GAMEIZ—Arab; FANTEIB—Hadendowa; N’GUHIN
(Dilling), N’GWANI (J. Ghulfan), DULLAM (Tagele) & INDYEIK
(Kadugli)—Nuba; NENSHA—Hameg; KELISHO—Bari; NAGAP (Kaka)—Dinka; NAP
NGOF—Nuer; AWOLAM—Shilluk.
Very large tree. Leaves alt., suborbicular, 2-5 in. long, subentire,
sometimes somewhat scabrous, 3-nerved at base. Receptacles (Figs) 1 in.
diam., tomentose, in leafless panicles on older wood; basal bracts 2,
ostiolar bracts numerous.
Found near running water, in most parts of the Sudan, Nubia; Red Sea
Prov. (Suakin, Erkowit); Berber Prov. (Shendi & El Mesherif); Khartoum
Prov.; Blue Nile Prov.; Kordofan Prov.; Darfur Prov.; Bahr El Jebel.
Wood soft, not durable, used for dug-out canoes and household utensils.
Fruit edible. The wood was used by ancient Egyptians for mummy cases.
=F. capensis= _Thunb._ N’GAB (Bahr El Ghazal)—Dinka; GASSE—Golo.
Shrub of small tree. Leaves oval, 3-nerved at base, 2½-9 in. long; pet.
up to 3 in. long; stip. oblong-lanceolate, villous, caducous.
Receptacles in leafless 1 ft. long panicles on old wood, each obovoid,
up to 1 in. long; basal bracts 3; bracts round prominent ostiole
numerous, hairy.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur, Jur Ghattas).
Fruit edible.
=F. Vallis-Choudæ= _Del._
Large tree. Leaves broadly ovate, 4-8 in. long, coarsely dentate; pet.
1-2½ in. long; stip. linear-lanceolate, ¾ in. long, deciduous.
Receptacles 1¾ in. diam., axillary, solitary, pear-shaped; basal bracts
small and caducous; ostiolar bracts numerous coriaceous.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Gendua River); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-
land); Nabambisso River); Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: Wando River).
=F. gnaphalocarpa= _A. Rich._
Large tree. Leaves orbicular or ovate, cordate, 2-5 in. long,
coriaceous, scabrous at times, obtusely serrate; pet. ¼-3 in. long;
stip. subpersistent, lanceolate-acuminate. Receptacles axillary,
solitary, tomentose, 1½ in. long; basal bracts 3 whorled or scattered
over the receptacle; ostiolar bracts tomentose, ¼ in. long, horizontal
across orifice and retrorse inside it.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Bahr El Ghazal
Prov. (Jur; Jur Ghattas); Mongalla Prov. (Bor).
=F. capreæfolia= _Del._ GUEIR or SEYID—Arab; OBA—Hameg.
Riverside shrub. Leaves nearly all opposite, 3-dentate at apex, 1-4 in.
long, scabrous; pet. ab. ¼ in. long; stipules paired, lanceolate, ¼ in.
long. Receptacles axillary, solitary, ¾ in. diam., bracts 3-4, scattered
on ½ in. long peduncle; ostiole open, bracts imbricate descending into
the orifice.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: banks of the Atbara River near Matamma);
between Matamma & Shendi; Khartoum Prov.; Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Blue
Nile Prov. (Wad El Ghazal, Abu Haraz); Kordofan Prov. (Bara); Upper
White Nile Prov. (Fashoda); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: River
Ibba & River Sway, near Dukuttu, Mittu-land: Roah River).
Fruit edible.
=F. urceolaris= _Welw._
Shrub or small tree. Leaves alt., unequally elliptic, caudate, 4-9 in.
long, coarsely dentate; pet. ⅓-¾ in. long; stip. ovate, scabrous, ¼ in.
long. Receptacles axillary 1-3 together on young shoots; basal bracts
minute, scattered on peduncle. Ostiole large, bracts imbricate,
mucilaginous, hyaline.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: on the Nabambisso River).
=F. storthophylla= _Warb._
Shrub or small tree. Leaves obovate-oblanceolate, caudate, 3-6 in. long,
pinnately and laciniately lobed, scabrous; pet. ¼-½ in. long; stip.
deciduous. Receptacles axillary 4 or 2 together, ¼ in. diam., subsessile
with 2-3 basal bracts; ostiole large and slightly protruding, bracts
numerous in and around the orifice.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Atoboru River).
