Part 20
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.
White Nile Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur. & Mittu lands, Mosanga & Niamniam country); Mongalla Prov. (Gondokoro).
The wood is very hard and heavy, it is reddish in colour and takes a fine polish. It is used for mortars, bowls, and for building. The fruit is edible, and the seed is known in commerce as Shea Nut. The kernels of the nuts yield about 50 per cent. of fat called Shea Butter, which has been found useful in the manufacture of candles, soap, and butter substitutes. Locally it is used by the natives for food, for anointing the body, and for lighting purposes.
420 =Mimusops Schweinfurthii= _Engl._ BĪ or BEI or IRDOKO—Golo; NIANLALWEL—Dinka; NIANLALWEL & DENYA—Jur.
Leaves crowded on stout shoots, obovate, emarginate, 4 in. long, 2 in. broad, silvery silky below. Flowers densely clustered, axillary; pedicels ⅙ in. long. Sepals pubescent.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur & Bongo lands).
Wood dark-red, very hard. Yields a kind of Gutta-Percha.
=M. Kummel= _Bruce._ NIANLALWEL—Dinka & Jur; PILI—Golo.
Middle-sized tree with dark bark and milky juice. Leaves alt., oblong, 2-3 in. long. Fl. in few-flowered axillary clusters, coated with brown tomentum; calyx ½ in. long, lobes 8, in 2 rows, cor. white, 24 lobes, 16 in outer and 8 in inner; sta. 8, staminodes 8, linear; fruit ellipsoid, glabrous, 1 in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur. & Bongo-lands).
Wood pale brown, fairly hard, used for spear shafts. The fruit is the size of a cherry and is edible.
=M. djurensis= _Engl._
Leaves scattered on slender shoots, obovate, obtusely acuminate, 4 in. long, 2 in. broad, glabrous. Fruit ovoid, slightly pubescent, girt with the persistent lanceolate sepals.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Wau, Jur & Bongo lands).
=MYRSINACEÆ.=
421 =Mæsa lanceolata= _Forsk._
Tree, 30 ft. high. Leaves alt., oblong-lanceolate, 4-6 in. long, serrated. Fl. minute, white 5-merous, in axillary panicles 2-4 in. long. Fruit globose, crowned with persistent style and stigma.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra).
=M. sp.=
Leaves obovate, cuneate at the base, 5 in. long, 2½ in. broad, repand- dentate, pubescent on the nerves. Racemes axillary, slender. Fl. white, very small.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Boddo River 7,690 Schwfth).
422 =Embelia nilotica= _Oliv._
Large tree; extremities rufous-hairy. Leaves alt., obovate, 3-4 in. long, glabrous above, hairy beneath, especially on the nerves. Racemes axillary, 1 in. long; fl. minute, whitish, 5-merous; fr. globose, small.
Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
=LOGANIACEÆ.=
423 =Mostuea Schweinfurthii= _Baker._
Shrub. Leaves opp., oblong, subsessile, 1-2 in. long; stip. interpetiolar oblong, brown, scarious. Cymes few-flowered, terminal enclosed in a pair of orbicular bracts, ½ in. long; fl. 5-merous; cor. white, with 10 yellow streaks in the tube, ½ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
424 =Nuxia dentata= _R. Br._
Small tree. Leaves opp. or verticillate, lanceolate, 3-4 in. long, dentate, shining. Fl. small, greenish, 4-merous, in corymbose cymes.
Red Sea Prov. (below Erkowit, in rocky gully).
425 =Anthocleista nobilis= _G. Don._
Tree, 50-60 ft. Leaves opp., obovate, cuneate, 9-12 in. or, in young plants, up to 4 or 5 ft. long, crowded at ends of branches with pungent spines between them; petiole dilated at base. Cymes terminal; cor. white or dull-yellow; lobes about 16, each ½ in. long; st. as many. Fruit globose, 1 in. diam.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Nabambisso River & Boddo River).
=A. Schweinfurthii= _Gilg._
Tall tree. Leaves opp., oval, oblong to obovate-lanceolate, 6-20 in. long, coriaceous; petioles 2-3 in. long, auricled, connate. Cymes compound, 1 ft. long; cor. 1 in. long, lobes and stamens 9-11. Fr. obovoid-oblong, 1½ in. long.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: Mbrwole River).
426 =Strychnos penduliflora= _Baker._
Small tree. Leaves opp., oblong-lanceolate, 2 in. long, 3-nerved from base. Cymes many-flowered, pendulous; fl. 4-5-merous, minute, white. Fruit globose.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Wau to Chak Chak).
=S. innocua= _Del._ UMBUKHEISA (Baggara) & HOG EL FIL (Bahr El Ghazal)—Arab; TINTUKUKI (J. Eliri)—Nuba; BOLOGU or PIGHADI—Golo.
