Chapter XXVIII: Appendix: IV

NIGERIAN TREES PROTECTED UNDER THE FORESTRY ORDINANCE

With the gracious permission of the Nigerian Forest Department and the Nigerian Government a copy of the schedule of protected trees under the Nigerian Forestry Ordinance has been inserted here.

SCHEDULE A

PROTECTED TREES

1ST CLASS TREES.

_Fee_, 46_s._; _Royalty_, 10_s._; _Total_, 56_s._ _per tree_.

(_a_) 11 feet minimum girth limit.

_Khaya_. All species except _K. Senegalensis_. Mahoganies. Ogangwo (Yoruba); Gedu (Benin); Digiten (Brass); Dirinshi and Odala (Ibo); Efriyo-moniba (Efik).

_Entandrophragma_. All species, scented Mahoganies. Ijebo (Yoruba); Onomokyukyu and Ikwapobo (Benin); Eden (Efik); Etori (Ekoi).

_Chlorophora excelsa_. Iroko (Yoruba); Iroko (Benin); Odji (Ibo); Nsan (Ekoi); Efriyo (Efik).

(_b_) 10 feet minimum girth limit.

_Gaurea Thompsonii_. Walnuts. Obobonikwi (Benin).

_Gaurea_. All other species.

_Lovoa Klaineana_. Anamomila (Benin).

(_c_) 8 feet minimum girth limit.

_Sarcocephalus esculentus_. Moist forest form. Opepe (Yoruba); Obiache (Benin); Owessu (Brass); Awesu (Jekri).

(_d_) 6 feet minimum girth limit.

_Funtumia elastica_. Rubber trees.

_Ficus Vogelii_.

(_f_) No minimum girth limit.

_Elæis Guineensis_. Oil Palm.

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2ND CLASS TREES.

_Fee_, 28_s._; _Royalty_, 8_s._; _Total_, 36_s._ _per tree_.

(_b_) 10 feet minimum girth limit.

_Mimusops Djave_. Efam (Efik); Mfam (Ekoi); Ungu (Ibo).

_Canarium Schweinfurthii_. Eben-etridon (Efik); Njasun (Ekoi).

_Detarium Guineensis_.

_Piptadenia Africana_. Agboin (Yoruba); Chen (Ibo); Ekhimi (Benin); Sanga (Ijaw).

_Cylicodiscus Gabunensis_. Anyan (Efik); Okan (Benin); Aja-igi or Olosan (Yoruba).

_Agba_ of the Benis. Mobonran (Ijaw).

(_d_) 7 feet minimum girth limit.

_Afzelia Africana_.[4] Apa (Yoruba); Kanwo (Hausa); Adja (Ibo); Ayin- bukbo (Efik); Aligna or Adya (Benin).

_Blighia sapida_. Ishin (Yoruba); Alale or Gwanja-kusa (Hausa).

_Lophira procera_. Eki (Yoruba); Eba (Benin); Kuru (Ijaw); Umowenek (Efik).

_Tamarindus Indicus_.[5] Tsamia (Hausa).

(_e_) 6 feet minimum girth limit.

_Mimusops multinervis_. Emido (Yoruba); Apassa (Efik).

3RD CLASS TREES.

_Fee_, 18_s._; _Royalty_, 6_s._; _Total_, 24_s._ _per tree_.

(_b_) 10 feet minimum girth limit.

_Santiriopsis Klaineana_. Incense Tree. Odonomo-kyu-kyu (Benin).

_Poga oleosa_. Inoi (Efik); Inyere (Ekoi); Imonor (Ibo).

_Brachystegia spicæformis_. Ako or Eku (Yoruba); Akpakpa (Ibo); Ukung (Efik).

(_c_) 6 feet minimum girth limit.

_Carapa_. All species. Ibegogo (Benin).

_Albizzia fastigiata_. Ayinre-eta (Yoruba).

_Albizzia Brownii_. Ayinre-bonabona (Yoruba).

_Pterocarpus tinctorius_. Camwood. Ukpa (Efik); Nkohen (Ekoi); Uhie (Ibo); Auchi (Brass).

