Oil-bearing Seeds of Possible Economic Importance to West Africa

Abstract

THE seeds which form the subject of this communication are obtained from Herrania spp. (Sterculiaceæ), which are indigenous to the Amazon valley. They were included in a collection of Theobroma spp. received from Trinidad in 1944, when they were planted in Accra Quarantine Station; the seedlings were planted in the field at Tafo in June 1945. These Herrania spp. have been provisionally classified as H. balaënsis Preuss, H. mariæ sp. “A” and Herrania sp. “B”.