undulate; leaves scattered or in fascicles. Flowers small, fascicled.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin).
Yields the “Mecca Balsam” or “Balm of Gilead.” It is much used in Cairo
as medicine. The fruit is considered a powerful carminative and
digestive.
=C. erythræa= _Engl._
Small tree. Leaflets 3, obovate, pubescent, the terminal one about 1½
in. long, crenulate. Fruits subglobose, pubescent, about ⅓ in. long.
Red Sea Prov. (coast).
=C. quadricincta= _Schweinfth._
Small bushy tree, growing on rocky hills; branches spiny. Leaves simple,
ovate-elliptic, rounded at the apex, 1¼ in. long, ½-¾ in. broad,
glabrous, long-stalked. Fruits 4-winged.
Kassala Prov. (J. Erimbat at Goz Regeb).
=C. abyssinica= _Engl._
Small tree with spiny branches. Leaves trifoliolate but sessile or
subsessile and thus appearing simple; leaflets obovate, crenate,
glabrous, about 1¼ in. long. Fruit ovoid, acute, ⅓ in. long, glabrous.
Kassala Prov. (near J. Langeb); Red Sea Prov. (J. Shabba, south of
Suakin).
=C. africana= _Engl._ GAFĀL—Arab; KIRBI (Dilling)—Nuba; TOWOLLO—Burun.
Small spiny tree. Leaves usually 3-fol.; leaflets cuneate, broadly
crenate-serrate. Flowers fasciculate. Drupe subglobose, slightly
oblique.
Kordofan & Nuba Mts. Provinces.
The resin is a form of Bdellium, a drug resembling Myrrh.
=C. pedunculata= _Engl._ LUBAN—Arab; HĀDA (Dilling)—Nuba;
DAMFULAN—Hameg.
Small tree. Leaves more or less fascicled at extremities; leaflets 5-11,
serrate-dentate, pubescent. Flowers in pedunculate, axillary, few-
flowered cymes.
Fung, Kordofan, Nuba Mts. & Bahr El Ghazal Provinces.
Yields a resin similar to Olibanum.
387 =Canarium Schweinfurthii= _Engl._
Large tree with imparipinnate leaves; leaflets oblong, acuminate,
subcordate at the base, about 6 in. long and 1½ in. broad, softly
pubescent on the nerves below. Flowers in panicles with large bracts.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: by the Yuru River); Lado District.
The sap-wood is whitish, the heart-wood rose-colour, similar to a Khaya;
useful for carpentry. The resin is used by the Niamniam for torches, and
when ground down with oil for anointing the body. Fruit eaten.
=MELIACEÆ.=
388 =Turræa Vogelii= _Hook. f._
Shrub or small tree. Leaves simple, alternate, elliptical, entire.
Flowers white, on axillary peduncles bearing 2-10 umbellate pedicels;
stamens 10, monadelphous; staminal tube with subulate teeth; anthers
apiculate. Ovary 9-12 celled.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
=T. nilotica= _Kotschy_ & _Peyr._ KHARIF (J. El Amira)—Nuba.
Shrub or small tree. Leaves obovate obtuse, tomentose beneath. Flowers
in many-flowered umbellate, sessile fascicles. Teeth of staminal tube
triangular or oblong. Ovary 10-celled.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (Dar Nuba on rocky hills); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-
land: by the Pwah); Bahr El Jebel.
389 =Azadirachta indica= _A. Juss._
Large tree; leaves imparipinnate. Leaflets 2-9 pairs with a terminal
one, which is sometimes wanting. Flowers white, honey-scented. Drupe
size of an olive, purple when ripe, 1-celled.
Introduced. The Neem Tree of India.
A handsome quick-growing shade tree, suitable to dry localities, and a
great improvement on the “Persian Lilac.” The timber is valuable, and
grows to a useful size.
390 =Melia Azedarach= _Linn._ ZINZILAKH (Egypt)—Arab. Persian lilac.
Moderate-sized tree with bipinnate leaves. Drupe ovoid, yellow when
ripe; flowers white and purple, scented. Fruit 5-celled; endocarp bony.
