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15. SABUTANIE.—A large tree, bearing fruit of a bright 
red colour and about the size of large gooseberries. 
The pulpy flesh surrounding the one or two seeds, is 
of a bitter-sweet flavour. 
16. TOPIE-TOPIE. —A small tree with wide-spreading 
branches, bearing a profusion of light green fruits 
containing several back seeds. The fruit is about two 
inches in diameter, and the natives eat the whole of 
it, except the seeds. 
17. UNDENDIE. —A small shrub, about two feet in height 
bears clusters of reddish fruit (about the size of raisins) 
with small seeds like the gooseberry. My cook often 
used to prepare them for me, and they make excellent 
eating. The natives eat the whole fruit skin and all. 
APPENDIX C. 
Ngekhe. — A small shrub, from which the natives procure 
a remedy for dysentery. The inner bark is boiled and 
the concoction drunk, and in a day or two the sufferer 
begins to recover. 
TANGALERO.—A creeper that bears a kind of vegetable 
marrow, which is somewhat larger than a Jaffa orange, 
and of a mottled green colour. The natives use the 
pulp as a substitute for soap in washing their clothes. 
The seeds inside, after being dried, are fried and 
eaten. 
Maungo. —The roots of this tree give off a most objection¬ 
able odour, and the natives most emphatically assert 
that if some of the roots are placed in a house no 
snakes will enter. They tie strands of it round their 
ankles while hunting in the forest for honey, to safe¬ 
guard themselves against being bitten by snakes. 
