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M’koongoo (Kis.), almond-tree. Seen only in Zanzibar island, where the Banians use its leaves as 
plates. Lozi=almond (Steere); mkungu=the fruit-stalk of Bananas (Steere). = А king’s officer 
in Uganda. 
M’koongooroombeh (Kis.), not determined. Å brushwood, from which arrows, lip-ornaments, and powder- 
measures аге made. M’kooroombeh (Kis.) is another brushwood used as firewood. 
M’koossa (Kin.), probably Ficus, sp. A handsome tree: its leaves are large, rough, and sticky; they 
are used in polishing the handles of spears. 
M’kooyoo (Kis.), Ficus, sp. Encamped under it several times. Bark-cloths are sometimes made from 
i it. The figs grow in twos or fives upon the large boughs or branches. 
M'læwæ (Kin.), Celtis integrifolia. Trunk 12 feet in circumference. Seems a brittle, useless wood. 
Тһе natives of Feepa make necklaces of the stones of its fruit. 
M'lallakooa (Km), Erythrina, sp.: m'teepee-teepee (Kin.). Trunk 10 feet in circumference. The 
bark is corky, and made into shields; the seeds are worn as wreaths by the Waganda; a red 
gum exudes. 
M'lama (Kin.) Combretum, sp. Moderate-sized ugly tree. Тһе charcoal used by the blacksmiths of 
Unyoro is of this wood. Its leaves being coriaceous, are used in cleaning out the wooden 
milk-pots of the natives. 
M’landala (Kin.), Combretum reticulatum. 
M'leha, forest tree (Krapf). 
M’limau, citron-tree (Krapf). 
M'loolooma (Kin.), Sterculia cinerea. Trunk 10 feet in circumference, with clear gum. Seeds were 
eaten raw by our native porters. 
M’nanazi, thé pine-apple. 
M’naninga, forest tree (Krapf). 
M’nazi, the cocoanut-tree : m’nasi=cocoanut-tree (Krapf, Кик, & Steere). 
M’niolola (Kis.), Corchorus antichorus: niolola=chain. А vegetable that is stringy or chain-like when 
boiled. 
M’nyala (Kin.), Euphorbia, sp. This is the common fence of the villages in Unyamezi; a stockade is 
made with it; and a ditch surrounds the whole. 
M’nyembe (Kin.), Swartzia marginata. 
M’nyemvee (Kin.), Mimusops Kummel, Bruce. Lofty tree with rich green foliage. Birds are fond of its 
stone fruit, which has the taste of a dry date; the seed is unpleasant to taste, and is of a yellow 
colour. : 
` M’pæcæ (Кееао), ZEschynomene indica. Wood made into floats for fishing-nets in Heeao. 
M”pæfoo (Kin.), Croton, sp. Trunk 30 inches circumference. M”pæfoo="ripe, speaking of any fruit. 
M”pækætoo (Kis.), not determined. Building and firewood ; leaves 6 by 3 inches. 
M’pela (Kin.), Adansonia digitata. The largest trunk measured was 54 feet in circumference. Parasites 
occasionally found upon this tree. The gourds are made to draw water. Seeds mashed in water 
are refreshing on a hot day ; wood useless. | 
M’pepe (Kis.), Æschynomene, sp., used as floats for nets; also a tree denoting the presence of сора] 
gum, probably a Trachylobium. 
M'palanyonga (Kin.), Hymenocardia Heudelotii. Small tree with soft white bark; wood brittle and 
useless. 
M’pangweh (Kin.), not determined. Shrub 8 feet high; young shoots are eaten ; fruit makes a red dye. 
M’papa (Kin:), not determined. The wood of this resembles the fir-wood boxes we have in camp. At 
Madi, found a round shell-shaped pod like one half of a bivalve, with two seeds, which was called 
the seed-vessel of the m’papa. This legume answers the description of Trachylobium in being 
two-seeded and very obtuse. 
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