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Sometimes the same name is used for the same tree by more 
than one tribe, but in some cases each tribe has a different name 
for the same tree. In other cases, however, the same name is 
applied to different species of the same or of allied genera, thus 
producing great confusion in tree nomenclature. The following 
native names, used in the Katanga, were carefully identified with 
the specimens, and checked, and in some cases re-checked, by 
questioning different natives at different times. It was interesting 
to note how keen the natives were, in certain cases, to discriminate 
between allied species some of which bore a close superficial 
resemblance; in other cases they would “lump ” species under 
one vernacular name, possibly because the particular tree was 
equally useful (or useless) from their particular point of view. 
In the following list the language or country in which the 
vernacular name is used follows in brackets after the name; 
the collector is responsible for identifying the vernacular name | 
with his specimen, and his name appears in brackets after the 
specific name; for the specific names attached to the specimens, 
we alone are responsible; where these were not seen the probable 
species (based on the geographical distribution and other available 
information) has been assigned with a query. It is unfortunate 
that the name mooSaamba or mooZamba is promiscuously 
assigned to several of the multifoliate species with resulting 
confusion as to specific identity, as some of them are of particular 
economic value. The prefix moo (i.e., tree?) often spelt mu, 
has the long oo sound, and consequently the phonetic rendering 
has here been adopted. 
Akolodo (Yoruba) = B. eurycoma (Millson) 
amaChibero (Mashona) = B. filiformis (Swynnerton) 
Bodgei (Sierra Leone) = B. leonensis (Lane-Poole) 
Kapootoo (Chindao, Kibembe) = B. Hockii (Verdick ?), B. mpa- 
lensis (Rogers), B. spicaeformis (Burtt Davy) 
Kasosolwa (Katanga) ; has been referred to Brachystegia, but 
the material is incomplete (Bingoet 32) 
Kisamba-Kwe-Kwe (Katanga) = B. katanyensis (Verdick) 
Lamba, or Samba ? (Angola) = B. Gossweileri (Gossweiler) 
mBombo (Chilundi) = B. filiformis (Rogers) 
mChenga (Tanganyika Terr. & Mlanje) = B. Randi (Speke & 
Grant, Purves) 
mDonde ei Avon, near Salisbury, S. Rhodesia); specimens _ 
no 
alae: ieee B. Boehmii (Purves); see also nJombo 
mNenga (Tanganyika Terr.) = B. Randii (Speke & Grant) 
mNondo (Rhodesia) = Berlinia globiflora (Eyles, Monro) 
mPutchi (Chilunda) = B. mpalensis (Rogers) 
mPootu (Katanga) = B. spicaeformis (Ringoet) 
mRihi (Kidyo) = B. edulis (Battiscombe) 
mRiti (Suswahili) = B. edulis (Battiseombe) 
mSaasa or mSassa (Mashona) = B. Randii (Rand, Eyles); Ber- 
linia globiflora (Marshall); see also mooSaasa 
