HEHE BOTANICAL DICTIONARY __________________________________________ compiled by
Martin T. Walsh
and
Natural Resources Institute University of Greenwich
David C. Moyer Wildlife Conservation Society New York
___________________________________________ 3rd draft Iringa, February 2002
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR USERS The following text is part of a work in progress and should be cited as shown on the title page. It is a compilation of Hehe botanical names and identifications based on existing sources (see the references in the bibliography). Names have not been checked for linguistic accuracy. (Hehe is a 5vowel language with distinctive vowel length and – probably – a restricted tone system). The compilation in this draft of the Hehe-Botanical Glossary is not complete – many sources remain to entered. Likewise many of the botanical names given remain to checked and if necessary updated to reflect current nomenclature. Martin T. Walsh
[email protected] 25 August 2004
CONTENTS
PREFACE
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INTRODUCTION
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Why Compile this Dictionary?
1
The Ecology and Flora of Uhehe
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The Hehe and their Language
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Hehe Ethnobotany
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How to Use this Dictionary
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PART ONE: HEHE-BOTANICAL GLOSSARY
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PART TWO: BOTANICAL-HEHE GLOSSARY
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REFERENCES
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REFERENCES Anon. (1999) Ulukani Ulunofu Ndawe Andike Matayo: Mundongele ya Kihehe. Dodoma: The Bible Society of Tanzania. [The Book of Matthew in Kihehe]
Beentje, H. J. (1994) Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi: National Museums of Kenya. Bjørnstad, A. (1976) The Vegetation of Ruaha National Park, Tanzania. I.Annotated Check-list of the Plant Species (SRI Publication No.215). Oslo: for Serengeti Research Institute. Crema, E. (1987) Sarufi ya Lugha ya Kihehe. Irole: privately printed. Cribb, P. J. and Leedal, G. P. (1982) The Mountain Flowers of Southern Tanzania: A Field Guide to the Common Flowers. Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema. Dempwolff, O. (1911-12) ‘Das Verbum im Hehe’, Zeitschrift für Kolonialsprachen (Berlin), 2: 83-107. Dempwolff, O. (1914) ‘Beiträge zur Volksbeschreibung der Hehe’, Baessler Archiv, 4: 87-163. Giraud, V. (1890) Les lacs de l’Afrique equatoriale. Paris. Härkönen, M., Saarimäki, T., and Mwasumbi, L. (1995) ‘Edible Mushrooms of Tanzania’, Karstenia (Helsinki), 35: Supplement. Hora, F. B. (in collaboration with P. J. Greenway) (1940) ‘Tanganyika Territory’, in J. Burtt Davy (ed.) Check-Lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire (No.5, Part I). Oxford: Imperial Forestry Institute. Kihwele, D. V. N., Lwoga, P. D. and Sarakikya, E. W. (1999) Feasibility Study of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting in the MBOMIPA Project Area, Iringa District, Report No. MCR4, MBOMIPA Project, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania. Kihwele, D. V. N., Massawe, A. J., Lwoga, P. D., and Burton, S. (2001) Beekeeping in Tanzania. Dar es Salaam: Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism. Kikula, I. S. (1997) Policy Implications on Environment: The Case of Villagisation in Tanzania. Dar es Salaam: DUP (1996) LTD. Koszarek, A. (2001) Traditional Healing in Rural Tanzania. Unpublished student dissertation, Biodiversity and Conservation, SIT Tanzania. Leedal, G. P. (1975) Useful Plants of the Southern Highlands, Tanzania: Provisional List of Plants to be Treated. Unpublished manuscript. [copy in authors’ possession] Mallango, A., Felix, E. K., Lema, E., and Mwagala, M. (in prep.) A Handbook of Indigenous Edible Plants from Shrubs and Trees. Iringa: HIMA Programme. Martin, G. J. (1995) Ethnobotany: A Methods Manual. London: Chapman & Hall. Mbuya, L. P., Msanga, H. P., Ruffo, C. K., Birnie, A., and Tengnäs, B. (1994) Useful Trees and Shrubs for Tanzania: Identification, Propagation and Management for Agricultural and Pastoral Communities. Nairobi: Regional Soil Conservation Unit, Swedish International Development Authority.
Missouri Botanical Gardens (MBG) (n.d.) List of Hehe Plant Names from the Missouri Botanical Gardens Collections Database. Unpublished manuscript. [copy in authors’ possession] Mudemu, E. (n.d.) Teach Yourself Kihehe. Unpublished manuscript commissioned by Geoff Fox, Mufindi. [copy in authors’ possession]. Nahonyo, C. L., Mwasumbi, L. and Bayona, D. G. (1998) Survey of the Vegetation Communities and Utilisation of Woody Plant Species in the MBOMIPA Project Area, Report No. MCR1, MBOMIPA Project, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania. Nurse, D. (1979) ‘Description of Sample Bantu Languages of Tanzania’, African Languages / Langues Africaines, 5 (1): 1-150. Nurse, D. (1988) ‘The Diachronic Background to the Language Communities of Southwestern Tanzania’, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika, 9: 15-115. Nurse, D. (1999) ‘Towards a Historical Classification of East African Bantu Languages’, in Hombert, J-M. and Hyman, L. M. (eds.) Bantu Historical Linguistics: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives. Stanford: CSLI Publications. 1-35. Priebusch, M. (1935) Bena-Hehe-Grammatik. Berlin: Kommissionsverlag der Buchhandlung der Berliner Missionsgesellschaft in Berlin. Redmayne, A. H. (1964) The Wahehe People of Tanganyika. Unpublished D.Phil. dissertation, Oxford University. Redmayne, A. H. (1968) ‘The Hehe’, in Roberts, A. (ed.) Tanzania Before 1900. Nairobi: East African Publishing House. 37-58. Redmayne, A. H. (1969) ‘Hehe Medicine’, Tanzania Notes and Records, 70: 29-40. Redmayne, A. H. (assisted by C. MwaNdulute) (1970) ‘Riddles and Riddling among the Hehe of Tanzania’, Anthropos, 65: 794-813. Redmayne, A. H. (n.d.) List of Hehe Plant Names and Identifications from the East African Herbarium, Nairobi. Unpublished manuscript. [copy in authors’ possession] Rodgers, W. A. and Mwasumbi, L. B. (n.d. [post-1983]) Kihehe – Vernacular to Latin Plant Check List for the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. Unpublished manuscript. [copy in authors’ possession] Ruffo, C. K. and Mtui, E. M. (1980) Annotated List of Plant Species Covered During a Botanical Survey in Iringa Region. Unpublished manuscript. [incomplete copy in authors’ possession] Shangali, C. F., Mabula, C. K. and Mmari, C. (1998) ‘Biodiversity and Human Activities in the Udzungwa Mountain Forests, Tanzania. 1. Ethnobotanical Survey in the Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve’, Journal of East African Natural History, 87: 291-318. Spiss, C. (1900) ‘Kihehe Wörter-Sammlung. Kihehe-Deutsch und Deutsch-Kihehe’, Mittheilungen des Seminars für Orientalische Sprachen zu Berlin, 3 (x): 114-190. Velten, C. (1899) ‘Die Sprache der Wahehe’, Mittheilungen des Seminars für Orientalische Sprachen zu Berlin, 2 (3): 164-241.
Verdcourt, B. and Trump, E. C. (1969) Common Poisonous Plants of East Africa. London: Collins. Walsh, M. T. (1993) ‘The Collection and Elucidation of Vernacular Names: Observations on Shambaa Ethnobotany’, East Africa Natural History Society Bulletin, 23 (2): 21-25. Walsh, M. T. (1995) ‘An Introduction to Sangu Ethnobotany’. Unpublished manuscript. [copy in authors’ possession] Watt, J. M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M. G. (1962) The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa: Being an Account of Their Medicinal and Other Uses, Chemical Composition, Pharmacological Effects and Toxicology in Man and Animal (second edition). London and Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd. Weck, (Dr.) (1908) ‘Der Wahehe Arzt und seine Wissenschaft’, Deutsches Kolonialblatt, 1908, 1048-1051. [‘The Wahehe Doctor and his Professional Knowledge’, translated and annotated in Redmayne (1969)]
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
baha
Vernonia amygdalina Del.
Compositae
= ibaha (with preprefix), Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as tugutu (q.v.). Cf. the cognate libaha.
bapala
Drymaria cordata (L.) Wild ex R. & L.
Caryophyllaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as kipande (q.v.). [check botanical name]
belenga
*Basella alba L.
Basellaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used as a vegetable (Shangali et al. 1998). This is an introduced herb, native to tropical Asia. It has a variety of names in English, including Ceylon or Indian Spinach (Tindall 1983: 67).
dete
Phragmites mauritianus Kunth.
Gramineae
= idete (with preprefix), Mkimbizi area: used for making arrow shafts, doors, and storage vessels (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as ndete 9/10 (q.v.), kidete 7/8 (q.v.) and lidete 5/6 (q.v.).
detema
Dracaena usambarensis Engl.
Agavaceae
= idetema (with preprefix), Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used for fodder (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mudetema (q.v.), and cognate with names for other Dracaena spp.: kidetema (q.v.), mutetema (q.v.), and ndetema (q.v.).
falugugu
Miscanthus violaceus (K.Schum.) Pilg.
Gramineae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a grass used for fodder and thatching (Shangali et al. 1998). [a mistranscription?]
fyefye
Abutilon indicum Harv.
Malvaceae
= fjefje (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Also recorded as muheve (q.v.). [check botanical name]
haala
(1) Cyperus distans L.
Cyperaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: sedge used for thatching (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mwahatsa (q.v.). [check botanical name]
(2) Cyperaceae spp.
Cyperaceae
= hala, Cyperaceae ‘in general’, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
heyelo
Bridelia carthartica Bartol.f.
Euphorbiaceae
= iheyero (with preprefix), Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides poles, fuelwood, and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. the cognate kiheyelo and muheyelo.
kadangadanga
Justicia sp.
Acanthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used as a vegetable (Shangali et al. 1998).
kahawa
(1) Coffea sp.
Rubiaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
(2) Tricalysia spp.
Rubiaceae
Chita area by Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
kahawa ya mwihala
Coffea mufindiensis [authority?]
