NATrUAL IIIS'l'ORV VOCAliULAUV 45 



(Conakry). {Indujofera Suf- 

 fradifosa — Leijuminosac.) 



Njalaihi (njalaihi) . . A shrub. Leaf rough and well 



marked, 5x1 inches, usually 

 three together on a stalk. 



Njepa (njepai) . . . See Gbakunje. Another name. 



Pegbia (Pegbie) ... A shrub (.Seh.). 



P(jpo-nda (popo-ndai) . A shrub. Leaf kidney-shaped, 



7x6 inches, all veins radiate 

 from leaf stalk. Flower a 

 catkin, axillary. Fruit 2 x |^ 

 inches, light green dotted. 

 Sevei'al stand up together from 

 one stalk. The leaf is highly 

 flavoured, and eagerly eaten 

 raw. It is also used in cookinir 

 fish. 



Tejongbwe (tejengl)we) A shrub (Ashanti). Leaf 3| x 2 



inches, hairy, opposite. Flower 

 white with red bracts. Bracts 

 2 X H inches. Five petals, red 

 centre, no scent. [Mussaenda 

 erythropTiylla — Ruhiaceae.) 

 Another variety has white 

 bracts. {Muf<gaenda Isertiana, 

 or I'onopli aningiifolia . ) 



Tifa (tife) 8hrub or plant in general. 



Tuwa-wu-buye (tuwa- A shrub. Leaves almost opposite, 

 wu-buye) lance -shaped, 5x2 inches. 



Leaf stalk with nodule. 

 Smooth, stiff. Fruit in a 

 huge cluster with no leaves 

 near. Four or five together 

 on own short stalk. No suture, 

 h inch diameter. One seed 

 inside, with a covering which 

 is sucked for the juice ; no 

 particular flavour. 



