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caffra (Mutamba) provides ropes and bow-strings ; 

 G. pilosa, snare loops ; others like Triumfetta 

 semitriloba, T. rhomboidea, and T. orthacantha are 

 recognized by the natives, who call them Quibosa ; 

 while the leaves of the Cor chorus tridens (Quis- 

 sanana) are eaten with palm oil. Of the Meliacea^ 

 were a number of big trees, including Melia dubia 

 (Bombolo), with cinnamon-coloured wood, used 

 in making native boxes ; M. Azedarach, also called 

 Bombolo (Sycamoro by the Portuguese) ; oil- 

 yielding Trichilia (Mafura) of several species ; the 

 palm-shaped Carapa procera (Mucaca ncumbi) ; 

 and Khaya anthotheca (Quibaba), a beautiful tree 

 with drug-yielding bark. Among lowlier plants, 

 the Balsams, Balsamea longebracteata (Calusange), 

 B. MuUlame (Mulelame), and Canarium edule 

 (Mubafo) are all used medicinally, while the 

 Sensitive Plants (Biophytums and Impatiens), car- 

 peting the ground, spring into movement at one's 

 feet, and Hippocratea indica (Xgongo), a creeper 

 30 to 40 feet long, climbs the big trees of the forest. 

 Of the Ampelideag there are Ampelocissus urence- 

 folia (Quixibua), with purple edible fruit, and the 

 species of Cissus, which tempt with their scarlet 

 fruits and then sting with the hairs that cover 

 them. Phialodiscus plurijugatus (Cachique) and 

 P. Welwitschii are prominent trees, while Ana- 

 cardium occidentale (Musuque) gives an edible 

 fruit (Capueiro of the Portuguese), as does 

 Spondias Mombin (Mugunga), and the huge 

 Pseudospondias microcarpa (Musondo), one of the 

 fingest Angolan trees, which grows to 120 feet and 

 bears a fruit like a black grape. A medium- 