Rubiaceae
Mufindi (MBG n.d.). [check botanical name]
kajiwe
Ludia mauritiana Gmelin
Flacourtiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides poles, fuelwood, and wedges
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES [?] (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as lifulofulo (q.v.) and lwembefulo (q.v.). [is this a Swahili nickname?]
kalama
Combretum molle G.Don
Combretaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides poles, fuelwood, and charcoal (Shangali et al. 1998). kalama is the diminutive, class 12/13, of mulama (q.v.). Called Velvet-leaved Combretum or Velvet Bush Willow in English.
kalamata
(1) Hypoestes sp.
Acanthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used for fodder (Shangali et al. 1998).
(2) Biophytum helenae Buscal. & Muschl.
Oxalidaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
kalumbwegila
Microglossa densiflora Hook.f.
Compositae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
kambulikweyo
Phyllanthus amarus Schum. & Thonn.
Euphorbiaceae
= kambulikweo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. kimbilinkweyo. [check botanical name]
kanyavalafi
Rourea coccinea (Schum.) Benth.
Connaraceae
= kanyawalafi, Byrsocarpus boivinianus (Baill.) Schellenb., Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub which is used for making utensils and also has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as kitongolo (q.v.). Cf. kinyavalafi (q.v.), kihunganyavalafi (q.v.), linganyalafi (q.v.) and vivinganyalafi (q.v.).
kapalang’anga
Asparagus asiaticus L.
Liliaceae
E.A. 13235 (Redmayne n.d.). Also recorded as lipalakanga (q.v.). Cf. palakanga, lupalakanga, likalakanga, madang’anga, and musolang’anga. [check botanical name, = the edible A.officinalis L.?]
kasoli
Eragrostis congesta Oliv.
Gramineae
E.A. 13223 (Redmayne n.d.).
kasombe
Ficus spp.
Moraceae
This name is the diminutive (class 12/13) of musombe (q.v.). It occurs in the following Hehe riddle recorded by Redmayne: ‘Kasombe kadodo kabuma ndege’, ‘The little msombe tree is resounding with the noise of an aeroplane’. Answer: ‘Ikivembo, na kive cha mwana, chaipulisa’, ‘Mourning, even that for a small child, is heard’. Redmayne comments: ‘One would expect birds to make a noise in a tree. Ndege means “bird” in Swahili but in Kihehe it means “aeroplane”, which fittingly makes a much louder sound than birds. This may be an attempt to pun on the word ndege which has one meaning in Kihehe and another in Swahili’ (1970, 809, No.106). To clarify: ndege means both ‘bird’ and ‘aeroplane’ in Swahili, and Hehe has borrowed the word with the second of these meanings.
kavisasa
Mostuea brunonis Didr.
Loganiaceae
= kawisasa, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as lufyeki (q.v.).
kavyolovyolo
Bombax rhodognaphalon
Bombacaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used to make beehives (Shangali et al. 1998). This
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
K.Schum.
NOTES tree has also been recorded in Udzungwa with the Swahili name msufi pori (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). This latter name derives from the use of the seed floss as kapok. In English this tree is known as East African Bombax (Beentje 1993).
kibambaduma
Vitex strickeri Vatke & Hildebr.
Verbenaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides fuelwood and withies (Shangali et al. 1998).
kibangwi
Strychnos scheffleri Bak.f.
Loganiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a climber (Shangali et al. 1998).
kibegesa
Allophyllus africanus P.Beauv.
Sapindaceae
= kibeghesa, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as kwalevale (q.v.), nyakisage (q.v.), and segelavahinza (q.v.).
kibuluma
Solanecio angulatus (Vahl) C.Jeffrey
Compositae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a climber used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998).
kichembuliga
Sanseviera sp.
Agavaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998).
kidete
Phragmites mauritianus Kunth.
Gramineae
Recorded by Redmayne as a ‘type of reeds’, and therefore also a place name (Redmayne 1964: 103). Presumed here to have the same botanical identification as its cognates, dete 9/10 (q.v.), ndete 9/10 (q.v.), and lidete 5/6 (q.v.).
kidetema
(1) Dracaena afromontana Mildbr.
Agavaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used for fodder (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mudetema (q.v.) and mutetema (q.v.). Cf. the cognate detema (q.v.) and ndetema (q.v.), also for Dracaena spp.
(2) Dracaena laxissima Engl.
Agavaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used as toothbrushes (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as lusungulutu (q.v.), mudetele (q.v.), mutambalangwense (q.v.), and muvalambi (q.v.).
kidilo
[unidentified weed of cultivation]
[unidentified]
This name occurs in a Hehe riddle recorded by Redmayne: ‘Tove ikidilo kilongole’, ‘Strike the tough weeds that it may go ahead’. Answer: ‘Kisinganilo’, ‘A heel’. Redmayne explains: ‘Rough weeds called kidilo have to be removed before planting maize which the Hehe do by making a hole with the heel into which they drop the seed’ (1970: 802, No.14).
kigohomola
Phyllanthus reticulatus Poir.
Euphorbiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998).
kiheyelo
Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) Webster
Euphorbiaceae
= kiheyero, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub which provides poles, fuelwood, and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. the cognate heyelo and muheyelo.
kihomonula
Leucas deflexa Hook.f.
Labiatae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb, used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as ngelengasa (q.v.). [check botanical name]
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
kihongola
Vitex spp.
Verbenaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). For other Vitex names see mufudu, mufudululenga, mufulo, mufulofulo, mukoge, mukoga, mupoma, mupwanga, and musasati.
kihongole ~ chihongole
Lippia plicata Bak.
Verbenaceae
= kihongole, the name given by Weck (1908) for a plant used in treating madness (lukwale). = chihongole, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides brooms and also has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Redmayne did not obtain any information on Weck’s kihongole, but was told about plants with cognate names, luhongole (q.v.) and muhongole (q.v.), also said to be used in treating madness (1969: 34-36, 39). These have been given a number of identifications, including L.javanica (Burm.f.) Spreng for luhongole.
kihugila
(1) Thunbergia alata Boj.
Acanthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used to make ropes (Shangali et al. 1998). Called Black-eyed Susan in English, ‘because its yellow flowers have a black throat in their centre’ (Cribb and Leedal 1983: 129).
(2) Secamone sp.
Asclepiadaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a climber used to make ropes (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded with the related name kihugwe (q.v.).
kihugwe
Secamone sp.
Asclepiadaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a climber used to make ropes (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded with the related name kihugila (q.v.).
kihunganyavalafi
Justicia pseudrungia Lindau
Acanthaceae
= kihunganyawalafi, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. kanyavalafi (q.v.), kinyavalafi (q.v.), linganyalafi (q.v.) and vivinganyalafi (q.v.).
kilamandembo
Alsodeiopsis schumanii (Engl.) Engl.
Icacinaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). [check botanical name] Cf. the related names kilamandembwe, kilimandembwe, kilembandembwe, mulemandembwe, mulemandembo, mulimandembwe, and mulemajungwa.
kilamandembwe
[unidentified]
[unidentified]
Recorded by Koszarek (2001) as an ingredient used in medicines by two of the healers that she interviewed for her study. One, a herbalist in Tanangozi, reported using kilamandembwe (variously spelt by Koszarek) to treat a number of different complaints. (1) To treat ‘head pain’, ‘kilemandembwe’ and other plant materials are ground to make a snuff which should make patients sneeze. (2) To treat ‘stomach pain’, a concoction of ‘kilamandebwe’ and other plant ingredients is given to patients to drink. (3) To act as a purge and cause vomiting, kilamandembwe is again mixed in a drink with other plant materials. The second healer, in Ibagamoyo, used it similarly in treating head pain (‘kilamandebwe’) and as a purge (kilamandembwe). He also used kilimandembwe as an ingredient in a drink to treat snakebite.
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES The various spellings of the plant name by Koszarek are assumed here to reflect careless transcription and/or copying. kilamandembwe is the form she cites most frequently, also in her summary table of plant names and the diseases they are used to treat. In this table she identifies kilamandembwe as Alsodeiopsis schumanii (Engl.) Engl., following the identification of kilamandembo (see preceding entry) in the first draft of this dictionary. Here we have treated her kilamandembwe (and its variants) as unidentified. Cf. the related names kilamandembo, kilembandembwe, kilimandembwe, mulemandembwe, mulemandembo, mulimandembwe and mulemajungwa
kilembandembwe
Gardenia ternifolia Schum. & Thonn.
Rubiaceae
= G.jovis-tonantis, Mgololo, Mufindi District: a source of firewood (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). See also the related names kilamandembo, kilamandembwe, kilimandembwe, mulemandembwe, mulemandembo, mulimandembwe and mulemajungwa.
kililafuno
Acalypha chirindica S.Moore
Euphorbiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. the cognate name tulilafuno. [check botanical name]
kilimandembwe
Gardenia ternifolia Schum. & Thonn.
Rubiaceae
= G.jovis–tonantis, Nyololo, Mufindi District: with unspecified medicinal uses (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). See also the related names kilamandembo, kilamandembwe, kilembandembwe, mulemandembwe, mulemandembo, mulimandembwe and mulemajungwa.
kimakasa ~ kimakatsa
(1) Berberis holstii Engl.
Berberidiaceae
= kimakatsa, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides a dye and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998).
(2) Leptactina leinsioides Hiern.
Rubiaceae
= (ki)makasa, L.heinsioides Hiern (Redmayne n.d.). [check the spelling of the specific name]. According to Redmayne (1969) (ki)makasa is a variant of the more usual Hehe likasa, pl. makasa (q.v.), and is used in the treatment of epilepsy.
kimapuna
[‘material insufficient for determination’]
Celastraceae
E.A. 13244 (Redmayne n.d.).
kimatamata
Achyranthes apsera L.
Amaranthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as liguhukanuka (q.v.).
kimbilinkweyo
Phyllanthus leucanthus Pax
Euphorbiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. kambulikweyo.
kinavihongo
Rauvolfia mannii Stapf
Apocynaceae
= kinawihongo, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded with the related name nyavihongo ndogo (q.v.), and as mupilipili (q.v.). Cf. kinavingongoli.
