42 NATURAL HISTORY VOCABULARY 



Tingo (tinei) 

 Tolo (toli)". 



Toniba (tombe) 



Tiiui-pot'o (tinii-pofoi) . 



Towa - nyenye (towa- 



nvenye) 

 Toya(toye) . . . . 



Tundu (tundui) or 

 Kwuye (kwuyei) 



Vaowu (vaowui) = ? Vao- 

 wulu (vao-wului) 



Wonwa (wonwai) 



Yokuma (yokume) . 



Yungbi-yangbi (yungbi- 

 yangbi) 



male and female. The male 

 is called Kongolo-lijni. 



Mangrove. 



"Kola" tree. Leaf 4x li inches, 

 oval, pointed. Fiuit green, 

 5 X 2| inches, rough. The 

 kola that is eaten is the seed, 

 which, four in number, lie in 

 a row inside. {Cola anmnnafa 

 — Sferculiareae.) 



A tree. Leaf 2| x 1^ inches, oppo- 

 site, smooth. Small fruit on 

 the stem itself. 



Another name for mambui, not 

 well known. 



A tree used for forked house posts. 

 (Towa = forked post.) 



A tree. Leaves 6x2 inches, 

 smooth, placed without order. 

 Fruit red, hangs close to stem, 

 like a small cherry in appear- 

 ance and taste, edible. 



A tree. Leaf 8 x 2i inches, smooth, 

 no veins. Fruit- J inch dia- 

 meter, whitish, a follicle singly 

 on its own stalk. (? Cephaelis 

 peduncular is^Ruhiarrae). 



A very big soft wood tree, trunk 

 like a cotton tree, deciduous. 

 Leaf oval, 4x3 inches, very 

 rough, ribbed. 



A tree (Kumasi and Monrovia). 

 Leaves 8 x 24 inches, pointed 

 alternate. 



Another name for Saba-wulu, which 

 see. 



A tree. Leaf 9x6 inches, smooth, 

 oval ribs branch in pairs from 

 midrib. Fruit size of an apple, 

 rough skin. It is eaten. The 

 leaves bitter, make a purge. 



