Identifier: greatplateauofno00go (find matches)
Title: The great plateau of northern Rhodesia, being some impressions of the Tanganyika Plateau
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Gouldsbury, Cullen
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Publisher: E. Arnold,
Contributing Library: Gumberg Library, Duquesne University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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classes—namely,heart trees, and those of a homogeneous nature. Of theformer there are very many kinds, of which mulombwa,miihaiiga, kaimbe, mwpuiulu, ynuhula, rnusasi, ndale, andmulebe are a few. The heart is usually any shade of redor bro\vn, and is always covered by an outer covering ofwhite wood. As the heart grows thicker wdth the years,it seems that the outer white covering decreases some-what in thickness. The heart is in every case both antand borer proof, while the outer white sap covering quicklygives way to white ants, borers, and rot. These trees arealways found in the inland districts away from marshyland, and make up in large part the covering of the largeAfrican forests. They need a dry soil in which to flourish.Moreover, they nearly all have the frond leaf and ruggedbark, and have grown to the dimensions of timber treesin spite of the annual fires that devastate the whole country.Because of this they are not so abundant as a cursoryglance at the forest would suggest.
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LOOKING AHEAD 339 The second class of trees which grow with a homo-geneous nature are usually found in the musito—that is,in water. One characteristic of Central African riversis that often in flat districts they spread their waters toa considerable width, and it is in such places that treesof the greatest height and girth are found. These treesare, however, usually food for the white ants and borers,while they do not resist decay like the heart trees of theforests. The timber of these trees is much softer thanthe heart woods—a fact which is, for one thing, due totheir more rapid growth in hot and moist places. These,in contrast to the heart trees, are usually found withsmoother bark, and with individual leaves. There aremany kinds, of which mupa, mwengele, luamha, musuku-buta, musokolobe, and musonga are some. There are many other trees, and, of course, exceptionsto this rough classification, but the kinds readily fall intothese two classes. The oak of Central Africa is undoubted

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