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
kinavilafi
Rourea orientalis Baill.
Connaraceae
= kinawilafi, Byrsocarpus orientalis (Baill.) Bak., Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as kinyavalafi (q.v.), liyenzi (q.v.), and musungula (q.v.).
kinavingongoli
Schizozygia coffaeoides Baill.
Apocynaceae
= kinawinghongoli (Verdcourt and Trump 1969). Also recorded as kitelutelu (q.v.) and nawahongo (q.v.). Cf. kinavihongo.
kingavalami
Euphorbia usambarica Pax
Euphorbiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb (Shangali et al. 1998).
kinunganunga
Hoslundia opposita Vahl
Labiatae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb, used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as muyoyelandege (q.v.) and vesungula (q.v.). Cf. kinung’anung’a.
kinung’anung’a
Ocimum suave Willd.
Labiatae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub, used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as nyongole (q.v.). Cf. kinunganunga.
kinusi
Pavetta sp. 16
Rubiaceae
= kinussi, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Cf. the cognates linusi, manusi, munusi and ninusi.
kinuva
Euphorbia quadrangularis Pax
Euphorbiaceae
E.A. 13266 (Redmayne n.d.). Also recorded as mukinuva (q.v.).
kinyalomo
*Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach ssp. nyassae (Oliv.) Brummitt
Bignoniaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides fuelwood and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded with the possibly related names nyaloma (q.v.) and nyalulume (q.v.), as well as leluni (q.v.), kipahoji (q.v.), lifipahosi (q.v.), mufipahosi (q.v.), and mununu (q.v.). This is a cultivated ornamental called Cape Honeysuckle in English. [check botanical name]
kinyanumuta
Momordica anigosantha Hook.f.
Cucurbitaceae
= kinyanumta, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a climber used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
kinyang’anya
Phyllanthus fischeri Pax
Euphorbiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub (Shangali et al. 1998).
kinyavalafi
(1) Agelaea pentagyna (Lam.) Baill.
Connaraceae
= Agelaea heterophylla Gilg., Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a climber used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as likamanda (q.v.) and nyakatitu (q.v.). Cf. kanyavalafi (q.v.), kihunganyavalafi (q.v.), linganyalafi (q.v.) and vivinganyalafi (q.v.).
(2) Rourea orientalis Baill.
Connaraceae
= Byrsocarpus orientalis (Baill.) Bak., Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a climber (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as kinavilafi (q.v.), liyenzi (q.v.), and musungula (q.v.).
(3) Phyllanthus sp.
Euphorbiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998).
Carvalhoa campanulata K.Schum.
Apocynaceae
= kinyawilafu, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as kitelutelu (q.v.) and lutelutelu (q.v.).
kinyavilafu
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
kinyilimbi
Gunnera perpensa L.
Gunneraceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name inc family]
kinyongo
Loeseneriella apocynoides (Oliv.) J.Raynal
Celastraceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a climber used to make local doors (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. likinyongo. [check botanical name = Hippocratea?]
kipagupagu
Markhamia obtusifolia (Bak.) Sprague
Bignoniaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides firewood and used to make tool handles (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as lukunyani (q.v.), muguoguo (q.v.), liguvani (q.v.) and muguvani (q.v.).
kipahoji
*Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach ssp. nyassae (Oliv.) Brummitt
Bignoniaceae
= kipahoj, Tecomaria nyassae Baill. ex Schum. (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). This name is probably cognate with lifipahosi (q.v.) and mufipahosi (q.v.). Other names recorded for the same sp. are as kinyalomo (q.v.), nyaloma (q.v.), nyalulume (q.v.), leluni (q.v.), and mununu (q.v.). This is a cultivated ornamental called Cape Honeysuckle in English. [check botanical name]
kipalwi
Berkheya bipinnatifida (Harv.) Roessler ssp. echinopsoides
Compositae
E.A. 13214 (Redmayne (n.d.).
kipande
Drymaria cordata (L.) Wild ex R. & L.
Caryophyllaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as bapala (q.v.). [check botanical name]
kipolopolo
Pavetta sp. aff. P.oliveriana Hiern.
Rubiaceae
E.A. 13266 (Redmayne n.d.).
kipulula
Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A.Rich.
Annonaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as musasati (q.v.).
kipwaga
(1) Vernonia abbotiana O.Hoffm.
Compositae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
(2) Clutia abyssinica Jaub. & Spach var. pedicellaris (Pax) Pax
Euphorbiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as lupumo (q.v.), lwisa (q.v.) and nyakilumbi (q.v.).
kisegichyela
Coloncoba welwitchii Oliv.
Flacourtiaceae
= kisegichiela, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree used for poles and fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mguoguo (q.v.). [check botanical name, = Oncoba?]
kisengelavahinza
Aspilia mossambicensis (Oliv.) Wild.
Compositae
= kisengelawahinza, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. segelavahinza (q.v.). [check authority]
kisugi
Maytenus senegalensis (Lam.) Exell
Celastraceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mubondo (q.v.), muvambandusi ~ muvambandutsi (q.v.), and mwifwikakavili
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES (q.v.).
kisyembadanda
Harungana madagascariensis Poir.
Guttiferae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides fuelwood, glue, and dyes (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mbalala (q.v.) and muvalala (q.v.), muvavala (q.v.), and muvata (q.v.). [check the unusual phonology]
kitagata
Phyllocosmus lemaireanus (De Wild & Th.Dur.) Th. & H.Dur.
Ixonanthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides poles and fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name, = Ochthocosmus?]
kitanula
Toddalia asiatica(L.) Lam.
Rutaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d). Elsewhere the names litona (q.v.) and mutono (q.v.) have been recorded for this species.
kitegelo
Acalypha fruticosa Forssk.
Euphorbiaceae
= kitegero, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub used to make fish-traps (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as lahongole (q.v.), lusunguluti (q.v.), and nyautilili (q.v.).
kitelutelu
(1) Carvalhoa campanulata K.Schum.
Apocynaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Cognate with lutelutelu (q.v.) and also recorded as kinyawilafu (q.v.).
(2) Schizozygia coffaeoides Baill.
Apocynaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used for making toolhandles (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as kinawingongoli (q.v.) and nawahongo (q.v.).
kitembwetembwe
Aloe nuttii Bak.
Aloeaceae
The flowers of this sp. are used as a vegetable. Liquid squeezed from the leaves is used to treat Newcastle Disease (kideri) in poultry [check if this has a wider reference – including fowl typhoid]. The roots are used as a medicine for stomach pains in small babies, up to three months old (Mallango et al. in prep.). The root of this reduplicated name, -tembwe, means ‘elephant’ (hence ndembwe, 9/10), and it might be loosely translated as ‘the elephant plant’. See also the cognate litembwetembwe and related names litembo and nyasungwa. Referring to A.nuttii, Cribb and Leedal note that ‘The Wasafwa call it ‘wtembwe’ [sic., probably a mistake for itembwe]’ (1983: 187).
kitimbwi
Ormocarpum trachycarpum (Taub.) Harms
Papilionaceae
Mkimbizi area: a source of building poles and a leaf vegetable (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded with the cognate name mutimbwi (q.v.) and as lungutiwa (q.v.).
kitindi
*Oxytenanthera abyssinica (A.Rich.) Munro
Gramineae
Nyololo in Mufindi District: used as poles; Mgololo in Mufindi District: a source of ‘local brew’ (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). This ‘local brew’ is bamboo wine, which is tapped from the young shoots. It is called Lowland or Wine Bamboo in English (Mbuya et al. 1994). Also recorded as lilanzi (q.v.), and mulanzi (q.v.). [check authority]
kitogolo
Phyllanthus sp.
Euphorbiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub which provides poles and fuelwood
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. kitongolo. [a mistranscription?]
kitona
Phyllanthus muelleranus (O.Kuntze) Exell
Euphorbiaceae
Udzungwa: a tentative identification (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). This name is cognate with mutona (q.v.), recorded in the Chita area for P.inflatus.
kitonenge
Toddalia aculaeata Pers.
Rutaceae
Iringa (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). The names litona (q.v.) and mutono (q.v.), also recorded for T.asiatica, may be linguistically related to kitonenge.
kitongolo
Rourea coccinea (Schum.) Benth.
Connaraceae
= Byrsocarpus boivinianus (Baill.) Schellenb., Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub which is used for making utensils and also has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as kanyavalafi (q.v.).
kitoyala
Thunbergia sp.
Acanthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998).
kitunubi
Rhus vulgaris Meikle
Anacardiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: has edible fruits and provides building poles (Shangali et al. 1998).
kivaaga
Acalypha ornata A.Rich.
Euphorbiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as suguluti (q.v.).
kivanga
Zanha africana(Radlk.). Exell
Sapindaceae
= Dialiopsis africana Radlk. (Redmayne n.d.; Verdcourt and Trump 1969). Also recorded as muvanga (q.v.). As Verdcourt and Trump note, the pounded roots of this tree are widely used as an ingredient in traditional medicines. In Koszarek’s (2001) study of six Hehe healers from villages near Iringa town (Tanangozi, Kalenga, and Ibagamoyo), kivanga was one of the most frequently named sources of medicine. Two healers, one in Tanangozi and the other in Ibagamoyo, described the use of kivanga to treat congestion of the head and chest: patients were made to sneeze by sniffing ground plant material. The Tanangozi healer also used kivanga as an ingredient in (different) infusions to treat stomach pain, mental illness, and as a purge. He also rubbed ground material from the plant into razor-cut incisions to treat general pain.
kivangaduma
Zanha africana(Radlk.). Exell
Sapindaceae
Probably a variant form of kivanga (q.v.), used by one of Koszarek’s (2001) informants in Kalenga. He described using kivangaduma (ground together with munyanembe) as a snuff to stimulate sneezing and cure head pains and congestion in both the head and chest. He also rubbed the plant material (ground together with munyanembe and a variety of other ingredients) into incisions as a treatment for both head and chest pains.
kokovo
Setaria sp.
Gramineae
= kokowo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a grass used for thatching (Shangali et al. 1998).
koti
Maesa lanceolata Forssk.
