The young shoots and blades of older leaves are cooked occasionally as a side-dish 

 without the use of native potashes. The cooked dish tastes bitter and is not much 

 liked. 



Ref. 1; 6; 23. 



98. Ceratophyllum demersum L. (CeratophylL). 

 Mpusi, kasitsi (N). 



A much-branched perennial herb found both floating and submerged m the 

 Lake, in rivers and lagoons, leaves in whorls of five to twelve divided into linear 

 segments often about an inch long, suitable for fish ponds. 



99. Geratotheca sesamoides Endl. (Pedal.). 



Chewe, katate (N), tobve (Se), cincesi (T), cinyololo (T), citengalalwa (Nk), zambwe (S), 

 nkuyamani (Y), maope (Ng). See Sesamum angolense with same native names. 



A herb with erect slender stem up to 2 ft. tall. The leaves are grey on top and 

 whitish underneath, flowers solitary, pale lilac, tubular, marked with purple lines, 

 fruit a capsule up to three-quarters an inch long with two divergent horns at the 

 apex. Found at elevations below 3,000 ft. 



The leaves are cooked with the help of potashes to form a mucilaginous product, 

 thelele, and are used all over the country. Pounded groundnuts are not added by 

 some tribes as they do not mix in well with the cooked dish. The dish is commonly 

 eaten by women particularly when they are eating gaga, a porridge made from a 

 mixture of bran and flour. It is also given to invalids and young children as it is 

 easily swallowed. The leaves are used as a substitute for soap. The cooked leaves, 

 or the liquor from them, are thought to be a cure for both smallpox and measles. 

 Ref. 1. 



100. Ceropegia papillata N.E. Br. (Asclep.). 



Fwafwalingo (C), liundumula (Y). 



A plant which climbs by means of its twining stems, leaves heart-shaped with 

 very acuminate tips, hairy on both surfaces, flowers white in umbel-like cymes, 

 corolla 1 in. long, dull green at the base, lighter above, the apical half of the 

 lobes being blackish-green. 



The roots and the raw leaves are eaten by boys. (Kota Kota Hills.) 



101. Ceropegia sp. 



Cang'ombe (N). 



A creeping plant resembling G. papillata in appearance. Found in the Kota 

 Kota HiUs. 



The leaves are cooked occasionally as a side-dish ; they are not liked either by 

 men or women. 



102. Chlorophora excelsa (Welw.) Benth. & Hook. f. (Morac). 



Mvule (Y, N). African Teak, Iroko. 



A giant dioecious tree up to 150 ft. tall in forest, smaller in savannah, shortly 

 buttressed, with a more or less flat spreading crown, dark grey, rough bark, ovate 

 alternate leaves containing a milky latex, female tree with stouter catkins and 

 more spreading crown than the male. Uncommon, found only in the Misuku forests ; 

 has been planted in small numbers at Karonga and in the Nkuwazi Forest in the 

 Kkata Bay District by the Forestry Department. 



The timber is of great value, hard and durable but easy to work, takes a good 

 polish, the heartwood is antproof and resistant to water and to fungoid diseases. 



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