Tree. Leaves opp., oblong or obovate-oblong, 2-4 in. long, nerved from base and 2 others above. Cymes few-fl. lateral; cor. white ¼ in. long, hairy at throat. Fruit size of an orange.
Nubia; Kassala Prov. (Gallabat, Matamma); Nuba Mts. Prov. (Dar Nuba on quartz); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land, Gir, & Jur Ghattas, and near Pongo River).
Fruit edible but very sour. Wood white, coarse.
=S. xerophila= _Baker._ ERG EL SAGGAT—Arab.
Small tree. Leaves opp., ovate or oblong, 3-4 in. long, 5-nerved from base, coriaceous. Cymes few-fl., lateral, sessile; cor. white, ⅓ in. long. Fruit size of an orange, edible.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land and Kutshuk Ali).
The burning bark is applied as a cautery to snake-bites. The root is pounded in water for the bath in case of fever.
=S. spinosa= _Lam._
Shrub with hooked thorns from the nodes. Leaves opp., obovate or suborbicular, 2-3 in. long, 5-nerved from near base. Cymes short, dense, terminal; cor. greenish, small. Fruit size and colour of an orange, edible.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur, between Deims & Atem River, & Jur Ghattas).
=S. gracillima= _Gilg._
Shrub with hooked spines from the nodes. Leaves opp., ovate or oblong, 1 in. long, 3-nerved from base. Cymes dense, terminal; cor. white small. Fruit 2 in. diam.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Deim Zubeir); Darfur Prov. (Kulme).
=S. emarginata= _Baker._
Pubescent shrub with hooked thorns. Leaves opp., obovate, 1-2 in. long, emarginate with small mucro, glossy, 5-nerved from base. Cymes dense, terminal; fl. small. Fr. 2 in. diam.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
=S. sp.=
Shrub. Leaves ovate-elliptic, acuminate, 4 in. long, 1¾ in. broad, 3-nerved, glabrous. Tendrils hook-like.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: by the Assika River).
=OLEACEÆ.=
427 =Jasminum Schweinfurthii= _Gilg._
Scandent pubescent shrub. Leaves simple, opp., oblong, 1½-2 in. long. Fl. 1-3 on axillary and terminal pedicels; cor. white, lobes 6-7, lanceolate; tube 1 in. long; stamens 2 as in all this natural order. Fr. a berry.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur, Wau); Mongalla Prov. (Bor & south).
=J. near J. pauciflorum= _Benth._
Shrub. Leaves opposite, simple, obovate, acuminate, 1½-2 in. long, pubescent. Flowers solitary, terminal, white, sweet smelling. Corolla tube ⅔ in. long, lobes 6-7, about ⅓ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
=J. ternifolium= _Baker._
Shrub. Leaves simple, in whorls of 3, oblong or ovate, 1½-2 in. long. Fl. in dense panicled flat-topped cymes.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: near Sabbi).
=J. Steudneri= _Schwfth._
Pubescent shrub. Leaves opp., lower simple, upper 3-fol., leaflets ovate. Cymes few-flowered, terminal and axillary; cor. tube ¾ in. long; lobes 5; berry small subglobose.
Nubia; Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit Mts. near Suakin).
=J. mauritianum= _Bojer._
Shrub. Leaves opp., 3-fol.; leaflets ovate, 2-3 in. long. Cymes terminal and axillary, panicled at ends of branches; cor. white; tube ¾-1 in. long; lobes 6-8. Berry small globose.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit).
=J. floribundum= _R. Br._
Scandent shrub. Leaves opp. imparipinnate; leaflets 5, ovate. Cymes few- flowered, terminal and axillary; cor. white, fragrant; tube ab. ¾ in. long; lobes 5.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Red Sea Prov.
Nearly allied to the common Jasmine.
=J. officinale= _Linn._ HENDAMALAWE—Hadendowa; MILMILO—Rashida.
Scandent shrub. Leaves opp., trifoliolate; leaflets lanceolate, acute, 1-1½ in. long, glabrous; corolla tube ½ in. long; lobes ovate, acute. Berry 2-lobed, shining.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit).
428 =Olea Hochstetteri= _Baker._
Tall tree. Leaves opp., simple, oblong, 3-4 in. long, minutely cuspidate, subcoriaceous, glabrous, or nearly so beneath; petiole ½-¾ in. long. Fl. small, white in lateral and terminal racemes; cor. tube short; lobes 4, longer than the tube; st. 2. Fr. a drupe.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Khor Tela).
=O. europæa= _Linn._ =var. nubica= _Schwfth._ ZEITUN—Arab; DADD’A—Hadendowa.