Myrsinaceae
= ikote (with preprefix) (Verdcourt and Trump 1969). Udzungwa (Rodgers and
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES Mwasumbi n.d.). See also mukuti, muguti, munguti, muputi, likoti, mukosi, and mutandu, most of which appear to be related.
kubanulalu
Rhus longipes Engl.
Anacardiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: has edible fruits and medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998).
kwalevale
Allophyllus africanus P.Beauv.
Sapindaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as kibegesa (q.v.), nyakisage (q.v.), and segelavahinza (q.v.).
kyelesi
[no specimen with this name has been collected or identified]
[unidentified]
Weck (1908) described kierezi as the principal ingredient in a medicine for treating lugosi, a discharge of pus from the ear: ‘The roots of kierezi are pounded and are then put in a large snail shell and kept covered in water for a few days. The mixture is then stuffed into both ears where it stays for four days and is then renewed’ (Redmayne 1969: 34, also 37). Redmayne’s informants were unable to identify this plant: ‘Many Hehe thought kierezi must be a distortion of mwelesi or lwelesi’ (1969: 39). mwelesi ~ mweletsi (q.v.) has been identified as both Hagenia abyssinica and Kotschya sp., while lwelesi ~ lweletsi has been identified as Kotschya recurvifolia and Cassia kirkii.
lahongole
Acalypha fruticosa Forssk.
Euphorbiaceae
Chita area by Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as kitegelo (q.v.), lusunguluti (q.v.), and nyautilili (q.v.). Cognate with kihongole (q.v.), luhongole (q.v.), and muhongole (q.v.). [a mistake for luhongole?]
landaladope
Aristolochia elegans Mast.
Aristolochiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used to make ropes and baskets (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. the related names mudandaladote, mulandala.
leluni
*Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach ssp. nyassae (Oliv.) Brummitt
Bignoniaceae
= Tecomaria nyassae Baill. ex Schum. (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). This name is possibly mistranscribed. Other names elicited for the same sp. are kinyalomo (q.v.), nyaloma (q.v.), nyalulume (q.v.), kipahoji (q.v.), lifipahosi (q.v.), mufipahosi (q.v.), and mununu (q.v.). This is a cultivated ornamental called Cape Honeysuckle in English. [check botanical name]
libaha
Vernonia lasiopus O.Hoffm.
Compositae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mutugutu (q.v.). This name is cognate with baha (q.v.).
libangalala
Bidens pilosa L.
Compositae
Mkimbizi area: a weed (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Cognate with mubangalala (q.v.) and also recorded as lisigi (q.v.).
libangwe
Bidens holstii (O.Hoffm.) Sherff.
Compositae
Mufindi: ornamental, used for soil fertilisation (MBG n.d.). = libangwi, a shrub, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mubangwe (q.v.). Cf. libangalala, mubangalala. [check botanical name]
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
libongobongo
Lobelia giberroa Hemsl.
Lobeliaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lihale (q.v.).
libosoboso
Solenostemon sylvaticus (Gürke) Agnew
Labiatae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a creeper with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. the cognate mubosoboso.
libunda
Helichrysum schimperi (Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.) Moeser
Compositae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a creeper with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mufufugala (q.v.) and nyavihale (q.v.). [check botanical name]
lidengu
[unidentified type of squash]
[unidentified]
Described by Redmayne as ‘a type of squash’ and listed as a food avoidance (musilo) of the Kynyaga descent group (1964: 85-86).
lidete, madete, 5/6
Phragmites mauritianus Kunth.
Gramineae
= lidete, Mkimbizi area [?]: used as withies and for making arrow shafts (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). = matete (plural, as in Swahili matete, ‘reeds’), Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used for weaving, thatching, and with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Plural should be madete according to informant from Nzihi (Walsh). Also recorded as dete 9/10 (q.v.), ndete 9/10 (q.v.), and kidete 7/8 (q.v.). Redmayne records the following Hehe riddle with this name (preceded by the class 18 locative prefix): ‘Polopolo mwidete’, ‘Polopolo in the reed’. Answer: ‘Isasi’, ‘A bullet’. As Redmayne explains, polopolo is an ideophone for the sound of the bullet leaving the barrel of a gun, which is likened to a reed (1970: 804, No.37).
lifipahosi
*Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach ssp. nyassae (Oliv.) Brummitt
Bignoniaceae
Mufindi: used to treat stomach ache (MBG n.d.). This name is cognate with both kipahoji (q.v.) and mufipahosi (q.v.). Other names recorded for the same sp. are as kinyalomo (q.v.), nyaloma (q.v.), nyalulume (q.v.), leluni (q.v.), and mununu (q.v.). This is a cultivated ornamental called Cape Honeysuckle in English.
lifuga
Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anders
Acanthaceae
= A.gangetica s.l., Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lwisa (q.v.).
lifuge
Justicia sp.
Acanthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used as a vegetable (Shangali et al. 1998).
lifulofulo
Ludia mauritiana Gmelin
Flacourtiaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lwembefulo (q.v.) and kajiwe (q.v.). Cf. the cognate mufulo and mufulofulo.
ligilivili
[‘Tribe Phaseoleae sp.’]
Papilionaceae
E.A. 13234 (Redmayne n.d.).
liguhukanuka
Achyranthes apsera L.
Amaranthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as kimatamata (q.v.).
liguvani
Markhamia obtusifolia (Bak.)
Bignoniaceae
= liguvawi (assumed here to be a mistranscription), Mgololo in Mufindi District::
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
Sprague
NOTES provides fuelwood (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Cf. the cognate muguvani for the same tree and luguvani for M.lutea. M.obtusifolia has also been recorded as kipagupagu (q.v.), lukunyani (q.v.), and muguoguo (q.v.).
lihale
Lobelia giberroa Hemsl.
Lobeliaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as libongobongo (q.v.).
lihambwi
(1) Justicia glandulosa Lindau
Acanthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used for fodder (Shangali et al. 1998). Cognate with lihambwili (q.v.).
(2) Momulopsis glandulosa (Lindl.) Bullock
Acanthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Cognate with lihambwili (q.v.).
lihambwili
Mellera lobulata S.Moore
Acanthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Cognate with lihambwi (q.v.). Also recorded as ninusi (q.v.).
lihana
Acalypha sp.
Euphorbiaceae
The leaves of this plant are used as a vegetable (Mallango et al. in prep.).
liheha
Cyathea manniana Hook.
Cyatheaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree fern which provides poles and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998).
lihemi
Erythrina lysistemon [authority?]
Papilionaceae
Mufindi: used for making chairs and wooden bicycle wheels (MBG n.d.). Also recorded as liheve (q.v.). Cf. the cognate muhemi. [check botanical name]
lihenwe
Ozoroa insignis Del. ssp. reticulata (Bak.f.) Gillett
Anacardiaceae
= lihenue, Heeria insignis O.Ktze (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Other recorded names for this shrub or tree are motaponsi (q.v.) and mutelya (q.v.).
liheve
Erythrina lysistemon [authority?]
Papilionaceae
Mufindi: used for making chairs and wooden bicycle wheels (MBG n.d.). Also recorded as lihemi (q.v.). [check botanical name]
lihomelo
(1) Greenwayodendron suaveolens (Engl. & Diels) Verd.
Annonaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a source of fuelwood and poles (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. the cognate muhomelo.
(2) Xylopia parviflora (A.Rich.) Benth.
Annonaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides fuelwood and poles (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mupoloto (q.v.).
lihulo
Catha edulis (Vahl.) Endl.
Celastraceae
Mufindi: the roots are used to treat stomach ache; the leaves to treat children's convulsions (MBG n.d.). More widely known by the cognate name muhulo (q.v.) and also recorded as liluti (q.v.).
lihwini
(1) Brillantaisia madagascariensis Lindau
Acanthaceae
= lihuini, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998).
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
(2) Brillantaisia ulugurica Lindau
Acanthaceae
= lihuini, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as manusi (q.v.).
(3) Celosia schweinfurthiana Schinz.
Amaranthaceae
= lihuini, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998).
likagata
Schefflera barteri (Seems.) Harms
Araliaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides ropes and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998).
likakama
Leptaspis cochleata Thwaites
Gramineae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lilamata (q.v.). [check botanical name]
likalakanga
Asparagus sp.
Liliaceae
Mufindi: used for protection against sickness (Swahili kinga ya magonjwa) (MBG n.d.). Cf. palakanga, lipalakanga, lupalakanga, kapalang’anga, madang’anga, and musolang’anga.
likamanda
(1) Agelaea pentagyna (Lam.) Baill.
Connaraceae
= Agelaea heterophylla Gilg., Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as kinyavalafi (q.v.) and nyakatitu (q.v.).
(2) Connarus sp. nov. WAR 932, 1296
Connaraceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
(3) Gouania longispicata Engl.
Rhamnaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
(4) Cissus oliveri (Engl.) Gilg.
Vitaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
likandekande
Antidesma membranaceum Muell.
Euphorbiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides poles, fuelwood, and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. the cognate mukandekande. [check botanical name]
likasa, makasa, 5/6
Leptactina leinsioides Hiern.
Rubiaceae
According to Weck (1908), this plant is used in the treatment of fits (ilibissi in his transcription): ‘the roots of makasa and mukuvikudi are cooked and the sick man has to drink the liquid for a month, before sunrise and sunset’ (Redmayne 1969: 34). Redmayne notes that ‘In Kihehe today ilibissi or lilibissi definitely refers to epilepsy’ (1969: 35). Regarding the treatment she adds: ‘I was told that the Kihehe plant name (ki)makasa or likasa is derived from the verb kukasa which means ‘to cause something to dry up’ because the plant is used to make medicine which causes sores to dry up’ (1969: 39). There is no evidence, however, to support her suggestion that mkatsa ‘could be a slight dialectical variation of makasa’ (1969: 39): mukatsa (q.v.) is a class 3 singular (makasa is a class 6 plural) and refers to a very different plant. Cf. kimakasa ~ kimakatsa.
likegeta
Sphaeranthus suaveolens DC.
Compositae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. lukegeta. [check botanical name]
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
likinyongo
Hippocratea goetzei Loes.