_Pterocarpus Osun_. Barwood. Osun (Yoruba); Ukpa (Efik).

_Khaya Senegalensis_. Dry-zone Mahogany. Ogangwo (Yoruba); Madachi (Hausa).

_Erythrophlœum Guineense_. Sasswood. Erun (Yoruba); Ifwan (Efik); Inyi (Ibo); Gwaska (Hausa).

_Erythrophlœum micranthum_. Ihi (Ekoi); Iringi (Ibo).

_Schrebera Golungensis_. Opele (Yoruba).

_Afrormosia laxiflora_. Yellow Satin Wood. Ainyesan (Benin).

_Parkia biglobosa_.[6]

_Parkia filicoidea_.[6] Darowa (Hausa); Irugba (Yoruba).

_Pseudocedrela Kotschyi_.[7] Tuna (Hausa); Emigbegi (Yoruba).

_Irvingia Barterii_. Oro (Yoruba); Okherli (Benin).

_Mammea sp._ Bolo (Ijaw); Bolo (Brass).

_Casearia sp._ Ebo (Yoruba).

_Otutu_ of the Yorubas. Aiye (Ondo).

_Klaineodoxa Gabonensis_. Alukon-raba (Yoruba); Ifainaki (Egba); Odudu (Ondo).

_Diospyros_.[8] Ebonies. Kainya (Hausa).

4TH CLASS TREES.

_Fee_, 9_s._; _Royalty_, 3_s._; _Total_, 12_s._ _per tree_.

(_c_) 8 feet minimum girth limit.

_Terminalia_. All species except _T. Togoensis_.

_Terminalia Superba_. Afara (Yoruba).

_Uputtu_ of the Benis.

_Diospyros dendo_. Obiletu (Efik).

_Diospyros mespiliformis_. Kanran (Yoruba).

_Diospyros Mombuttensis_. Ogan-pupa (Yoruba).

_Diospyros atropurpurea_.

_Diospyros crassiflora_. Aborpor (Benin).

_Cordia Millenii_. Omo (Yoruba).

_Triplochiton Johnsonii_. Arere (Yoruba); Obeche (Benin).

_Triplochiton Nigericum_. Arere (Yoruba).

_Mitragyne macrophylla_. Uwen (Efik); Ebar (Brass); Ebar (Ibo); Abura (Yoruba).

_Daniellia Ogea_. Ojia (Yoruba); Udeni (Ibo); Ozia (Benin).

_Yinrin-yinrin_ of Ijaws and Ikales.

_Jebere_ of the Ondos. Alofin (Jebu).

(_e_) 6 feet minimum girth limit.

_Berlinia acuminata_. Apado (Yoruba); Ekpogoi (Benin).

_Berlinia auriculata_.

_Cordia_. All species except _C. Millenii_. Aliliba (Hausa).

_Pausinystalia sp._ Idagbon (Ondo); Wenren-wenren (Jebu).

_Microdesmis sp._

_Ohiomo_ of the Benis.

_Ewai_ of the Benis.

_Spondias sp._ Ekika-aja, Opon (Yoruba).

_Saxoglottis Gabunensis_. Ndat (Efik); Tala (Ibo); Tala (Brass); Edat (Ekoi); Atala (Yoruba).

_Sarcocephalus sp._ Opepe-ira (Yoruba).

_Pycnanthus Kombo_. Akomu (Yoruba).

_Ormosia monophylla_. Akoriko (Yoruba).

_Ashasha_ of the Yoruba.

_Alstonia Congensis_. Awun, Ahon (Yoruba); Dubu (Brass); Eba (Ibo).

_Parkia filicoidea_.[9] Danowa (Hausa).

_Parkia biglobosa_.[9]

_Acacia_.[10] All species. Gabarua (Hausa).

_Butyrospermum Parkii_. Shea Butter. Emi-emi (Yoruba); Kadanya (Hausa).

_Pterocarpus erinaceus_. Apepe, Ara (Yoruba); Madobia (Hausa).

5TH CLASS TREES.