Introduced. Khartoum Prov., etc.
391 =Ekebergia Rüppeliana= _A. Rich._
Tree; fruit fleshy, globose, 2-celled. Leaves 6-12 in. long,
imparipinnate, collected at the extremities; leaflets 5-9, coriaceous.
Flowers in axillary, pedunculate racemes. Stamens 10 monadelphous,
margin of tube dentate.
Fung Prov.
392 =Trichilia emetica= _Vahl._ UM-SHARA, UMHAGRI & occasionally DABKAR
(Baggara)—Arab; TISHU—Hameg; HORURI (Dilling)—Nuba.
Tree with pinnate leaves and pubescent young parts; leaflets 7-10,
obtuse, pubescent beneath. Flowers ¾ in. diam., in short axillary
panicles; stamens 8-10 monadelphous. Capsule 3-valved; seeds with a
scarlet arillus.
Blue Nile Prov. (Medani & Khor Dahab); Fung, White Nile, Nuba Mts. &
Bahr El Ghazal Provinces; Mongalla Prov. (Hillet El Nuer & Gondokoro).
The seeds yield an oil which is used in cookery and in soap-making. The
wood polishes well and makes pretty furniture. The bark is said to act
as an emetic when given in small doses.
=T. retusa= _Oliv._ SABRONGO—Golo.
Small tree with white flowers in axillary panicles; fruit a flat
capsule. Leaves 3-5 fol., leaflets retuse-truncate.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Khors).
The ashes of the leaves are used as a substitute for salt.
393 =Khaya senegalensis= _A. Juss._ HOMRA, HOMRAYA or MURRAYA—Arab;
TIT—Dinka; BELE—Golo; TIDO or TIRO—Jur; KIR—Bari; BOGU—Zande.
Large tree with abruptly pinnate leaves. Flowers white, in large
panicles, unisexual; fruit a globose capsule, 2½ in. diam., dehiscing
into 4 valves. Seeds flat, disk-like with a winged membranous edge.
Darfur, Bahr El Ghazal & Mongalla Provinces.
African Mahogany. The wood cuts into very fine planks, and is suitable
for cabinet work and joinery. Oil from the seeds is said to be used to
keep flies from cattle.
=K. Dawei= _Stapf._ BOGU—Zande.
A very large tree. Leaves pinnate; leaflets obliquely elliptic, shortly
acuminate, about 6 in. long and 2 in. broad, glabrous. Flowers small,
paniculate. Sepals and petals rounded. Stamens in a tube. Fruits
subglobose. Seeds winged.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: by the Linduku stream). Mongalla
Prov.
394 =Pseudocedrela Kotschyi= _Harms._ DURUBA—Arab; POIK (Goz El Siada) &
PHUT (Bahr El Ghazal)—Dinka; GUMBERTI and ZILI—Golo; PHUT—Jur;
KOLKO—Burun; RIR—Nuer; N’ZUMMUNIA—Zande; KAHILI—Bongo.
Small to moderate sized tree, with rough bark. Leaves pinnate; leaflets
alternate, 4-7 pairs, up to 2 in. long, loosely dentate, pubescent.
Flowers in axillary panicles, unisexual, white, crowded towards ends of
branches. Fruit a 4-5 in. long, somewhat pyriform capsule, splitting
into 4-5 valves; seed with a long wing on one side.
Nuba Mts. Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov. (Sobat
River); Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
The wood is handsome and fragrant and is suited to the manufacture of
gun stocks and for joinery.
=P. sp.=
Leaflets sub-opposite, about 3 pairs, the terminal leaflet largest, all
oblong-lanceolate, subacute, 3½-5 in. long, 1-1½ in. broad, closely
reticulate, glabrous. Flowers in lax, slender panicles. Buds subglobose,
glabrous.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dar Fertit: Deim Guju).
=SAPINDACEÆ.=
395 =Paullinia pinnata= _Linn._
Semi-herbaceous climber. Leaves imparipinnate, 5-fol.; stalk winged.
