NATURAL HISTORY VOCARrLARY 



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Homo-yeyakn (liomo- 

 yeyakni) 



Jenje (jenje) . . . . 

 Jain (juloi) iiiul juln-lai 

 Kpula (kpule) 

 Kiyuwo (kiyinvi) 



Ivdlikpo (knlikpni) 

 Kpulu (kpuH) . . . . 



Kpukpo (kpukpoi) 

 Lelema (leleme) . 



Mbalu (mbalui) 



mauve underneath. Pods con- 

 tain a sort of small cotton. 



A climber. Leaf fig-style, 2| x 2| 

 inches, each on a stalk of 3 

 inches. Leaves 3 inches apart. 

 Used as rope. 



Juice from a rubber vine, not 

 actually the vine itself. 



A climbing plant (Monrovia). Leaf 

 round, <> x 6 inches, rough. 



The creeper producing gourds oi' 

 calabashes. 



A climber. Fruit a follicle, long, 

 contains up to ten beans, 

 brown, 1 x f x | inch. Useless. 



A vine, t Leaf palmately cleft with 

 six or more leaflets. About 

 5x5 inches. Fruit yellow- 

 red, size of a big egg-plum. 



A vine. Leaf heart-shaped, alter- 

 nate, 7 inches diameter. All 

 veins start from base. Fruit 

 like a medium-sized potato 

 hung from its centre, solid 

 and whitish inside. 



A vine with edible leaves. 



A climbing plant. Leaves alter- 

 nate, smooth, 6x1 inches, pre- 

 hensile tip. Flower axillary 

 on 6-inch flower-stalk, about 

 8 inches diameter. Six petals, 

 six stamens and one three- 

 pronged pistil. Flowers close 

 backwards leaving organs out- 

 side. Petals narrow. New 

 flowers yellow, old flowers red. 

 No scent. [Gloriosa viresce?i'< 

 — Liliaceae.) 



A creeper mostly found in fallows. 

 Leaf 6x2 inches. Makes a 

 good rope for building, kc. 

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