_Fee_, 4_s._ 6_d._; _Royalty_, 1_s._ 6_d._; _Total_, 6_s._ _per tree_.

(_b_) 10 feet minimum girth limit.

_Eriodendron_. All species. Silk Cotton Tree. Araba (Yoruba); Ukum (Efik); Shakka (Brass); Okha (Benin); Akpe (Ibo); Rimi (Hausa).

_Bombax_. All species.

_Antiaris toxicaria_. Oro (Yoruba); Nuwo (Ekoi); Odjiwawa (Ibo).

(_c_) 8 feet minimum girth limit.

_Iya-Igbo_ of the Yorubas.

(_e_) 6 feet minimum girth limit.

_Tetrapleura Thonningii_. Aridan (Yoruba); Dawo (Hausa).

_Erythrina_. All species except _E. Senegalensis_.

_Paradaniellia Oliveri_. Balsam Copaiba Tree. Iya (Yoruba).

_Pentaclethra macrophylla_. Apara (Yoruba); Ukana (Efik); Ukpakara (Brass).

_Lonchocarpus Zenkeri_.

_Daniellia_. All species except _D. Ogea_. Gum Copal Trees. Iya (Yoruba).

_Cynometra_. All species.

_Ricinodendron Africana_. Erimmado (Yoruba); Okwen (Benin).

_Uapaca Guineensis_. Ile (Ibo).

_Uapaca Staudtii_. Akun (Yoruba).

_Garcinia sp._ Agberibede (Yoruba).

_Scottelia Kamerunensis_. Okilolo (Ijaw).

_Oropa_ of the Yorubas. Odoko (Yoruba).

_Erohun_ of the Ikales.

(_f_) 4 feet minimum girth limit.

_Xylia Evansii_.

_Trichilia Heudelotii_.

_Pseudocedrela Kotschyi_.[11] Emigbegi (Yoruba).

_Ukpi-nikwi_ of the Benis. Enyin Mbukpo (Efik).

6TH CLASS TREES.

_Fee_, 2_s._ 6_d._; _Royalty_, 6_d._; _Total_, 3_s._ _per tree_.

(_c_) 8 feet minimum girth limit.

_Sterculia cordata_. Ogugu (Yoruba).

(_e_) 6 feet minimum girth limit.

_Sterculia oblonga_.

_Pentadesma butyracea_. Candle Tree. Udia Ebiong (Efik).

_Adina microcephala_.[12] Kadanyar rafi (Hausa).

_Anogeissus leiocarpus_. Ayin (Yoruba); Marike (Hausa).

_Isoberlinia_.[12] Both species. Doka (Hausa).

(_f_) 4 feet minimum girth limit.

_Chrysophyllum_. All species. Osan (Yoruba).

_Polyadoa umbellata_.

_Baphia nitida_. Irosun (Yoruba).

_Baphia pubescens_. Ubara (Efik).

_Baphia polygalacea_. Mbomo-nkuku (Efik).

_Parinarium macrophyllum_. Gawasa (Hausa).

_Parinarium mobola_.

_Funtumia Africana_. Ako-ire (Yoruba); Bassa-bassa (Benin).

_Tamarindus Indicus_.[13] Tsamia (Hausa).

_Eugenia Owariensis_. Malmo (Hausa).

_Vitex_. All species.

_Sterculia Barterii_. Eso (Yoruba).

_Lophira alata_. Ipawhaw (Yoruba); Namijin-kadai (Hausa).

_Zanthoxylon Senegalensis_. Ata (Yoruba); Fasa-kwari (Hausa).

_Spondias lutea_. Hog Plum. Iyeye (Yoruba); Tsada-Masar (Hausa).

_Cola_. All species.

_Ita_ of the Yorubas.

_Hannoa Klaineana_. Igbo (Yoruba).

_Macrolobium_. All species.

_Ormosia laxiflora_.[14] Ba-fini, Makarfo (Hausa); Shedun (Yoruba).

_Prosopis oblonga_. Kirya (Hausa).

_Lonchocarpus sericeus_. Ipapo (Yoruba); Njassi (Ibo); Obong (Efik).