Flowers small, white, numerous, clustered on racemes 3-4 in. long, with
a woody spiral tendril at the base. Capsule woody 3-angled.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. to Belgian Congo Border.
The leaves and roots are used on the Gold Coast for dysentery. The bark
of the root contains a narcotic poison; both it and the seeds are used
for stupefying fish.
396 =Cardiospermum Corindum= _Linn._
Slender climber with watch-spring-like tendrils. Leaves imparipinnate,
leaflets toothed, pubescent below; stalk not winged. Flowers pale
yellow. Fruits bladdery.
Red Sea Prov. (near Erkowit & 21° N.L.).
=C. Halicacabum= _Linn._ GODOBO (Meshra El Zeraf)—Dinka.
Slender herbaceous climber with bi-ternate leaves and inflated, 3-valved
roundish membranous capsule. Flowers white; tendrils opposite,
circinate.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov. (Meshra El
Zeraf); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land, Gumango Hill).
=var. microcarpum= _H.B._ & _K._
Similar to above but capsule smaller and obversely deltoid.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung Prov.; Nuba Mts. Prov.; Upper White Nile
Prov. (Meshra El Zeraf); Mongalla Prov.
The root is described as possessing emetic, laxative, stomachic and
rubefacient properties. The leaves and young stems are sometimes cooked
as a vegetable, the seeds are used as a tonic.
397 =Schmidelia rubifolia= _Hochst._ SUMEIMA (Fung)—Arab; MEREMERET (J.
Daier)—Nuba.
Low tree with 3-fol. leaves, without stipules. Leaflets obovate-cuneate,
more or less crenate, the lower surface grey-downy. Flowers on axillary
racemes 2-3 in. long.
Fung Prov.; Nuba Mts. Prov. (Kadugli & J. Daier); Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
(Dar Fertit & Jur-land); Mongalla Prov.
=S. africana= _DC._
Tree, 30-40 ft. high. Leaflets 3, nearly sessile, the central one 4-6
in. long, oblong-cuneate, with the cuneate base entire and upper edges
distantly and bluntly toothed. Flowers in axillary and terminal
panicles.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land & Niamniam-land: at Tuhami’s Zariba).
The fruits are used in Abyssinia as a remedy for tapeworm; the wood is
described as very strong and close grained.
=S. Schweinfurthii= _Gilg._
Shrub; leaves 3-fol.; leaflets obovate-oblanceolate, acute, denticulate
in the upper part, 3½-5 in. long, 1½-2 in. broad, glabrous. Panicles
lax, long and slender, puberulous.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: by the Nabambisso River).
=S. cf. S. Schweinfurthii= _Gilg._ TULŪNG (J. Eliri)—Nuba.
Shrub; leaves 3-fol.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (J. Eliri).
=S. sp. (or Rhus sp.).= KURINYIL (J. Eliri)—Nuba.
Shrub; leaves 3-fol.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (J. Eliri).
398 =Aporrhiza paniculata= _Radlk._
Tree. Leaves pinnate; leaflets oblong-elliptic, emarginate, about 6 in.
long and 2½ in. broad, reticulate, glabrous. Flowers small, widely
paniculate. Fruits 2-lobed, flat, 1 in. broad, tomentose.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: by the Nabambisso River).
399 =Dodonæa viscosa= _Linn._ TATTAS—Hadendowa; TASHAS—Rashida.
Shrub or small tree with glossy, linear-lanceolate leaves. Flowers
polygamous, in short terminal panicles, yellowish; sepals 5; petals
none. Capsule with 2-4 membranous wings.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit & Has Has to 22° N.L.).
A useful and attractive hedge plant. The wood is close-grained, hard and
durable, pores moderately fine, irregularly distributed, medullary rays
very numerous, indistinct. The plant is reputed to possess some
medicinal properties, both as a febrifuge, and when boiled with water as
an embrocation for sprains, bruises, etc.
=ANACARDIACEÆ.=
400 =Mangifera indica= _Linn._ Mango.
Evergreen tree. Leaves coriaceous, entire, oblong-lanceolate, up to 12
in. long.