Stunted bush with congested or thinly lepidote branches, or small tree. Leaves orbicular or oblong, up to 2 in. long, glabrous or brownish-white scaly beneath, opp. Fl. and fr. not seen.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, Erkowit); Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 9,700 ft.).
Wood hard, close grained. Considered by Schweinfurth to be the primitive stock of the cultivated Olive tree.
=O. chrysophylla= _Lam._ WAGRI—Rashida; DADD’A Hadendowa.
Tree with slender branchlets, extremities densely lepidote. Leaves lanceolate, 2-4 in. long, narrowed each end, glabrous above when mature, densely rufous-lepidote beneath. Panicles axillary, sparsely compound, 1-1½ in. long; cor. ⅛ in. long. Drupe globose, ¼ in. long.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit & Has Has); Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 8-10,000 ft.).
429 =Linociera nilotica= _Oliv._
Tall tree with a trunk 6-8 ft. in girth; branchlets glabrous, whitish. Leaves opp., simple, entire, oblong, 2-5 in. long; petiole ab. ½ in. Panicles lateral, 1-2 in. long; petals 4, small, nearly free; st. 2. Fr. a drupe.
(?Upper) White Nile; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dar Fertit, Bongo and Niamniam lands); Mongalla Prov.
=APOCYNACEÆ.=
430 =Landolphia florida= _Benth._ ABU KHAMIR & ALGULU-AR (Blue Nile)—Arab; SHANGYE (Dilling)—Nuba; MUNOH—Bongo; MANA—Dinka; BIH & IVI—Golo; BIH—Indogo; APWAMAH—Jur; SUSSI—Krej.
Very large woody climber, sometimes up to 3 ft. girth, with milky sap; tendrils long, branched. Leaves opp., simple, variable, usually elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 3-7 in. long, dark green and glossy above. Fl. in terminal, pubescent, dense corymbs; cor. white, with yellow throat, 5-lobed, variable in size, fragrant; st. 5, included, anthers linear- oblong. Fruit more or less globose, citron-like, yellow, up to 4 in. diam, pulp yellow.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Khor Koki); Fung Prov.; Nuba Mts. Prov. (Banks of Khors near Dilling); Upper White Nile Prov. (Upper Sobat); Bahr El Ghazal Prov.; Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
The latex yields a resinous rubber of no commercial value. Fruit globose, acidulous, edible.
=var. leiantha= _Oliv._
Infl. more glabrous than in type.
Kassala Prov.; Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
=L. petersiana= _Dyer._ =var. Schweinfurthiana= _Stapf._ DUNGO—Golo.
Scandent shrub, shoots rusty-tomentose when young, the terminal infl. acting as tendrils. Leaves opp., elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 3½-4½ in. long, coriaceous, loosely pubescent when young. Panicle, rachis and branches twining, the latter bearing clusters of sessile flowers; cor. white, fragrant, lobes 5 overlapping, ½-¾ in. long, tube ¼ in. Fr. globose, up to 2½ in. diam., finely velvety.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Wau to Pongo).
The latex yields an inferior rubber.
=L. owariensis= _Beauv._ =var. tomentella= _Stapf._ NGELEH—Bongo; ODILOH—Dinka; N’DALA & VANGA—Golo; ATILOB—Jur; WAWA—Krej.
Woody climber, with forked, hooked tendrils; young parts densely fulvous tomentose. Leaves oblong to elliptic, 2-3½ in. long. Panicles terminal pyramidal or ovoid; cor. white, turning brownish, tube ¼ in. long; lobes spreading or reflexed, ab. ⅙ in. long. Fr. globose 1-2½ in. diam., yellow mottled red, wrinkled.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
Yields the best Sudan rubber. Fruit sweet, edible.
431 =Clitandra Schweinfurthii= _Stapf._ KOH—Golo & Indogo.
Climbing shrub. Leaves elliptic, acuminate, 2-3 in. long, coriaceous, shining above; veins conspicuous, raised. Cymes few-flowered axillary; cor. lobes white, overlapping, ¾ in. long; tube yellow, ⅓ in. Fr. globose, 2 in. diam., reddish-brown.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dar Fertit).
Latex sticky.
432 =Carissa edulis= _Vahl._
Spinous shrub, more or less glabrous. Leaves ovate, acute, 1½-3 in. long, ¾-1½ in. broad, glabrous. Cymes several-flowered. Corolla ½ in. long.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli).
=var. tomentosa= _Stapf._ AGAM—Rashida; HARNAB—Hadendowa; SIRKUKA—Bari; AFININ—Dinka; PELLE or TINDI—Golo; POPOGI & (the fruit) RINDICHWE—Zande.
