38 NATURAL HISTORY VOCABULARY 



Mambo (mainboi) . . A 



Moigbama (moigbame) . 

 Mbele (mbele) " . . 



Mbeli (mbeli) . 



Mbili (mbili) . . . 

 Mbundo (mbundoi) . 



Mbundo (mbundni) . 

 Ndaha (ndahei) . 



Ndaiida (iidande) 



posite. Mohammedans make 

 ink of its leaves, 

 tree. Leaves mostly opposite, 

 smooth, stiff, perfect oval, 

 2 X 1| inches. Leaves grow 

 close to stalk. Soft nuts 

 f inch diameter, with velvety 

 shell, edible. 



A tree. Leaf 6 x 1-| inches, stiff. 



A big tree, the " sasswood." Com- 

 pound leaf, the leaflets very 

 small . {Eryth roph laeum guine- 

 ense — Leguminosae.) 



A big forest tree with red oily 

 juice under bark, which dries 

 out like sealing-wax. Leaf 

 6x3 inches, opposite, smooth, 

 thin. (? Khaya sene<jah'nxis — 

 Meliareae.) 



A big fore.st tree with sweet-scented 

 bark. - Leaf 5x1 inches, 

 smooth. {^ Boswellia kleinei or 

 Santiriopsis kleinei — .) 



The camwood tree. Leaves alter- 

 nate, 4x2 inches, polished 

 surface. Small white flowers, 

 one lobe developed, yellow at 

 base of petals. Used to dye 

 Ndiivu fibre red. (JJaphia 

 7iitida — Le(jiuninosap.) 



A tree used for making mortars 

 for pounding grain. 



A fig tree. Leaves slightly rougher 

 than " Kobe," 6^ x 3 inches, 

 alternate. Fruit 1^ inches 

 diameter, hangs close to 

 branch, i-ed. The inner bark 

 is eaten as an astringent for 

 thirst, and the Hausas mix it 

 with kola-nut to chew. 



A very hard wood tree. Trunk as 