Introduced.
Grown in gardens throughout the country. Some varieties form handsome
trees bearing excellent fruit.
401 =Rhus villosa= _Linn._
Shrub, sometimes thorny; leaves 3-fol. Leaflets obovate to oblanceolate,
obtuse, often apiculate.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra); Bahr El Jebel.
=R. near R. villosa= _Linn._ SAMŌT—Hadendowa.
Shrub; leaves trifol.; leaflets obovate, crenate, about 1 in. long,
pubescent below. Flowers and fruit not seen.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit); Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 6,000-7,500 ft.).
Fruit said to be eaten.
=R. abyssinica= _Hochst._ ALONGKOY—Dinka; VULASIM—Golo; AKNALKUALA—Jur;
SAMŌT or SAMOP—Hadendowa.
Shrub; leaves 3-fol.; leaflets oval or oblanceolate, obtuse or acute,
pubescent, not reticulate above. Flowering panicles hairy, axillary,
shorter than the leaves.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov.; Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit & Has Has).
=R. oxyacantha= _Schousb._
Branches spiny. Leaves trifoliolate; leaflets obovate-cuneate, coarsely
crenate, ½-¾ in. long, ciliate. Flowers very small, in short panicles.
Fruit shining, ⅓ in. in diam.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N.L.).
=R. glaucescens= _A. Rich._
Shrub; leaves 3-fol., coriaceous. Leaflets glabrous or puberulous along
the midrib, oval to lanceolate, obtuse, entire to crenulate-dentate.
Panicles shorter than the leaves, axillary.
Upper Blue Nile Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov.; Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
=R. pulcherrima= _Oliv._
Shrub; leaves simple, alternate, 4-10 in. long, oblong or oblong
elliptical, with minute silvery tomentum beneath.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung Prov.; Kordofan Prov.; Upper White Nile
Prov. (Bahr El Jebel).
=R. insignis= _Del._ LAHLA or LALAI—Hadendowa.
Tree or shrub; leaves simple, approximate, in threes; fruit black
resinous.
Red Sea Prov.; Blue Nile Prov.; Nuba Mts. Prov. (Kadugli); Bahr El
Ghazal Prov.
=R. dioica= _Willd._
Armed shrub; leaflets 3, broad crenate.
Red Sea Prov. (22° N.L.)
402 =Odina fruticosa= _Hochst._ LEYUN—Arab; KOWA—Hameg; TILLA—Burun.
Moderate-sized tree; leaves pinnate, 9-15 fol., at length glabrous,
present when flowers appear; leaflets obliquely lanceolate, subsessile.
Flowers 4-merous in stout, fulvous, axillary spikes.
Red Sea Prov.; Fung Prov.; White Nile Prov. (Jebelein); Nuba Mts. Prov.;
Upper White Nile Prov. (Goz El Siada); Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
This tree and other species of Odina yield a gum.
=O. Schimperi= _Hochst._ AMZAQ (Baggara)—Arab; HAMMADAI—Hadendowa.
Tree; leafless at time of flowering. Leaves imparipinnate, 9-11 fol., at
length glabrous. Leaflets subsessile, oblique at base, narrowly
acuminate. Racemes simple, while in flower terminal on branches.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit); Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung Prov.; Nuba Mts.
Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
=O. Barteri= _Oliv._ HAMADAB—Hadendowa; KLANDA—Golo; WEEDA—Zande.
Middle-sized to large tree, leafless during the dry months. Leaves
pinnate, 7-11 fol., softly hispid pubescent, at length scabrid. Spikes
fascicled on old wood.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit); Nuba Mts. Prov. (near Talodi); Bahr El Ghazal
Prov. (Bongo-land: Gir, Niamniam-land, etc.)
The bast of the bark is made into a rope.
=O. cf. O. Barteri= _Oliv._
Leaves pinnate; leaflets ovate-elliptic, rounded at the base, about 3
in. long and 2 in. broad, softly tomentose below. Fruits oblong, with 3
humps, glabrous, ½ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur & Bongo lands).
