From Entebbe to Fort Portal. 



The baujuia, or plantain, is the staple of diet. There are 

 several varieties. Besides the sweet banana, which is eaten ripe 

 and raw, there is a plantain which is gathered unripe and eaten 

 cooked. From the flesh of another variety a sort of bread is 

 made. The juice is pressed out and forms a refreshing, cool 



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drink called Mbisi. This becomes alcoholic and intoxicatino- if 

 allowed to ferment, and is then called Mwenge. Finally the 

 leaves and stalks are used for various purposes. The origin 

 of the cultivated banana is uncertain. Botanically it is quite 

 different from the wild native banana, and it is doubtful 

 whether it could have been derived from it. 



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