Dense spinous shrub, spines opp., usually straight, 1-2 in. long. Leaves opp., usually ovate to ovate-elliptic, ¾-2 in. long, coriaceous, tomentose. Fl. in axillary or terminal clusters; cor. white or purple; lobes overlapping, up to ⅓ in. long; tube ½-¾ in. long. Berry globose, purple to black, ¼-½ in. diam.
Nubia; Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit & Has Has); Fung Prov.; Nuba Mts. Prov. (Gardus forest); Bahr El Ghazal Prov.; Bahr El Jebel (Sudd & Mongalla Prov.).
The bark is used as medicine in Bahr El Ghazal Prov. The fruit is similar to the damson plum, and is very agreeable in taste.
433 =Rauwolfia oxyphylla= _Stapf._
Tree 30-40 ft. Leaves oblanceolate, acutely acuminate, 6 in. long, 1½-2 in. broad, glabrous, with numerous lateral nerves. Cymes lax with very small flowers. Corolla tube ⅙ in. long.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
=R. vomitoria= _Afz._
Shrub or small tree, 20 ft. high, glabrous except infl.; young branches quadrangular. Leaves in whorls of 3-4, lanceolate to elliptic, more or less acuminate both ends, 3-7 in. long. Fl. in terminal or pseudo- axillary, much branched, umbellate cymes; cor. white, lobes ovate, small, tube ¼ in. long, hairy in the mouth. Fruit a simple or divaricate twin drupe; drupes free, ovoid, subapiculate, ab. ⅓ in. long, red.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: by the Assika River).
434 =Pleiocarpa microcarpa= _Stapf._
Shrub or small tree. Leaves ternate, oblong, 4-7 in. long, glaucous below; petiole 4-6 in. long. Fl. in sessile axillary clusters; calyx minute, sepals ovate, obtuse. Fr. a berry, ellipsoid or obovoid.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: Mbrwole River).
435 =Alstonia congensis= _Engl._ BIRR (Bahr El Ghazal Prov.)—Dinka; BANGI—Golo; MBADI—Zande.
Large tree. Leaves in whorls of 4-6, oblanceolate to obovate, cuneate, 4-7 in. long; nerves prominent, 30-40 on each side. Fl. white in terminal compound, whorled panicles, each of its branches having 2-3 tiers of whorled pseudo-umbels of 4-7 fl.; cor. tube nearly ½ in. long, lobes under ¼ in. long, contorted. Fr. of 2 follicles.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov.; Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: Diamvonu Stream).
The wood is light, white, and soft. It is used for making native stools, furniture, war-drums and boats. The bark is reputed to be poisonous, but is used in Nigeria for medicinal purposes.
436 =Voacanga obtusa= _K. Sch._
Tall tree. Leaves opp., crowded at ends of branches, obovate to oblong, 4-9 in. long. Infl. racemed or umbelled, geminate from the branch-forks; calyx tubular, glandular; cor. white, fleshy, fragrant; tube ¾ in.; lobes 1 in. long, up to 1½ in. broad; anthers 5 sagittate. Berry globose, fleshy, 2 in. diam.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: Mbrwole River).
=V. Schweinfurthii= _Stapf._
Glabrous shrub, 15 ft. high. Leaves opp., oblanceolate to elliptic- lanceolate, 5-8 in. long, papery. Inflorescences in pairs from the branch forks, few-flowered, umbelled; calyx tube subcampanulate glandular; cor. yellow; tube ½ in. long; lobes 5, obovate-oblique, 1 in. long. Berry ovoid, pulp yellow.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: Yuru River).
=V. africana= _Stapf._
Small tree. Leaves variable, usually elliptic-oblong, 2-8 in. long, acute both ends, subcoriaceous. Infl. axillary, corymbose, many- flowered, peduncles often paired, nodose; calyx campanulate, glandular; lobes 5, reflexed when ripe; cor. cream-white, fragrant, tube twisted, under ½ in.; lobes ½-1 in. long, contorted; anthers acute, sagittate.
Mongalla Prov. (Above Bor).
437 =Conopharyngia penduliflora= _Stapf._
Shrub or small tree. Leaves opp., lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, 4-8 in. long. Infl. racemose pseudo-axillary or terminal, pendulous, 6-8 flowered; cor. white, fragrant; tube fleshy, ½ in. long; lobes oblique; anthers conniving into a cone, sagittate; berry globose, fleshy.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: Yuru River).
=C. Holstii= _Stapf._
Tall tree; bark at first dark green, later whitish. Leaves opp., oblong to elliptic-oblong, up to 10 in. long. Infl. corymbose; cor. white with yellow centre; tube fleshy, up to ½ in. diam. and 1 in. long; lobes oblong, overlapping, 1 in. or more; anthers ½ in. long, sagittate, conniving into a cone. Berry globose, blackish-brown, 4 in. diam.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
438 =Adenium speciosum= _Fenzl._