=F. sciarophylla= _Warb._
Shrub 8 ft. high. Leaves elliptic, coarsely lobulate, acuminate, 6-12
in. long, whitish villous when young; pet. 1-2 in. long or more; stip.
oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, ab. 1 in. long, glabrous. Receptacle not
known.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: River Hoo).
=F. salicifolia= _Vahl._ UMSISI (Baggara)—Arab; TINGALIGALI
(Kadugli)—Nuba.
Moderate-sized tree; bark light-brown. Leaves lanceolate, veins
reticulate, strongly marked, usually 1-6 in. long; pet. ½-2½ in. long;
stip. linear, 1 in. long, deciduous. Receptacles axillary crowded in
pairs on short peduncles; basal bracts minute, deciduous; ostiole closed
by bracts.
Blue Nile Prov. (Segeddi); Nuba Mts. Prov. (J. Kadugli, J. Daier);
Darfur Prov.
=F. ingens= _Miq._
Tree or shrub. Leaves ovate, cordate, 3-6 in. long, shining; pet. 1 in.
long; stip. not known. Receptacles ⅓ in. diam., axillary, paired; basal
bracts 2, coriaceous; ostiole closed by 3 imbricate bracts.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Gendua River); Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Nuba Mts.
Prov. (Talodi); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dukuttu and Jur Ghattas); Bahr El
Jebel (Madi).
=F. ingentoides= _Hutchinson._
Shrub or small tree, branchlets tomentose. Leaves oblong-lanceolate,
rounded or subcordate at base, shortly acuminate, 2½-5 in. long, entire,
thinly coriaceous; pet. ab. 1 in. long; stip. caducous, coriaceous.
Receptacles axillary on old wood, ½ in. diam., basal bracts persistent;
ostiolar bracts imbricate, visible outside.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, Mid Robo 8,300 ft.).
=F. polita= _Vahl._
Tree 50 ft. high. Leaves ovate, caudate, 3-6 in. long, rounded or
subcordate at base; pet. up to 4½ in. long; stip. lanceolate-acuminate,
caducous. Receptacles clustered on outgrowths on old wood, 1½ in. diam.,
wrinkled; basal bracts 3, triangular, ostiolar bracts retrorse inside
orifice.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Linduku River, Mittu: Mvolo).
=F. ovata= _Vahl._
Large tree with a wide crown. Leaves oblong-elliptic, shortly acuminate,
7-10 in. long, base rounded or cordate; pet. ab. 2 in. long; stip.
lanceolate-acuminate, caducous, 2 in. long. Receptacles in axillary
pairs, 1-2 in. diam., enclosed when young by lid-like basal bracts;
ostioles small; bracts all internal.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Linduku River & Mansilli River);
Belgian Congo.
=F. glumosa= _Del._ TILT—Hadendowa; KWEYI (J. Eliri) & RREK (Kadugli) &
FATAA (J. Daier)—Nuba; LAG—Dinka; GARI—Jur; KELA—Golo.
Small to large tree. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, subcordate, up
to 6 in. long, subcoriaceous; pet. up to 2½ in. long; stip. caducous.
Receptacles axillary, paired, ¼ in. diam., basal bracts small; ostiole
small, prominent; bracts internal.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, Erkowit); Fung
Prov. (J. Juli, Fazoghli); Kordofan Prov. (J. Kon); Nuba Mts. Prov. (J.
Daier, Kadugli & J. Ghulfan); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo & Dar Fertit).
The bark is used for tanning and the latex for making bird-lime. The
fruit is eaten.
=var. glaberrima= _Martelli._ SĒMOK—Hadendowa.
More glabrous than above.
Nubia; Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit); Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); White
Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Nuba Mts. Prov. (Kadugli); Darfur Prov.; Bahr
El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas, Wau).
In the Bahr El Ghazal Prov. the bark is used for tanning and also for
making native cloth.
=F. Thonningii= _Blume._
Tree 40 ft. high. Leaves obovate- or oblong-elliptic, 2-9 in. long,
chartaceous; pet. ½-2½ in. long; stip. deciduous, lanceolate-acuminate,
½ in. long. Recept. axillary, paired, sessile, ¼ in. diam.; basal bracts
3, ovate; ostiole small, boss-like, bracts all internal.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Nabambisso River); Belgian Congo
(Niamniam-land: Wando River).
=F. populifolia= _Vahl._ SHEIALA (Dilling)—Nuba.
Moderate-sized tree, with smooth yellowish bark. Leaves rotundate,
cordate, acuminate, 2½-5 in. long; pet. 1½-3½ in. long; stip. caducous,
linear-lanceolate, acuminate, ab. 1 in. long. Recept. axillary, 2-4
together, ⅓ in. diam.; basal bracts 2, minute; ostiolar bracts all
included.
