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(Enclosure). 
SPECIMENS OF PLANTS AND FRUITS USED BY NATIVES OF THE 
UBOMBO DISTRICT IN ZULULAND AS Foop DURING 
TIMES OF SCARCITY. 
No. Zulu Name. Botanical Identification. Remarks. 
1 | Icena Aloe Cooperi, Baker ao ones i s the etn is 
oped out and cooked 
2| Umkwapa Strychnos Gerrardi, The ids. p this ics 
N-E. Br, die out the seeds, 
3 | Umganu ... Sclerocarya caffra, Sond. The "fruit of this tree is 
made into beer. ulp 
also e in Natal 
4 | Isisimbi Cucurbitacea The leaves are cook 
spinach with other Me. 
5 | Idedelanyati Leucas sp. eav 
6 | Umhlonyana Loch glabra a, Br. Leaves used as a spinach. 
7 | Isinongwe "P ede Ri ofüie The roots of this plant are 
boiled a: 
8 | Izibo Kyuss stellata, | A water lily. 
Willd. is boiled for a short time 
Also eaten b 
natives. 
9 | Matandana Niebuhria nervosa, se e of this plant is 
Hochst. 
10 | Igegetyhana Cephalandra  ... i$. Fruit. pi 
11 | Iloba La Scilla, probably S. lance- | The bulb is cooked. 
efolia, Baker. 
12 | Umqokolo Aberia caffra, Hk, and | A thorny tree ; fruit eaten, 
Harv. 
13 | Meavusana * A , the berries of 
which are eaten. 
14 | Intangamana  .. | Commelina s A plant; leaves eai 
15 | Isankuntshana ... | Ophi oglossum "capense, A small plant; leaves 
Schl ten. 
16 | Iviyo Vangueria infausta, | A small tree ; fruit eaten. 
Burch. so eaten in Natal 
natives and colonists 
17 mpela ... Strychnos (?) ies of tree 
18 | Uguguvama Lantana salviaefolia, A small plant, the berries 
acq. of which are eaten. 
19 | Amatunduluka ... | Ximenia caffra, Sond.... | A tree; the fruit eaten. 
Seeds contain oil. 
20 | Untshungu Cucurbitacea creeper; the leaves 
make a spinach. 
21 | Matsana ... Aizoon canariense, Linn. | A small plant; leaves 
ten. 
22 | Isihlaza ... Celosia trigyna, Linn.... | Leaves and flo eaten. 
23 | Umpema ... ies sis ie is e same, I think, as 
No. 18, 
24 | Mabelebela Sarcostemma viminale, | Stems and f eaten 
R. Br. Commonly eaten by na- 
tive women and chil 
in Natal. 
25 | Ugwapa ... Pme torulosa, | Small plant ; lenves eaten. 
ene 
26 | Isendelendtya  ... | Cucumis sp. A creeper ; fruit eaten. 
27 | Isankuntana Ophioglossum reticula- | Small plant, leaves eaten. 
tum, 
Ixabaxaba .. | Solanum M cin Linn, | Leaves eaten, also berries. 
