52 NATURAL HISTORY VOCARULARY 



PLANTS 



Belu (belui) .... Pine-apple. (Rarely used. See 



Nesi.) 



Bondo (bonde) ... A plant. Leaf 6 x 7| inches, ivy 



shape, inclines to red at edge. 

 Rough indented edge. Fi'uit 

 green, 5 inches long, succu- 

 lent. The Okro. [Hibiscus 

 esculentus — Malvaceae. ) 



Bowa-la (bowa-lai) . . See Njopo-bowa. 



Delema (deleme) . . A name apparently given to any 



plant with a big spike or 

 raceme. 



Duma (dume) ... A plant or shi-ub. Leaf 18x4 



inches, very like Kasilo-duboli 

 (which see), but a little stiflfer. 



Fale (fale) Fungus, mushroom. 



Tokpo-fale .... A mushroom that grows on the 



roots of oil palm. 



Fore (fore) .... Canna lily [Canria indica — Can- 



naceae). 



Gbanenye (gbaneiiye) . A plant. Leaf soft, 3 to 4x2 



inches, rough surface, lighter 

 green on back. Leaf stalks in 

 pairs. Fruit axillary like a 

 small Kojoi, about half inch 

 diameter, reddish -yellow, 

 edible. 



Gl)()lo (gbnle) .... Plant. Leaf 10x5 to 3 inches. 



Edge deeply indented. Thorns 

 on stem. Fruit white, egg 

 size. A garden egg of a differ- 

 ent variety from Kojoi. 



Gboni-kojn (gboni-kojui) A plant. Leaf 5x4 inches, in- 

 dented like Kojoi, but thicker. 

 Downy. Fruit 4x2 inches 

 diameter. Edible. 



Hagba (hagbe) ... A plant. Leaf 21 x 16 inches, 



smooth, very tough. Grows 