Blue Nile Prov. (Sennar); Fung Prov. (Roseires); White Nile Prov. (J.
Arashkol & Jebelein); Nuba Mts. Prov. (rocky hills); Darfur Prov.
Fruit edible.
=F. mittuensis= _Warb._
Differs from following by the prominent umbilical ostiole and the
bifurcate midrib of the leaves.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mittu: Mvolo).
=F. abutilifolia= _Miq._
Tree with light-red bark. Leaves broad-cordate, 3-8 in. long and broad;
pet. 2-4 in. long, flattened horizontally; stip. caducous. Recept.
axillary, in pairs, stipitate, ½ in. long, mottled; basal bracts, rim or
cup-like; ostiolar bracts all included.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli).
=F. vasta= _Forsk._
Large tree. Leaves broadly ovate, deeply cordate, 3-14 in. long,
tomentose; petiole up to 5 in. long; stip. deciduous, 1-3 in. long.
Recept. axillary 2-3 together, ½ in. diam., basal bracts connate at
base, soon breaking from it; ostiole 2-lipped; bracts all included, 2
larger than the others.
Nubia (between Suakin & Berber, Khor Harassa); Kassala Prov. (Gallabat:
Khor River); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Makporru Hill).
=F. congensis= _Engl._ KANGARU (J. Eliri)—Nuba; ADOT or ADIT—Jur.
Large tree. Leaves ovate-cordate, 5-8 in. long, coriaceous; pet. 1-3 in.
long; stip. lanceolate-acuminate, 1-2½ in. long. Receptacles axillary,
in pairs, ⅓ in. diam.; basal bracts 2, connate at base; ostiole
2-lipped; bracts included.
White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol & Jebelein); Nuba Mts. Prov. (J. Eliri);
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dar Fertit: Deim Guju, Jur: between Tonj & Wau,
Bongo: Gir).
=F. discifera= _Warb._ KAURDAK (J. Daier)—Nuba.
Tree; leaf scars on branchlets disk- or horseshoe-shaped, ¼ in. diam.
Leaves very broadly ovate, shortly acuminate, cordate, 4-8 in. long,
2-3½ in. wide; stip. caducous, lanceolate-acuminate, ⅓ in. long. Recept.
probably axillary near ends of shoots ab. ½ in. diam.; basal bracts
connate-saucer-shaped; ostiolar bracts included, 2 larger.
Nubia; between Gedaref & Abu Haraz (J. Arrang); Nuba Mts. Prov. (J.
Daier).
=F. platyphylla= _Del._ KURUWANG (J. Eliri), TAL (J. Ghulfan)—Nuba;
KUBO—Bongo; KWEL (Bahr El Ghazal)—Dinka; KUVU, FUNGU or WUNGO—Golo;
KWAYA or PAYO—Jur; KOYO—Krej; ROKKO—Zande.
Very large tree. Leaves broadly elliptic, deep-cordate, 5-10 in. long;
pet. 3-5 in. long; stip. deciduous, triangular, ⅓ in. long. Recept.
axillary, 2-3 together, ab. ½ in. diam.; basal bracts 2, connate at
base; ostiolar bracts all included.
Dongola Prov. (Merowe); Fung Prov. (Fazoghli, Singa & Jongol’s Post);
Upper White Nile Prov. (Khor Attar); Sobat River; Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
(Dinka, Jur: Jur Ghattas, Mittu); Bahr El Jebel.
The latex yields a very resinous rubber of no commercial value. The
Dinkas tap the tree and with the dried latex clean their brass
ornaments. The bark is used for tanning and for making bark cloth and
ropes.
=F. iteophylla= _Miq._
Epiphyte or tree. Leaves oblanceolate, narrowing at each end, 1½-4 in.
long; pet. 1-2 in. long; stip. deciduous lanceolate, small. Recept.
axillary, crowded on young shoots, ab. ½ in. diam.; basal bracts 2,
caducous, leaving a saucer-like rim; ostiole 2-lipped; bracts included.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (Homra near Kadugli); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur
Ghattas).
=F. Dekdekena= _A. Rich._ UMSISI (Kordn.) & SARDOL (Sennar)—Arab; NIHING
(Dilling) & RREK (Kadugli)—Nuba; ARAKH & THARAT—Hameg.
