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NATURAL HISTORY VOCABULARY 



Kendu (kendui) . 

 KinJOTo (kinjurOi) 



Koba (kobe) . . 



Koba-ha (Koba-hei) 

 Kobo (koboi) .... 



Kojaga (kojagei) or 

 Xguli (nguli) 



Kowelege (kuwelege) 



Kpakpa (kpakpei) 



Kpato (kpati)i) 



A tree bearing a hard-shelled fruit 

 like the cocoa-nut (Sch.). 



A tree. Children make a plaything 

 of the ? hard fruit ? kernel, 

 which is strung on to a string. 



A tree. Leaves 6 x 4i inches, stiff, 

 smooth in front, rough at back, 

 alternate. Fruit red, peachy, 

 2x2x1 inches, splits, hollow, 

 black seeds. Leaves infused, 

 put on a boil, draw it out. 



Lit. Female-kobe. Leaf 11x7 

 inches, heart-shaped. 



The gum-copal tree, and the gum 

 itself. (? Copaifera dinldagei — 

 Lef/uiiiinotiae.) 



A big tree with very soft wood, 

 white. It is used for making 

 boxes for specie. Leaf pal- 

 mate, oval, 7x7 inches over 

 all. (? Triplochiton Johnaonii.) 

 Called by Fantis " waw-waw." 



A tree (Kumasi and Monrovia). 

 White juice comes out of 

 stem. Leaves 10 x 2i inches, 

 whorled in fours, tender. 

 (? Ant ia lis toxicaria — Urti- 

 caceap.) 



A tree that folds its leaves at night. 

 Leaf compound, abruptly pin- 

 nate, leaflets irregular oval, 

 about 2 x Ij inches. Com- 

 pound flower like half a ball 

 of fluff almost. Tree exudes 

 resin largely when bored into 

 by insects. The resin does 

 not harden. " Shade " tree 

 or " rain " tree. 



A tree near streams. Leaves oval, 

 pointed, smooth, 3x2 inches. 

 Some opposite, others irregu- 



