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NATURAL HISTORY VOCABULARY 



Fole (fole) . 

 Fare (fine) 

 Fulo (fuli) . 



Gbende (gbende) 



<^l39Ji (gK'Ji) . • • • 

 Gboiigbato (gbongbiitni) 

 Gboye (gboyei) . . 



Gomba (gombe) . 



(lonio (gomoi) 



G o n w o (g o n w e) or 



Gonwo-wai. [Lif. 



Big-gonwo) 



Guava (guave) . . 



Heiulii (liendoi) . 



Hege-gulu (hege-gului) 



Fruit yellow, edible, big as a 

 man's fist. Looks like bread- 

 fruit. 



A sort of ? ash tree. 



A tree. 



A big forest tree, exudes gum 

 (ndengbe). Leaf lob-sided, 

 very tendei', 4x3 inches or 

 more. 



A big tree (Monrovia). Follicle 

 6x3 inches, seeds red with 

 black tip, not eaten. 



Any plum tiee; hog-plum. 



Sour orange tree. 



A big tree. Leaves 9x3 inches, 

 alternate. 



Tree used for forked posts in house 

 building. 



A rul)ber tree, 



A rubber ficus. Starts as a creeper 

 on a palm, and as it grows 

 crushes and kills it, standing 

 afterwards as a tree. Leaf 

 8 X 3J inches. (? Urticaceae). 

 Applied also to the banyan 

 tree (Gonwe). It seems to be 

 applied also to various Ficus 

 trees. 



Guava. Leaf lance-shaped, 4 x 1| 

 inches, stiff, ribs strong on 

 back, does not lie fiat. Alter- 

 nate. Flower white, scented. 

 Fruit yellow, size of small 

 .ipple. Grows wild round 

 Sekondi. [PsiJium Guajava — 

 Myiiitreae). 



A very hard redwood tree [LnjiJu'ra 

 procera). Called by Fantis 

 " Kaku." 



Lit. Soap tree. Not a distinctive 

 name, Init applied to several 