Celastraceae
= Simirestis goetzei (Loes.) R.Wilczak, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a climber (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. kinyongo.
likoti
(1) Kiggelaria africana L.
Flacourtiaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mugukukanzua (q.v.) and muguluka (q.v.).
(2) Maesa sp.
Myrsinaceae
= likothi, Mufindi (MBG n.d.). This name is almost certainly mistranscribed: /th/ is not a regular Hehe phoneme, and related terms for M.lanceolata mostly have / t/ in this position (compare koti, mukuti, muguti, munguti, muputi, and – the exception – mukosi).
likuvi
Brachiaria brizantha [authority?]
Gramineae
Mufindi: described as a grass to 0.75 m tall used for thatching (MBG n.d.). Cf. the cognate lukuvi, also mukuvikudi. [check botanical name]
lilamata
(1) Cyathula uncinulata (Shrad) Schinz.
Amaranthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998).
(2) Leptaspis cochleata Thwaites
Gramineae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as likakama (q.v.). [check botanical name]
lilangala
[unidentified type of pumpkin]
[unidentified]
Described by Redmayne as ‘a type of light skinned pumpkin’ and listed as a food avoidance of the Mbinda descent group (1964: 78, 85, 87)
lilanzi
*Oxytenanthera abyssinica (A.Rich.) Munro
Gramineae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a bamboo which provides poles and is used to make utensils and ‘local brew’ (Shangali et al. 1998). This ‘local brew’ is bamboo wine, which is tapped from the young shoots. Also recorded as mulanzi (q.v.), and kitindi (q.v.). Called Lowland or Wine Bamboo in English. [check authority]
lilogonego
(1) Rhoicissus tridentata (L.f.) Wild & Drum.
Vitaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as litogonigo (q.v.), mutonganego (q.v.), mutanganego (q.v.), litenganego (q.v.), toganigo (q.v.), and mukelekete (q.v.).
(2) Ampelocissus multistriata [authority?]
Vitaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as litogonigo (q.v.) and mutonganigu (q.v.). Cf. mutonganego, mutanganego, litenganego, toganigo, and mukelekete.
lilulutsa
Vernonia sp.
Compositae
= ililulutsa, Mufindi: the leaves are used to treat stomach-ache (MBG n.d.). Cf. ndulusya.
liluti
Catha edulis (Vahl.) Endl.
Celastraceae
= liruti (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Also recorded as lihulo (q.v.) and, more commonly, muhulo (q.v.). Cf. muluti, possibly cognate with this name.
limanza
Polyscias fulva (Hiern) Harms
Araliaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mudeke (q.v.) and
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES mukanye (q.v.).
limsingi
Pupalia lappacea (L.) Juss.
Amaranthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998).
lindelendele
Thunbergia usambarica Lindan
Acanthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name and authority]
linganyalafi
Pseudoranthemum campylosiphon Mildbr.
Acanthaceae
=ilinganyalafi (with preprefix), Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Compare vivinganyalafi (q.v.) and kihunganyavalafi (q.v.).
linusi
(1) Justicia glabra [authority?]
Acanthaceae
= linussi, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Cf. the cognates kinusi, manusi, munusi and ninusi. [check botanical name]
(2) Helichrysum foetidum (L.) Cass.
Compositae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998).
linyafwivi
Rhynchosia resinosa (A.Rich.) Bak.
Papilionaceae
= Rhynchosia sp. perhaps R.resinosa (A.Rich.) Bak., E.A. 13216 (Redmayne n.d.). Recorded by Ruffo and Mtui (1980) at Kitelewasi as munyafwivi (q.v.).
linyali
Aerva lanata (L.) Juss.
Amaranthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as nyakaganza-kamwana (q.v.).
linyamalati
Cyperus ajax C.B.Cl.
Cyperaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a sedge used for thatching (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
linyangamabele
Hibiscus diversifolia Jacq.
Malvaceae
= linyangamabere, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub which provides ropes and is used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as muhangana (q.v.).
linyangoha
(1) Vernonia obconica [authority?]
Compositae
Mkimbizi area: provides medicine for livestock (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Cf. namugoha. [check botanical name]
(2) Vernonia sp.
Compositae
Mkimbizi area (Ruffo and Mtui 1980).
(1) Asparagus africanus Lam.
Liliaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
(2) Asparagus asiaticus L.
Liliaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as kapalang’anga (q.v.). Cf. palakanga, lupalakanga, likalakanga, madang’anga, and musolang’anga. [check botanical name, = the edible A.officinalis L.?]
lipasa
Vernonia usambarensis O.Hoffm.
Compositae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb (Shangali et al. 1998).
lipelele
(1) Hyparrhenia collina (Pilg.) Stapf.
Gramineae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a grass used for thatching and fodder (Shangali et al. 1998).
lipalakanga
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
(2) Hyparrhenia cymbaria [authority?]
Gramineae
Mkimbizi area: used for weaving local doors; Nyololo in Mufindi District: used for weaving storage pots and doors; Mgololo in Mufindi District: used for weaving (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). [check botanical name]
lipembe-duma
Pentas bussei K.Krause
Rubiaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as nyatoma (q.v.) and sungasunga (q.v.).
lipeme
Bersama abyssinica Fres.
Melianthaceae
Mufindi (MBG n.d.). This name is cognate with the more widely used mupeme (q.v.). Also recorded as mubasamono (q.v.) and munyatoma (q.v.).
lipombogasi
Cussonia arborea A.Rich.
Araliaceae
Sao Hill (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Cf. the related name mupombolukasi.
lipopoma
(1) Carex echinochloe Kuntze
Cyperaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a sedge used for thatching (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
(2) Pennisetum unicetum (Nees) Benth.
Gramineae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a grass used for thatching (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
lisigi
Bidens pilosa L.
Compositae
Mkimbizi area; Sao Hill: a weed (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as libangalala (q.v.) and mubangalala (q.v.).
lisigili
(1) Aloe brachystachys [authority?]
Aloeaceae
Lundamatwe (Moyer). [check botanical name]
(2) Aloe bradhamii [authority?]
Aloeaceae
Lundamatwe (Moyer). [check botanical name]
(3) Aloe congdoni [authority?]
Aloeaceae
Lundamatwe (Moyer). [check botanical name]
(4) Aloe lateritia Engl.
Aloeaceae
E.A. 13263 (Redmayne n.d.). For other aloe names see kitembwetembwe, litembwetembwe, and nyasungwa.
(5) Aloe spp.
Aloeaceae
Redmayne (n.d.) gives this name as referring to A.lateritia (see above) ‘and other Aloe[s]’.
(1) Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
Dennstaediaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Bracken Fern in English. [check botanical name]
(2) Pteridium sp.
Dennstaediaceae
= lisilo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a fern (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as masululusi (q.v.).
(1) Momordica foetida Schum. & Thunn.
Cucurbitaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a climber with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as nyasalasala (q.v.). [check botanical name]
(2) Momordica sp.
Cucurbitaceae
= lisonyu, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a climber with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998).
lisilu
lisonyi
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
litandu
Alangium chinense (Lour.) Harms
Alangiaceae
Mufindi (MBG n.d.). Also recorded as muhengemela (q.v.). Cf. mutandu, which may be linguistically cognate.
litembo
Aloe lateritia Engl.
Aloeaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used by iron smiths (not stated how) and in healing wounds (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as litembwetembwe (q.v.). The noun stem –tembo, like –tembwe, means ‘elephant’ (Hehe ndembo, more widely ndembwe, 9/10). [check on use by iron smiths]
litembuliga
(1) Aloe duckeri [authority?]
Aloeaceae
Lundamatwe (Moyer). [check botanical name]
(2) Senecio stolzii Mattfield
Compositae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998).
litembwetembwe
Aloe lateritia Engl.
Aloeaceae
‘The juice is used everywhere [i.e. throughout the region] as a medicine to help childbirth and for magic and most tribes have a name for it. The Wakinga call it ‘lyusi’, the Wanyakyusa ‘ibugubugu’ and the Wahehe ‘litembwetembwe’. The name ‘itembwe’ is in fact widespread amongst the tribes for all aloes’ (Cribb and Leedal 1983: 187). Also recorded as litembo. Cf. the cognate kitembwetembwe and the related name nyasungwa. The roots of all of these names, -tembo, -tembwe and –sungwa, mean ‘elephant’.
litenganego
Rhoicissus tridentata (L.f.) Wild & Drum.
Vitaceae
Mafinga: used as a medicine for stomach ache (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as litogonigo (q.v.), lilogonego (q.v.), mutonganego (q.v.), mutanganego (q.v.), toganigo (q.v.), and mukelekete (q.v.).
litogonigo
(1) Rhoicissus tridentata (L.f.) Wild & Drum.
Vitaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lilogonego (q.v.), mutonganego (q.v.), mutanganego (q.v.), litenganego (q.v.), toganigo (q.v.), and mukelekete (q.v.).
(2) Ampelocissus multistriata [authority?]
Vitaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lilogonego (q.v.) and mutonganigu (q.v.). Cf. mutonganego, mutanganego, litenganego, toganigo, and mukelekete.
litona
Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam.
Rutaceae
E.A. 11.357 (Redmayne n.d.). In Udzungwa the names mutono (q.v.) and kitanula (q.v.) have been recorded for this liana; the first of these may well be a skewed cognate of litona. Kitonenge (q.v.), recorded for T.aculeata, may also be related linguistically.
livana
Gnidia glauca (Fresen.) Gilg
Thymeleaceae
A shrub which is common throughout the Southern Highlands above c.2000 m: ‘In Mufindi, where it is called ‘livana’ by the Hehe people, it grows on the margins of the Kigogo Forest and also in adjacent grasslands’ (Cribb and Leedal 1983: 73). Also recorded as muvava (q.v.).
livanivani
Bidens sp. aff. B.steppia
Compositae
E.A. 13211 (Redmayne n.d.).
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
(Steetz) Sherff livavata
Justicia anglerana (Lindau) C.B.
Acanthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998).
livelevele
Monanthotaxis buchananii (Engl.) Verdc.
Annonaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides poles, withies, and firewood (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mupulananga (q.v.). Cf. mbelewele.
liyenzi
Rourea orientalis Baill.