=O. humilis= _Oliv._ ARISH (Fung), LEYUN (Baggara) & HOMEID
(Kordn.)—Arab.
Shrub or small tree, sometimes gregarious. Leaves pinnate, densely hairy
beneath, 9-11 fol., short; leaflets elliptical to ovate. Flower spikes
up to 1½ in. long, densely tomentose; ovary hairy.
Upper Blue Nile Prov.; Fung Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov. (Khor Attar);
Kordofan Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov.; Darfur Prov.; Mongalla Prov.
=O. sp.= N’DU-N’DU—Golo.
Tree. Leaves pinnate; leaflets ovate or elliptic, about 2½ in. long and
1½ in. broad, glabrous. Flowers and fruit not seen.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land).
Bark used for ropes.
=O. near microcarpa= _A. Rich._
Small tree.
Mongalla Prov. (Sh. Tombé).
=O. sp.= UMSURUJ (Baggara)—Arab.
Moderate-sized tree.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (Homra near Kadugli).
=O. sp.= KULUWEI (J. Eliri)—Nuba.
Tree.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (J. Eliri).
403 =Pseudospondias microcarpa= _Engl._
Tree, 80 ft. high. Leaves pinnate; leaflets obliquely ovate-elliptic,
obtusely acuminate, about 6 in. long and 2½ in. broad. Flowers very
small in large panicles. Fruits oblong, ¾ in. long.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: Assika).
The fruit is edible.
404 =Sclerocarya near S. Caffra= _Sond._ RUFI—Bari.
Tree with pinnate leaves; leaflets 7-11.
Mongalla Prov. (Sh. Tombé).
=S. Birrea= _Hochst._ HOMEID—Arab; KŌI (J. Eliri), & INDENU
(Kadugli)—Nuba; MAT—Bari; DUNGDUNG—Golo; AKAMIL (Goz El Siada)—Dinka;
KABTI—Burun; ALLANFA—Hameg.
Tree with pinnate leaves. Leaflets 9-23, oblong-, ovate-, or obovate-
elliptical, usually mucronate, entire or toothed, up to 2 in. long. Male
flowers in short spikes or racemes; drupes solitary, size of a walnut.
Fung, Nuba Mts. & Bahr El Ghazal Provinces; Upper White Nile Prov. (Goz
El Siada); Mongalla Prov.
The wood is used for making vessels for holding food.
Fruit eaten.
=CONNARACEÆ.=
405 =Byrsocarpus pseudobaccatus= _Schellenb._
Tree 20 ft. high. Leaves pinnate; leaflets elliptic to obovate, obtuse,
3-4 in. long, 1½-2 in. broad, glabrous. Racemes in dense fascicles.
Fruit curved, ¾ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
405a =Rourea gudjuana= _Gilg._
Shrub. Leaves pinnate; leaflets ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtusely
acuminate, 2½-4 in. long, ¾-1½ in. broad, reticulate. Racemes densely
fasciculate, axillary. Fruits ovoid-lanceolate, acute, ½ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dar Fertit: Deim Gudju).
406 =Agelæa Schweinfurthii= _Gilg._
Shrub, 8 ft. high. Leaves pinnate; leaflets ovate-elliptic, shortly
acuminate, about 3½ in. long and 2 in. broad, glabrous. Flowers in
terminal panicles. Fruit obliquely obovoid, tomentellous, ½ in. long.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: by the Diagbe River).
407 =Cnestis cf. C. oblongifolia= _Baker._
Woody climber. Flowers white, without smell; fruit orange, acid. Leaves
imparipinnate.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Nabambisso River). Fruit orange-
acid.
=UMBELLIFERÆ.=
408 =Hydrocotyle asiatica= _Linn._
Perennial herb giving out long runners from axils of leaves on root-
stock. Leaves from root-stock or 1 or 2 together from nodes of runners,
reniform, shallowly crenate. Flowers subsessile, usually 3 together at
end of short erect peduncles, pink. Peduncles 1-3 from nodes opposite
the leaves. Fruit ovoid, hard with primary and secondary ribs obscure.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Tuhami’s Zeriba).
