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Keywords in this picture : Places where this species can be
found : - Sinsanbligbini Forest Reserve - NSBPGHANA
InterestPreferred wet season firewood by the Mbeere tribe in
Kenya since wood does not readily absorb water and will maintain
flamability, occasionally used in the Sahelian region. It
sapwood is whitish with a pink tinge, and a deep red-brown
heartwood, with a medium texture and heavy 930 kg/m3. It is
durable and with abundant gum patches saws cleanly. Because of
its small size used for tools and implement handles, hut lathes,
rafters, walking sticks, bows and fence poles. The stems are
also split to paper thin strips, either red, white or white with
dark streaks for weaving and basketry. While palatable it is not
much browsed by livestock, but antelope eat the foliage annd
pods (Wickens et al. 1995). Fibre is extracted from the bark in
the Sahel to make a strong rope. Because of its thorny branches,
it is used for live hedges and brush fenc