54 NATURAL HISTORY VOCABULARY 



Kasilo-duboli (kasilo- 

 duboli) or Kasilo- 

 boli (kasilo-boli) 



Kibone (kibone) . 



Kimba (kimbe) . 



Kimba-wili (kiml)a-\vili) 

 or Kiiiil)a-}i-wili 



Kipn (kipui) . 



XojO (koji or kojni) 



Koko (kokoi) . 



ous when raw, and mu.st be 

 cooked before being eaten. 

 ( Mu n ihof utilissima — Eiiph or- 

 hiaceap.) 



A plant. Leaf 14x5 inches, one 

 sti-ai<rht mid-rib, stalks hairy. 

 (Kasilo-silo = spider ; boli = 

 drink.) 



A plant, consisting of one long 

 juicy stem. Leaf 1^ x J inch, 

 tender. Leaves join together 

 along stem. They have an un- 

 pleasant smell. {Anclio manes 

 arum.) 



A plant eaten on rice. Leaves 

 opposite, soft, 2x1 inches. 



A plant. Leaf 4x3 inches or 

 lai'ger, tender, jagged edge. 

 Stalk five-angled, hollow. A 

 tiny yellow flower, bell-shaped, 

 five-pointed, brown centre, 

 axillary. 



A succulent edible plant. Leaf 

 6 inches long, wings at base, 

 hairy. New leaves axillary to 

 old ones. This name is also 

 applied to a sort of wild 

 lettuce, edible, of probably 

 foreign origin. 



The egg-plant. In Sierra Leone 

 English the Jackatoo. Leaf 

 10 X 7 inches, rough edge with 

 deep indentations, seven in 

 number. Fruit yellow, as big 

 as an apple, edible, called the 

 " garden-egg.'' 



An edible tuber — the Coco-yam. 

 It is of a bluish tinge inside. 

 Thick fleshy stalks with single 

 large leaves springing direct 

 from the root. [Colocasia.) 