=H. natans= _Cyr._
Creeping perennial, rooting at nodes. Leaves long-petioled,
suborbicular, shallow-crenate, subpeltate. Umbels ab. 7 flowered. Fruit
minute, longitudinally ridged.
Bahr El Zeraf; Bahr El Jebel (Sudd to Bor).
409 =Pimpinella etbaica= _Schwfth._
Annual up to 1 ft. high. Leaves, the lower long petioled, pinnately
tripartite, the upper variously trifid. Umbels compound, primary rays
3-7, secondary 7-12, involucres absent. Flowers white or violet; fruit
covered with hooked hairs.
Red Sea Prov. (above 2,000 ft.).
410 =Diplolophium abyssinicum= _Benth._ & _Hook. f._
Perennial 2-5 ft. high, sometimes perfumed like peppermint. Leaves up to
1 ft. and more long, many times divided, segments filiform; petioles up
to 5 in. long, sheathing. Umbels compound, primary rays numerous from an
involucre of stout 1 in. long, pubescent bracts; secondary rays
numerous, from involucels of ab. ½ in. long bracteoles. Flowers
comparatively large, hermaphrodite. Petals emarginate. Fruit cylindrical
with 2 long styles.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Upper White Nile Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
(Niamniam-land: steppes near the Kishi River); Darfur Prov. (Jebel
Marra, 8,000 ft.).
411 =Fœniculum vulgare= _Gærth._ Common Fennel.
Herb 2-3 ft. high. Leaves 3-4 times pinnate; segments narrow, linear.
Umbels compound, without involucres, 15-20 rays in umbel. Fruit ¼ in.
long, oval, slightly compressed laterally; vittæ conspicuous under the
furrows.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 5-9,000 ft.).
412 =Sium Thunbergii= _DC._ Prod.
Marsh herb, with runners. Leaves pinnate, dentate, 1 ft. long, with
sheathing, auricled petiole 5 in. long. Umbels compound; rays numerous
with many-leaved involucres and involucels. Fruit shortly ovoid,
compressed.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra: Niurnya 6,500 ft.).
=S. angustifolium= _Linn._
Perennial up to 2 ft. high. Leaves pinnate; segments of lower leaves
8-10 pairs and an odd one, ovate-lanceolate, serrate; upper leaves,
segments less numerous, but larger and more deeply toothed or lobed.
Umbels compound with primary and secondary involucres, lateral; carpels
with 5 slender ribs and several vittæ.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra: Niurnya 6,500 ft.).
413 =Peucedanum Grantii= _Kingston._
Stout glabrous herb up to 7 ft. high. Lower leaves bipinnate, upper
ternate, on dilated petioles. Umbels compound, paniculate on a distinct
peduncle; primary rays numerous with no involucre or only 1 small bract;
secondary numerous; involucel of several bracteoles. Fruit ⅓ in. long,
with 3 longitudinal ridges.
White Nile Prov.
=P. graveolens= _Benth._ & _Hook. f._ The Dill Plant.
Erect, glabrous annual, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves much divided; segments
linear-bristly. Umbels compound, many-rayed. Involucre and involucels
none. Flowers yellow. Fruit 1/5 in. oval oblong, compressed, ridged,
with lateral wings.
Darfur Prov.
Cultivated.
=P. fraxinifolium= _Hiern._ ASAD EL TUGULE & ASAT EL GIRD
(Baggara)—Arab; DAHKIKAK (J. Daier), KOTUNDURAK (J. Eliri) & N’DARABWA
(Kadugli)—Nuba.
Small fleshy tree. Leaves pinnate; leaflets 9. Umbels compound, arranged
together, on about ½ a dozen 5 in. long peduncles at end of branches.
Fruit obovate, broadly winged.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (on rocks); Bahr El Jebel (Madi); Belgian Congo
(Niamniam-land: Wando’s country).
414 =Coriandrum sativum= _Linn._ Common Coriander.
