[KP.105] m’bawa

African mahogany. The landscape department have planted a lot of these trees round the Academy. There is one near the road outside the girls’ hostel, with a label attached. The trunk is light grey, and tall and smooth. If you try to shake it, you will find it is very solid. There is a very tall big one in the Headmaster’s garden (near the fence on the chapel side). Some of these trees have black growths on their trunks. The fruits are interesting and decorative (you will find fruits on the ground on the lawn between the headmaster’s house and the entrance road); they split into four quarters, each quarter containing a seed.