Connaraceae
= Byrsocarpus orientalis (Baill.) Bak., Mafinga and Mgololo in Mufindi District: provides fuelwood and building poles (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as kinavilafi (q.v.), kinyavalafi (q.v.), and musungula (q.v.).
lubakisabatamu
Lycopodium clavatum L.
Lycopodiaceae
= lubakysabatamu, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a fern, used for making mattresses (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
lubakisahomi
Lycopodium cernum L.
Lycopodiaceae
= lubakysahomi, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a fern, used for making mattresses (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
lubalikila
Achyrospermum carvalhi Gürke
Labiatae
= A.radicans Gürke, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lyamkalichuma (q.v.).
lubondalafuno
Strychnos angolensis Gilg
Loganiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub which provides withies and poles (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mungumbadumbili (q.v.).
ludenyikumbwe
Laggera alata (D.Don.) Sch.Bip. ex Oliv.
Compositae
E.A. 13259 (Redmayne n.d.). [= Blumea?]
lufufu
Plectranthus sp.
Labiatae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb, used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998).
lufunanyabu
Indigofera arrecta A.Rich.
Papilionaceae
= Indigofera arrecta Hochst. ex A.Rich., E.A. 13224 (Redmayne n.d.).
lufwegila
Mostuea microphylla Gilg.
Loganiaceae
= lufwegira, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Cf. lufyeki.
lufyeki
Mostuea brunonis Didr.
Loganiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as kavisasa (q.v.). Cf. lufwegila.
lugeni
Achyranthes aspera L.
Amaranthaceae
E.A. 13264 (Redmayne n.d.). The name mulukila (q.v.) has also been recorded for this species.
lugoya
Panicum trichocladum K.Schum.
Gramineae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a grass used for thatching and fodder (Shangali et al. 1998).
lugugu, magugu, 11/6
Pennisetum purpureum Schum.
Gramineae
Weck (1908) described lugugu as a kind of grass and recounted the following recipe for its medical use: ‘The following complicated prescription is used in the treatment of a skin disease (Kingaruhanga) which looks like measles. Two types of
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES grass, lugugu and munyakirumbi, are pulled up by the roots, cut into small pieces and burnt to ash. Then a gourd, the bottom of which is full of holes like a sieve, is filled with the ash and the whole is placed into an earthen pot; then water is poured into the gourd and it gradually runs out into the earthen pot together with the ash. When the pot is full it is put on a fire, the liquid is thickened and is then finally dried in the sun. The remainder is mixed with castor oil and the whole body is rubbed with it’ (Redmayne 1969: 34). Weck otherwise described ‘Kivimba kingaruhanga’ as a disease which ‘begins with a swelling of the face and from there a rash spreads over the whole body, accompanied by a fever’ (Redmayne 1969: 36). Redmayne herself was unable to identify this disease, or anyone who recognised the term ‘kingaruhanga’, which she speculated might be a distortion of kinyaluhanga, referring to luhanga, ‘sand containing iron ore’ (1969: 36-37). She had more success in identifying the grass lugugu: ‘Many Hehe recognised this name and stated that it grew by the side of streams. I obtained a specimen in the Mufindi area (c.6,300 ft.) which was identified as Pennisetum purpureum Schumach Gramineae’ (1969: 39). The same identification is made in the Missouri Botanical Gardens collections database, where it is also recorded that magugu (the widely used plural form), which grow to 2.5 metres, are planted for fences (MBG n.d.).
luguvani
luhahi
luhali
(1) Lannea schimperi (A.Rich.) Engl.
Anacardiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used to make tool handles (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mupugupugu (q.v.). Cf. the cognate liguvani and muguvani.
(2) Markhamia lutea (Benth.) K.Schum.
Bignoniaceae
= luguwani, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides firewood and used to make tool handles (Shangali et al. 1998).
(1) Dodonaea viscosa Jacq.
Sapindaceae
= D.viscosa (L.) Jacq., E.A. 13258 (Redmayne n.d.). The same name and identification have been recorded for Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.) and Mufindi (MBG n.d.). Rodgers and Mwasumbi also record muhati (q.v.)and lwahasa (q.v.)for Udzungwa, while Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk (1962) give luhali (q.v.) for Mufindi. In Mkimbizi its name has been recorded as mnyongole (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). luhahi, and another alternative form, lunyahi (q.v.), have also been identified as D.angustifolia (see following). [In Kenya this is a coastal sp., check if should all be collapsed as D.angustifolia]
(2) Dodonaea angustifolia L.f.
Sapindaceae
(Mbuya et al. 1994). Also called by the variant name lunyahi (q.v.).
Dodonaea viscosa Jacq.
Sapindaceae
Recorded as a Hehe and ‘Fuagi’ name by Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk (1962). The vafwagi or Fwagi (‘Fuagi’), are an old Hehe subgroup in what is now Mufindi. Ifwagi borders Ubena, and was formerly ruled by an independent line of chiefs, the vamudemu, the Mudemu line (Redmayne 1964: 114). If not a skewed form, it
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES is possible that luhali is a mistake for the more widely recorded luhahi (q.v.) and lunyahi (q.v.).
luhongole
(1) Vernonia stuhlmanii [check authority]
Compositae
Chita area, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
(2) Lippia javanica (Burm.f.) Spreng
Verbenaceae
Weck (1908) described the cognate term kihongole (q.v.) as the name of a plant used in treating the illness called lukwale, which he interpreted to mean ‘frenzied madness’: ‘the leaves of kihongole and lupebete are pounded, water is poured over them, and they are mixed with the juices pressed from a sheep’s intestines; this brew is drunk for three days’ (Redmayne 1969: 34). Redmayne, who points out that lukwale may also refer to more benign forms of mental illness (1969: 35-36), obtained different identifications of the plant involved: ‘Luhongole or muhongole is a widely known Kihehe name for a plant used in treating madness. I obtained a specimen of muhongole (E.A. 13213) which was identified as Lantana viburnoides (Forsk. Vahl) [sic.] Verbenaceae, and another of luhongole which was identified as Lippa javanica (Burm.f.) Spreng Verbenaceae. In Check-Lists [Hora 1940], p.255, luhongole is given as Lantana salviifolia Jacq.’ (1969: 39). Subsequently Ruffo and Mtui (1980) confirmed the common identification of luhongole as L.javanica, describing its use as fuelwood in Kitelewasi and as an insect repellent at Mafinga. The same name for this plant has also been recorded more recently in Mufindi (MBG n.d.). Also Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: with unspecified medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998).
(3) Lantana rugosa Thunb.
Verbenaceae
(Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). [check botanical name]
(4) Lantana trifolia L.
Verbenaceae
= Lantana saliviifolia Jacq. (Hora 1940). Also recorded in Mufindi as minunuwi (q.v.).
(5) Lantana viburnoides (Forssk.) Vahl
Verbenaceae
E.A. 13213 (Redmayne n.d.). L.viburnoides is the identification of Redmayne’s specimen of muhongole (see above). muhongole is cognate with luhongole, and it is presumed here that they have the same and/or overlapping referents.
lukalifia
Caylusea abyssinica (Fres.) Fisch. & Mey.
Resedaceae
E.A. 13209 (Redmayne n.d.).
lukegeta
Ipomoea involucrata Beauv.
Convolvulaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a climber (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. the cognate likegeta. [check botanical name]
lukiki
Culcasia scandens (Willd.) P.Beauv.
Araceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
lukongogosi
Coffea sp. nr. Coffea
Rubiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used for withies and making local doors (Shangali
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
eugenioides S.Moore
NOTES et al. 1998).
lukumbwembwe
Trichoscypha ulugurensis Mildbr.
Anacardiaceae
= T.ulugurensis Mildbr. ssp. ulugurensis, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides fuelwood, poles, and tool handles (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as lusani (q.v.), mbembanigo (q.v.), and mupilipili (q.v.).
lukunyani
Markhamia obtusifolia (Bak.) Sprague
Bignoniaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides firewood and used to make tool handles (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as kipagupagu (q.v.), muguoguo (q.v.), liguvani (q.v.) and muguvani (q.v.). [is this a mistake for luguvani?]
lukuvata
Isachne mautiana Kunth.
Gramineae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a grass used for thatching and as fodder (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
lukuvi
[unidentified kind of grass]
Gramineae
This is possibly the same sp(p). of grass as the cognate likuvi (q.v.), identified as Brachiaria brizantha. Cf. also mukuvikudi. Redmayne gives three Hehe riddles which refer to lukuvi, likening it to human hair. A version of the first of these was recorded at Tosamaganga in 1907 by the German military doctor and linguist Otto Dempwolff (1914: 126). (1) ‘Kidibulo mu lukuvi’, ‘An arrow in the short grass’. Answer: ‘Sosoli’, ‘A louse’. Exegesis: ‘Kidibulo is a small arrow. Presumably the louse is likened to something which moves quickly through the hair, and its biting is likened to the stabbing of an arrow’. (2) ‘Kibudime mu lukuvi’, ‘It is hiding in the long grass’. Answer: ‘Isosoli mu fwili’, ‘A louse in hair’. Exegesis: ‘Head lice are often difficult to see’. (3) ‘Chavambalye mu lukuvi’, ‘It is moving round in the lukuvi grass’. Answer: ‘Isosoli’, ‘A louse’. Exegesis: ‘The lukuvi grass is likened to hair in which the lice are found. The past tense has been used but a present tense is understood’ (Redmayne 1970: 808, Nos.86-88). This grass is also the origin of the surname of the Hon. William Lukuvi, the M.P. (1995- ) for Isimani constituency, whose father was a headman (jumbe) in Idodi Sub-chiefdom before Independence.
lumonga
Landolphia buchananii (Hall.f.) Stapf
Apocynaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used to make ropes (Shangali et al. 1998).
lumwino
Rubus rigidus Sm.
Rosaceae
E.A. 13265 (Redmayne n.d.). This name was also recorded by Ruffo and Mtui (1980) at Mkimbizi, where the plant was identified as Rubus sp., with edible fruits. Other names for Rubus spp. are linunwa (q.v.) and mutsufi (q.v.). Cf. mbalawino.
lungutiwa
Ormocarpum trachycarpum
Papilionaceae
(Mbuya et al. 1994). Also recorded as kitimbwi (q.v.) and mutimbwi (q.v.).
