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150 {| Trees found near the River Zambesi. Inferior quality.
 * rowspan=2 |No.
 * rowspan=2 |Local Names.
 * colspan=2 |Dimensions of Stem.
 * rowspan=2 |Remarks.
 * Length.
 * Diameter.
 * Feet.
 * Inches.
 * 1
 * Inhanpasse.
 * 6
 * 8
 * 2
 * Pingue or Padpreto.
 * 6
 * 6
 * Resembles Lignum vitae.
 * 3
 * Mocua
 * 14
 * 8–10
 * Forked knees. Good quality.
 * 4
 * Imbila
 * 15–18
 * 12
 * Flexible,light. Middling do.
 * 5
 * Murumanhama.
 * 18
 * 12
 * Pale red colour, light.
 * 6
 * Mocunca
 * 15–18
 * 8–10
 * Grows crooked, heavy.
 * 7
 * Mocôza
 * 35–45
 * 36–48
 * Yellow colour, light, wormed.
 * Pale red colour, light.
 * 6
 * Mocunca
 * 15–18
 * 8–10
 * Grows crooked, heavy.
 * 7
 * Mocôza
 * 35–45
 * 36–48
 * Yellow colour, light, wormed.
 * 36–48
 * Yellow colour, light, wormed.
 * 8
 * Mucumite or Sandal-wood.
 * 6—8
 * 8
 * Brown with light and dark shades of colour, heavy, crooked. Good quality.
 * 9
 * Pamburo
 * Shrub
 * 10
 * Peam
 * 18
 * 12–20
 * Red colour, shrinks and warps, heavy.
 * 11
 * Mussangara.
 * 12
 * 10
 * Crooked, heavy, liable to split.
 * 12
 * Taxa
 * 20
 * 20—28
 * Yellowish colour, heavy. Good quality.
 * 13
 * Mocundo-cundo
 * 36
 * 40–60
 * Yellow colour, light, porous, used for masts, bark yields quinine.
 * 14
 * Mucorongo
 * 18
 * 12
 * 15
 * Raiz-de-Pingue or Pao-preto.
 * Roots spreading, heavy, black as ebony.
 * 16
 * Monangare ..
 * 18
 * 20–28
 * Resembles rosewood, heavy, crooked, used by wheel-wrights, and for blocks.
 * 17
 * Mocasso-cassa.
 * 18
 * 20–28
 * Reddish-brown colour, hard, heavy, used for joiners work. Good quality.
 * 18
 * Pao-ferra or Iron-wood
 * 24
 * 8
 * Red colour, hard, heavy, used for furniture and treenails. Good quality.
 * 19
 * Pao-ferro or Mais-is-curo
 * 24
 * 8
 * Dark brown, heavy, resembles Sabicu. Good quality.
 * 20
 * Pangira
 * 30
 * 26
 * Brown colour, porous, used in house and ship-building.
 * 21
 * Pao-fava
 * 22
 * 12
 * Red colour, light, resembles mahogany. Good quality.
 * 22
 * Metteral
 * 24
 * 12
 * Ditto, heavier. Ditto, ditto.
 * 23
 * Mugunda
 * 40–60
 * 12–24
 * Yellow colour, straight, light, used in ship-building.
 * 24
 * Morrunda
 * 15
 * 5–8
 * Ditto, ditto, ditto.
 * 25
 * Mouna
 * 15
 * 12
 * Red colour, straight, moderately heavy. Good quality.
 * 26
 * Luabo
 * 12
 * 10
 * Ditto, heavy, ditto.
 * }
 * 40–60
 * 12–24
 * Yellow colour, straight, light, used in ship-building.
 * 24
 * Morrunda
 * 15
 * 5–8
 * Ditto, ditto, ditto.
 * 25
 * Mouna
 * 15
 * 12
 * Red colour, straight, moderately heavy. Good quality.
 * 26
 * Luabo
 * 12
 * 10
 * Ditto, heavy, ditto.
 * }
 * 10
 * Ditto, heavy, ditto.
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