NATURAL HISTORY VOCARULARY 



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Nji-yuwn (nji-yuwi) 

 Njowe (njowi) 



Kjnwp (njnwi) 



Pdla (pnlai) or Powele 

 (pijwele) 



Tainl)e (tambi) 

 Tanj'a (tanye) 

 Tauwa (tauwai) 



Ta\va-l)enilie . 

 Tegeya (tegeyei) 



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Tifa (tife) . . . 

 Towa (tmve) . 



Yoniba-gboli . . 



acute point. jNloie or less 

 opposite leaves. Nodule at 

 base of leaf stalk. Leaves 

 crushed make the blue dye. 

 (See njala - muiuui among 

 shrubs.) 



Creeper. Leaf 6x5 inches, fleshy. 



A creeper with a biggish bean used 

 to kill head-lice. Not good to 

 eat. 



Tlie sweet potato [Ij/ojnaea batatux 

 — ConvoJvulaceae). Also ap- 

 plied to the European potato, 

 climbing plant. Leaf G x 2 

 inches, smooth, alternate. 

 Fruit 11 inch diameter, 

 pyramidal, spiky, a capsule. 

 It is eaten. The plant its^elf 

 is a cane. 



A creeper something like Mlialui. 

 Not found at Sekondi. 

 creeper. Leaves J x i inch, 

 close at night. Thorny stem. 

 creeper. Leaf 4 x 2J inches, 

 palmately lobed, tender. 

 Along the ribs it is a paler 

 green. 



See Buli-yeyakoi. 



A creeper. Leaf fig-pattern. 

 Flower yellow, Ij inch, five 

 petals joined at base. Fruit 

 up to 9 inches long is fibrous 

 inside, and is used tor washing 

 with. {Luffa cylindrica — 

 C'ururhitaceae.) 



Shrub or plant in general. 



Pumpkin {^Cucurhita j/epo — Ciirur- 

 bitaceae). 



See Buli-yeyakoi. 



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