_Dialium Guineense_. Awin (Yoruba); Ohiorme (Benin).

(_f_) 3 feet minimum girth limit.

_Adina microcephala_.[15] Kadanyar Rafi (Hausa).

_Isoberlinia_.[15] All species. Doka (Hausa).

_Ormosia laxiflora_.[16] Makarfo (Hausa).

(_g_) No minimum girth limit.

_Borassus Æthiopica_. The Fan Palm. Giginya (Hausa).

7TH CLASS TREES.

_Fees, Nil, except when taken under a Fuel Permit._

(_g_) No minimum girth limit.

_Acacia_. All species, when in Southern Provinces.

_Anona_. All species. Afe (Yoruba); Gwandar-daji (Hausa).

_Conopharyngia_. All species.

_Deinbollia insignis_.

_Erythrina Senegalensis_. Majiriya (Hausa).

_Garcinia conrauana_. Efiari (Efik); Odji (Brass).

_Hannoa undulata_. Ikwepokin (Benin).

_Holarrhena Wulfsbergii_.

_Kigelia pinnata_.

_Millettia Thonningii_.

_Musanga Smithii_. Umbrella Tree. Aga (Yoruba); Uno (Efik); Oro (Brass).

_Pachylobus edulis_. Eben (Efik).

_Parinarium_. All species except those detailed in 6th class.

_Pterocarpus esculentus_. Gedar-kurumi (Hausa); Gbingbin (Yoruba).

_Ochna multiflora_. Toi-tsi (Ibo).

_Rauwolfia vomitoria_.

_Spathodea_. All species.

_Sterculia_. All other species except those detailed in other classes.

_Terminalia Togoensis_.

_Treculia Africana_. Afon (Yoruba).

_Xylopia Æthiopica_. Eru (Yoruba); Kimba (Hausa).

_Chrysobalanus Icaco_. Ikate (Yoruba).

8TH CLASS TREES.

Minimum girth limit, 12 inches.

_Fees_—_On trees over_ 24 _inches in girth_, 6_d._ _per tree_.

_On trees_ 12 _to_ 24 _inches in girth_, 3_d._ _per tree_.

_Rhizophora racemosa_. Red Mangrove. Egba (Yoruba).

_Rhizophora mangle_. Red Mangrove.

_Avicennia Africana_. White Mangrove. Ofun (Yoruba).

For the purposes of this schedule, the girths must be measured at a vertical distance of 4 feet 6 inches from the ground at the foot of the tree, or in the case of buttressed trees at the place where the highest buttress merges into the stem.

SCHEDULE B

PROTECTED MINOR FOREST PRODUCE

1ST CLASS.

_Fee_, 15_s._; _Royalty_, _5s._; _Total_, 20_s._ _per permit_.

_Rubber_—taken from wild rubber-yielding trees and vines.

2ND CLASS.

_Fee_, 7_s._ 6_d._; _Royalty_, 2_s._ 6_d._; _Total_, 10_s._ _per
permit_.

_Bamboo poles_—taken from the midribs of the Tombo palm (_Raphia vinifera_) or other species of Raphia. _Piassava fibre_ from the stem and midribs (leaf stalks) of the Raphia and other species of palms.

And in the Northern Provinces:

Poles, gofas, etc., not to exceed 6 inches in diameter, taken from _Isoberlinia sp._, _Anogeissus leiocarpus_, _Ormosia laxiflora_, _Lophira alata_ or _Pterocarpus erinaceus_.

3RD CLASS.

_Fee_, 4_s._ 6_d._; _Royalty_, 1_s._ 6_d._; _Total_, 6_s._ _per permit_.

_Chew-sticks_—or native tooth-brushes taken from the roots of the Iyin tree (_Anogeissus leiocarpus_).

_Native sponges_—made from the bast fibres of various species of vines and lianes.

_Pandanus_ fibre (from the screw pine) and the leaf stalk of all species of Phrynium, taken for the manufacture of mats.

_Gum copal_.

_Gum arabic_—and other gums procured from _Acacias_.

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