Tree or epiphyte. Leaves oblanceolate, short-acuminate, undulate, 2-6
in. long; pet. up to 2½ in. long; stip. ovate-lanceolate, ¼ in. long,
ciliate. Recept. axillary in pairs crowded on young shoots, ⅓ in. diam.;
basal bracts 3, connate at base; ostiole 2-lipped; bracts included, 2
larger than rest.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli, Roseires); Nuba Mts. Prov. (Khor Ganna, near
Dilling); Blue Nile Prov. (Sheikh Talha); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur
Ghattas).
=F. Carica= _Linn._ SHAGAR EL TIN—Arab. The Cultivated Fig.
It is said to yield a rubber.
Cultivated for its fruit.
353 =Antiaris sp.=
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Wau & Niamniam-land: Mt. Baginze).
354 =Treculia africana= _Decne._
Tall tree with milky juice and clear bole ⅔ its height. Leaves alt.,
elliptic, 3-8 in. long, coriaceous; pet. ¼-½ in. long; stip. caducous,
lanceolate, ½-¾ in. long. Fl. diœcious, capitate in both sexes, arranged
on outside of and densely surrounded by the bracts of the fleshy
receptacle. Male heads axillary short stalked, globose 1-2 in. diam.
Fruit a syncarp up to twice as large as a man’s head, yellowish outside
when ripe.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: near Kulenjo); Belgian Congo
(Niamniam-land: near Assika & Yuru Rivers).
The seeds are extracted from the fruit, ground into a paste and cooked
by frying in oil. The fruits are of great size, weighing from 13-18 lbs.
It has been estimated that a fruit may contain 1,500 seeds, each about
the size of a haricot bean.
=URTICACEÆ.=
355 =Fleurya æstuans= _Gaud._
Bright green, nettle-like monœcious herb, up to 4 or 6 ft. high. Leaves
alt., ovate, dentate 2-6 in. long, base truncate or slightly cordate,
3-nerved, with appressed stiff hairs on both surfaces; pet. 1-10 in.
long; stip, persistent, subulate, ab. ⅓ in. long. Infl. an axillary
long-stalked panicle, longer than the leaf, the small clusters bisexual
and male on the same panicle, rarely male on separate peduncles. Male
fl. calyx 4-5 partite; sta. 4-5; fem. fl. per. 4-partite, 2 segments
larger.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo: Gir); Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
356 =Urera sp.= HINNAT EL ABELAIN (Sennar)—Arab.
Shrub, 6-8 ft. high, somewhat like a tall nettle in appearance.
Blue Nile Prov. (Sennar); Fung Prov. (Saoleil For., under shade).
The branches having large pith cavities are cut and used as rosaries on
the West Coast.
357 =Bœhmeria platyphylla= _D. Don._
Shrub, 3-15 ft. high. Leaves mostly opp., broadly ovate, acuminate,
cordate, coarsely toothed, 3-9 in. long, sparsely white-hispid above;
pet. ½-6 in. long. Spikes axillary, longer than leaves, either simple
with male and fem. fl., or branched with male fl. on some branches and
both sexes on others.
Bahr El Ghazal (Niamniam-land).
=var. ugandensis= _Rendle._
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: Assika River).
358 =Parietaria debilis= _Forst._
Small, almost translucent herb. Leaves subrotund, ⅓-1½ in. long, base
3-nerved; pet. shorter than blade. Fl. in sessile pairs of cymules in
leaf-axils, polygamous, minute.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit); Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 9,700 ft.).
359 =Pouzolzia mixta= _Solms._
Monœcious shrub, young branches white-hairy. Leaves alt., ovate,
acuminate, ab. 1 in. long, densely hairy above, white-tomentose beneath;
pet. under ¼ in. Fl. monœcious clustered in leaf-axils, fem. fl.
solitary among the numerous males.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli).
360 =Forskohlea tenacissima= _Linn._ LUSSAQ or NUSSAQ—Arab.
Herb, up to 2 ft., woody below, branches with spiny, hooked hairs.
Leaves alt. obovate or rhomboid, crenate-serrate, ½-2 in. long, 3-nerved
at base, hispid above and white-tomentose below; pet. ½ length of blade.
Fl. monœcious embedded in wool within a campanulate involucre.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N.L., Sallom); Khartoum Prov. (J. Royan and other
rocky hills).
The bark yields a strong fibre.
=F. viridis= _Ehrenb._
Not unlike above. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, bluntly toothed,
½-4 in. long, only very sparsely hairy.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N.L., Khor Tamanib); Khartoum Prov.
=CANNABINACEÆ.=