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
(1) Dodonaea viscosa Jacq.
Sapindaceae
A Hehe and Dzungwa (‘Zungwa’) name according to Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk (1962).
(2) Dodonaea angustifolia L.f.
Sapindaceae
(Mbuya et al. 1994). Also called by the variant name luhahi (q.v.).
lupalakanga
Asclepiadaceae genus nov.
Asclepiadaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a climber with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. the cognates palakanga, lipalakanga, kapalang’anga, and also likalakanga, madang’anga, and musolang’anga, all describing Asparagus spp.
lupebeta
Rinorea ilicifolia (Oliv.) O.Ktze
Violaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). This may well be the same as the plant called lupebete by Weck (1908) and described by him as an ingredient in the treatment of madness (lukwale): ‘the leaves of kihongole and lupebete are pounded, water is poured over them, and they are mixed with the juices pressed from a sheep’s intestines; this brew is drunk for three days’ (Redmayne 1969: 34). Redmayne did not have much luck in identifying Weck’s lupebete: ‘I found no Hehe who recognised the Kihehe plant name lupebete. One person suggested that this might be a corruption of lupegele which grows in the Mufindi area (c.6,000 ft.) but for which he knew no medical use…’ (1969: 39).
lupegele
[unidentified]
[unidentified]
This is mentioned by Redmayne in her search for a plant name resembling Weck’s (1908) lupebete (see lupebeta): ‘One person suggested that this might be a corruption of lupegele which grows in the Mufindi area (c.6,000 ft.) but for which he knew no medical use. In Check-Lists [Hora 1940] p.272, there is no Kihehe plant name which resembles this, but there are two entries for areas where the language is quite closely related to Kihehe; mpegele (Konde [Nyakyusa-Ngonde]), Syzygium guineense [(Willd.)] DC[.] and mpegere (Pangwa) Eugenia sp.’ (1969: 39). Pangwa, it should be noted, is much more closely related to Hehe than Nyakyusa. Nonetheless the Pangwa and Nyakyusa names are evidently related, and quite possibly cognate with Hehe lupegele. Hehe has the same name (muvengi, q.v.) for both Syzygium and Eugenia spp., but this has a quite different root from -pegele.
lupolopolo
Kalanchoe crenata (Andrew) Haw
Crassulaceae
= lopolpolo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
lupumo
(1) Maytenus undata (Thunb.) Blakelock
Celastraceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lutamu (q.v.) and muhomelo (q.v.). Cf. mupumu.
(2) Clutia abyssinica Jaub. & Spach
Euphorbiaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as kipwaga (q.v.), lwisa (q.v.), and nyakilumbi (q.v.).
(Taub.) Harms lunyahi
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
lusani
Trichoscypha ulugurensis Mildbr.
Anacardiaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lukumbwembwe (q.v.), mbembanigo (q.v.), and mupilipili (q.v.). This name may be linguistically cognate with musani (q.v.).
lusunguluti
(1) Acalypha fruticosa Forssk.
Euphorbiaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as kitegelo (q.v.), lahongole (q.v.), and nyautilili (q.v.). Cf. suguluti.
(2) Acalypha psilostachya Hochst.
Euphorbiaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). [check botanical name]
lusungulutu
Dracaena laxissima Engl.
Agavaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as kidetema (q.v.), mudetele (q.v.), mutambalangwense (q.v.), and muvalambi (q.v.).
luswana
Saba comorensis (Bojer) Pichon
Apocynaceae
= loswana, Saba florida (Benth.) Bullock, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mugapa (q.v.).
lutamu
Maytenus undata (Thunb.) Blakelock
Celastraceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lupumo (q.v.) and muhomelo (q.v.).
lutelutelu
Carvalhoa campanulata K.Schum.
Apocynaceae
= luteruteru, Carvalhoa macrophylla K.Schum., Chita area by Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Cognate with kitelutelu (q.v.) and also recorded as kinyawilafu (q.v.).
lutini
Erythrococca usambarica Prain
Euphorbiaceae
The leaves of this plant are used as a vegetable. The fruits are edible and a source of juice. The roots are used as a medicine to cure coughs (Mallango et al. in prep.). Also recorded as mumbele (q.v.).
lwahasa
(1) Dodonaea viscosa Jacq.
Sapindaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Other names recorded for this species are luhahi, luhali, lunyahi, muhati, and munyongole (q.v.). Cf. the cognate mwahatsa.
(2) Deinbollia kilimandscharica Taub.
Sapindaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
lwamtita
Secamone sp.
Asclepiadaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a climber that provides ropes (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as nyamtita (q.v.).
lwegunda
Psychotria tanganyikensis Verdc.
Rubiaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as nyakititu (q.v.).
lwelesi ~ lweletsi
(1) Cassia kirkii L.
Caesalpiniaceae
= luweletsi, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
(2) Kotschya recurvifolia
Papilionaceae
= lwelesi, ‘In some areas of the Highlands… K.recurvifolia, is one of the dominant
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
(Taub.) F.White
NOTES plants, particularly in the upland grassland above 1800 m of Umalila, Rungwe and Ufipa and between Iringa and Njombe. Bees love it when it is in full flower in July. The Wamalila call it ‘intenga’, the Wabena and the Wakinga call it ‘matenga’, the Wahehe ‘lwelesi’ and the Wandali ‘ndenga’’ (Cribb and Leedal 1983: 68). Redmayne’s informants suggested that lwelesi (and/or mwelesi, q.v.) might be the same as the plant referred to by Weck (1908) as kierezi (i.e. kyelesi, q.v.) and used in the treatment of discharges of pus from the ear (Redmayne 1969: 34, 37, 39).
lwembefulo
Ludia mauritiana Gmelin
Flacourtiaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lifulofulo (q.v.) and kajiwe (q.v.). Cf. mufulo and mufulofulo.
lwida
(1) Asparagus flagellaris (Kunth.) Bak.
Liliaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lwisa (q.v.).
(2) Gloriosa simplex L.
Liliaceae
= G.superba L., Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lwisa (q.v.), mugobogobo (q.v.), nyamului (q.v.), and vitosambili (q.v.). Known as Glory Lily in English.
(1) Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anders
Acanthaceae
= luisa, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as lifuga (q.v.).
(2) Clutia abyssinica Jaub. & Spach
Euphorbiaceae
= luisa, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as kipwaga (q.v.), lupumo (q.v.), and nyakilumbi (q.v.).
(3) Asparagus flagellaris (Kunth.) Bak.
Liliaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lwida (q.v.).
(4) Gloriosa simplex L.
Liliaceae
= G.superba L., Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lwida (q.v.), mugobogobo (q.v.), nyamului (q.v.), and vitosambili (q.v.). Known as Glory Lily in English.
lwisa kubwa
Lobelia holstii Engl.
Lobeliaceae
= luisa kubwa, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: herb used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). kubwa is Swahili for ‘big’, hence ‘the big lwisa’. This may be an informant’s opinion rather than a recognised extension to a common Hehe name.
lyamukalichuma
Achyrospermum carvalhi Gürke
Labiatae
= lyamkalichuma, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as lubalikila (q.v.). Cf. likalichuma.
madang’anga
Asparagus slagellasis
Liliaceae
Mafinga (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Cf. palakanga, lipalakanga, lupalakanga, kapalang’anga, likalakanga, and musolang’anga. [check botanical name, =
lwisa
It is possible that lwisa is linguistically cognate with mwisa ~ mwitsa (q.v.), though they refer to very different plants.
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES flagellaris?]
manusi
Brillantaisia ulugurica Lindau
Acanthaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lihwini (q.v.). manusi is possibly a plural: see also kinusi, linusi, munusi, and ninusi.
masagati
[unidentified]
[unidentified]
= masagati, ‘a thicket’, a place name in both Uhehe and Ubena (Redmayne 1964: 103).
masululusi
Pteridium sp.
Dennstaediaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a fern (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as lisilu (q.v.). Cf. sulu and mutsululusi. [is this a plural?]
mbadilo
Combretum molle G.Don
Combretaceae
= mbadilo, C.molle Engl. & Diels., E.A. 13206 (Redmayne n.d.). Recorded by Ruffo and Mtui (1980) at Kiwele / Kitapilimwa Forest Reserve, Ibumu / Image Forest Reserve, and at Nyololo in Mufindi District; used as a source of firewood and building poles in all these places. More recently recorded by Nahonyo et al. (1998), who give mbadilo as the Hehe and Gogo names. This tree, the Velvet Bushwillow, together with other Combretum spp., is also called mlama (q.v.) in Hehe.
mbala
(1) Anthocleista grandiflora Gilg
Loganiaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mumbala (q.v.), muvumbala (q.v.), and muguhuguhu (q.v.).
(2) Lophia schweinfurthei [authority?]
[?]
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). [Check botanical name and authority]
mbalala
Harungana madagascariensis Poir.
Guttiferae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides fuelwood, glue, and dyes (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as muvalala (q.v.), muvavala (q.v.), muvata (q.v.), and kisyembadanda (q.v.).
mbalawino
Culcasia orientalis Mayo
Araceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. lumwino.
mbalikila
(1) Conyza persicalifolia (Benth.) Oliv. & Hiern
Compositae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
(2) Vernonia cinerea (L.) Less.
Compositae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
mbambakofi
Afzelia quanzensis Welw.
Caesalpiniaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides timber, poles and firewood (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mufunguji (q.v.), mulindimila (q.v.), and mwale (q.v.). This is a modern borrowing: mbambakofi is the Swahili name of this tree, known in English as the Lucky-bean Tree, Pod Mahogany, or Mahogany Bean.
mbelewele
Dracaena steudneri Engl.
Agavaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used for fodder (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf.
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES livelevele.
mbembanigo
Trichoscypha ulugurensis Mildbr.
Anacardiaceae
= T.ulugurensis Mildbr. ssp. ulugurensis, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides fuelwood, poles, and tool handles (Shangali et al. 1998). This name is cognate with muvembanyigo (q.v.). Also recorded as lukumbwembwe (q.v.), lusani (q.v.), and mupilipili (q.v.). [is mbembanigo a mistranscription or the result of vowel elision?]
mbokovoko
(1) Uvaria scheffleri Diels
Annonaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. also the cognate muvyokovyoko. [is mbokovoko class 9/10?]
