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WEST AFRICA.

importation, and the date-palm occurs chiefly in the neighbourhood of Bakel and

Fig. 62. — Baobab on the Kotubadinta River South-West of Bamaku.

about the Falémé confluence, which is its southern limit. The wild forest plants yield scarcely any edible berries or nuts beyond the small red fruit of the sidom,