Erect branching annual up to 18 in. high. Lower leaves pinnatifid or
bipinnatifid; upper leaves much divided with linear segments. Umbels
terminal, of 5-8 rays. Involucre none, involucels of few bracts. Fruit
globose, ribs not very prominent, vittæ none.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra: Niurnya 6,500 ft.).
=ERICACEÆ.=
415 =Blæria spicata= _Hochst._
Heath-like low shrub. Leaves alt., or more commonly 3 whorled, linear to
lanceolate, revolute. Fl. up to ¼ in. long, pink, in leafy racemes from
upper axils, 4-merous; anthers 4, 2-lobed, opening by terminal pores and
with 2 short basal bristles. Capsule 4-valved.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 8,500-9,000 ft.).
=EBENACEÆ.=
416 =Euclea Kellau= _Hochst._ GUM or OGUM—Hadendowa.
Shrub with subopposite, bright green, coriaceous leaves, obovate or
lanceolate, 1-2 in. long. Fl. white, heath-like, in 9-12 flowered
racemes, diœcious; male fl. with 12 stamens. Fruit globose, ¼ in. diam.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit & Has Has).
Fruit eaten.
417 =Maba abyssinica= _Hiern._ GUGHAN & JUKHAN—Arab; SHOM—Dinka;
SHOMU—Golo; MIENNA—Burun.
Small tree. Leaves alt., lanceolate-oblong, 2-5 in. long. Fl. axillary,
subsessile, clustered, diœcious, mostly trimerous; male fl. minute;
stamens 14, mostly in pairs; fem. fl. 3-5 together; style 3-dentate;
staminodes 3-4. Fruit subglobose, ½ in. diam.
Upper White Nile Prov. (Goz El Siada); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (near Wau);
Fung Prov.; Kordofan Prov.
Wood dark, takes a fine polish, is used for gun stocks.
=M. sp.=
Shrub. Leaves alt., lanceolate, 2 in. long, ¾ in. broad, glabrous.
Fruits sessile, oblong-ellipsoid, ½ in. long, glabrous, girt by the
persistent cupular calyx.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: near the Teh).
418 =Diospyros mespiliformis= _Hochst._ GUGHAN & JUKHAN—Arab; ARĪAP &
ARIAI—Hadendowa; SHŪM (Dilling) & KWAR (J. Eliri)—Nuba; KUMI—Bari;
SHOM—Dinka; CHUMU or SHOMU—Golo; KOLOME—Bongo or Zande.
Tree, sometimes large, with black bark. Leaves alt., oblong to obovate
2-6 in. long. Fl. white diœcious; infl. axillary, short. Male fl.
ferruginous-tomentose, 5, occasionally 4-merous, small; stamens 10-16,
often in pairs; fem. fl. 1-3 together, 3-5-merous, staminodes 6-8,
styles 2, bilobed. Fr. subglobose 1 in. diam.
Nubia; Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit); Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung Prov.;
Nuba Mts. Prov. (Gughan); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dinka-land, native
ebony; & Bongo-land, a favourite fruit); Mongalla Prov.
Wood dark, streaked with black near wounds, takes a fine polish. It is
used by natives for making clubs. The heart-wood, which is black,
furnishes one of the ebonies of commerce. Fruit edible.
=SAPOTACEÆ.=
419 =Butyrospermum Parkii= _Kotschy._ =var. niloticum= _Kotschy._
LULU—Arab; KOR or KOAR or KORI—Bongo; RAK—Dinka; RIVIA, BAA or BAK—Golo;
RAK or YAU—Jur; RIEK—Nuer.
Large tree with black rough bark, yielding a milky juice producing an
inferior gutta-percha. Leaves crowded at ends of branches, oblong,
sometimes emarginate, 6-9 in. long, coriaceous, glabrous, lateral nerves
prominent, arcuate; petiole 2-3 in. long. Fl. in dense umbels in the
axils of the leaves at the ends of the branchlets; calyx lobes in 2 rows
of 4; cor. segments 8; st. 8; petaloid cuspidate staminodes 8; fruit
subglobose, 1½ to 2 in. long, containing a sweet edible pulp and a seed
not unlike a horse-chestnut.