(2) Uvaria tanzaniae Verdc.
Annonaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998).
(3) Uvaria sp.
Annonaceae
= mbokowoko, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
(4) Monanthotaxis sp.
Annonaceae
= mbokowoko, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
mbwewe
Canthium crassum Hiern.
Rubiaceae
E.A. 13221 (Redmayne n.d.). The same name and identification were recorded by Ruffo and Mtui (1980) in the Mkimbizi area and at Kiwele / Kitapilimwa Forest Reserve. Both records note that this plant has edible fruits.
memena
Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia Pax
Euphorbiaceae
(Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Also recorded as munyaluhanga (q.v.), musolo (q.v.), and mutungulu (q.v.). Cf. memena. [a mistranscription?]
memona
Cryptocarpa sp.
Lauraceae
= mmemona, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides timber and fuelwood, and is used for making beehives (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as ngulukanzila (q.v.). Cf. memona.
mingi [?]
Ximenia americana L.
Olacaceae
= X.americana L. and X.caffra Sond. (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). The unusual form of this name (mi- is the class 4 prefix, denoting a plural; ‘mingi’ in Swahili means ‘many’) suggests that it may have been wrongly recorded. Other recorded names for this tree or shrub are mutumbatumba (q.v.), mutundwa (q.v.), and mwitunda (q.v.).
minunuwi
Lantana trifolia L.
Verbenaceae
Mufindi (MBG n.d.). Also recorded as muhongole (q.v.). Cf. minwuwi. [it is possible that one or the other of these is misrecorded]
minwuwi
(1) Impatiens hamata Warb.
Balsaminaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: an ornamental (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. minunuwi.
(2) Impatiens meruensis Gilg.
Balsaminaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: an ornamental (Shangali et al. 1998).
Ozoroa insignis Del. ssp. reticulata (Bak.f.) Gillett
Anacardiaceae
= Heeria reticulata (Bak.f.) Engl., E.A. 13238 (Redmayne n.d.). A healer in Kalenga told Koszarek (2001) that he used a drink prepared from motaponzi as a
motaponsi
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES treatment for malaria. Another healer in Kalenga described its use in treatments for bewitchment and mental illness. Bewitched patients inhale the vapours of an infusion which includes material from this plant, and they also drink it as a purge. Patients diagnosed with mental illness are bathed in a mixture of motaponzi and other plant ingredients. Koszarek herself did not identify this plant. Other recorded names for it are lihenwe (q.v.) and mtelya (q.v.).
mubangalala
Bidens pilosa L.
Compositae
= mbangalala, Mgololo in Mufindi District: a weed (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). = mbangalala, a herb, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Cognate with libangalala (q.v.) and also recorded as lisigi (q.v.). Known as Black Jack in English, a widespread weed.
mubangwe
Bidens holstii (O.Hoffm.) Sherff.
Compositae
= mbangwe, a shrub, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as libangwe (q.v.). Cf. mubangalala, libangalala. [check botanical name]
mubapa
Dialium holtzii Harms
Caesalpiniaceae
= mbapa, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mukongo (q.v.).
mubasamono, mibasamono, 3/4
(1) Bersama abyssinica Fres.
Melianthaceae
= mibasamomo [sic.], Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = mbasamono, B.abyssinica ssp. abyssinica, Winged Bersama (Mbuya et al. 1994). Also recorded as munyatoma (q.v.), mupeme (q.v.) and lipeme (q.v.).
(2) Bersama salicifolia [authority?]
Melianthaceae
= mbasamono, Ibumu village and Image Forest Reserve: provides firewood and building poles; Mafinga: provides firewood; Sao Hill: provides firewood and building poles (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). [check botanical name: a ssp. of the preceding?]
(3) Pavetta stenosepala K.Schum.
Rubiaceae
= mbasamono, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
mubilabila
Cussonia zimmermannii Harms
Araliaceae
= mbilabila, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
mubondo
Maytenus senegalensis (Lam.) Exell
Celastraceae
= mbondo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as kisugi (q.v.). Also recorded as kisugi (q.v.), muvambandusi ~ muvambandutsi (q.v.), and mwifwikakavili (q.v.).
mubosoboso
Plectranthus luteus Gürke
Labiatae
= mbosoboso, Coleus luteus (Gürke) Staner, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. the cognate libosoboso.
mubuyu
Cyclimorpha parviflora Urb.
Caricaceae
= mbuyu, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mulindima (q.v.) and muvolovolo (q.v.). Cf. Swahili mbuyu, Adansonia digitata, Baobab.
mudeke
Polyscias fulva (Hiern) Harms
Araliaceae
= mdeke, mudeke, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = mdeke, Parasol
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES Tree (Mbuya et al. 1994). = mdeke, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides timber, poles and fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as limanza (q.v.) and mukanye (q.v.).
mudenge
Arundinaria alpina K.Schum.
Gramineae
= mdenge, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a bamboo which provides poles and is used for weaving and thatching (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mulansi (q.v.) and musisi (q.v.). Called Mountain Bamboo in English.
mudetele
Dracaena laxissima Engl.
Agavaceae
= mdetele, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as kidetema (q.v.), lusungulutu (q.v.), mutambalangwense (q.v.), and muvalambi (q.v.). The two noun stems, -detele and the more widespread –detema (-tetema), are likely related.
mudetema
(1) Dracaena afromontana Mildbr.
Agavaceae
= mdetema, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as kidetema (q.v.) and mutetema (q.v.), with detema (q.v.) and ndetema (q.v.) for other Dracaena spp.
(2) Dracaena usambarensis Engl.
Agavaceae
= mdetema, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as detema (q.v.), with kidetema (q.v.), mutetema (q.v.), and ndetema (q.v.) for other Dracaena spp.
mudobole
Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J.F.Gmel.
Rosaceae
= mdobole (Mbuya et al. 1994). Also recorded as mugetwa (q.v.), mutungalunga (q.v.), and mwelesi ~ mweletsi (q.v.).
muduguya
(1) Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Del.
Balanitaceae
= mduguya, in Gogo mduguyu (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as muvambandusi ~ muvambandutsi (q.v.).
(2) Balanites pedicellaris Mildbr. & Schlecht.
Balanitaceae
= mduguya, in Gogo mduguyu (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as muvambandusi ~ muvambandutsi (q.v.).
mudula
Solanum incanum L.
Solanaceae
= mdula, S.panduraeforme Drège ex Dun. (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962); = mdula, S.panduriforme (Redmayne n.d.). This plant, the Sodom Apple, is also called by the cognate name ndula (q.v.) and its reduplicated form ndulandula (q.v.). Another recorded name for it is munusi (q.v.).
muduma
Garcinia buchananii Bak.
Guttiferae
= mduma, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree with edible fruits, and which provides withies (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mukani (q.v.). Cf. munduma, Garcinia spp.
mufilafila
(1) Holarrhena pubescens (Buch.- Ham.) G.Don
Apocynaceae
= mfilafila, also in Gogo (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mukolongo (q.v.).
(2) Garcinia huillensis Oliv.
Guttiferae
= mfilafila, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree with which provides timber and
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mukatsa (q.v.). Cf. mufilifili.
mufilani
Diplorhynchus condylocarpon (Muell. Arg.) Pichon
Apocynaceae
= mfilani (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Also recorded as musonga (q.v.) and mutogo (q.v.).
mufilifili
Garcinia volkensii Engl.
Guttiferae
= mfilifili, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mukani (q.v.) and mukongwa (q.v.). Cf. mufilafila.
mufipahosi
*Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach ssp. nyassae (Oliv.) Brummitt
Bignoniaceae
= mfipahosi, Tecomaria nyassae Baill. ex Schum. (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). This name is cognate with both kipahoji (q.v.) and lifipahosi (q.v.). Other names recorded for the same sp. are as kinyalomo (q.v.), nyaloma (q.v.), nyalulume (q.v.), leluni (q.v.), and mununu (q.v.). This is a cultivated ornamental called Cape Honeysuckle in English. [check botanical name]
mufudu, mifudu, 3/4
(1) Vitex doniana Sweet
Verbenaceae
= mfudu, in Gogo mfulu (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mufudululenga (q.v.) mukoge (q.v.), and mupwanga (q.v.). Black Plum in English.
(2) Vitex iringensis [authority?]
Verbenaceae
= mfudu, Mkimbizi area: has edible fruits (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). = mufudu, plural mifudu (Mudemu n.d.). [check botanical name]
(3) Vitex keniensis Turrill
Verbenaceae
= mfudu, in Gogo mfulu (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Meru Oak in English.
(1) Vitex doniana Sweet
Verbenaceae
= mfudululenga, Mkimbizi area: has edible fruits (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as mufudu (q.v.), mukoge (q.v.), and mupwanga (q.v.).
mufudululenga
mufudululenga might be translated as ‘the watery Vitex’, from mufudu, ‘Vitex spp.’ and ‘lulenga’, class 11 form of malenga, ‘water’. (2) Vitex mombassae Vatke
Verbenaceae
= mfudululenga, Smelly Berry Vitex (Mbuya et al. 1994). Mahuninga: leaves used to treat eye defects: crushed, soaked, and applied to the eyes (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as musasati (q.v.).
(1) Combretum sp.
Combretaceae
= mfufugala, a tree, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998).
(2) Helichrysum schimperi (Sch.-Bip. ex A.Rich.) Moeser
Compositae
= mfufugala, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a creeper with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as libunda (q.v.) and nyavihale (q.v.). [check botanical name]
mufulo
Vitex sp.
Verbenaceae
= mfuro, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Cf. the reduplicated form mufulofulo.
mufulofulo
(1) Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirvengadum
Rubiaceae
= mfulofulo, Xeromphis obovata (Hochst.) Keay (Verdcourt and Trump 1969). This shrub/tree has also been recorded with the names mupongolo (q.v.) and mututumu (q.v.). Cf. lifulofulo.
mufufugala
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
(2) Vitex amaniensis Pieper
Verbenaceae
= mfurofuro, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mukogo (q.v.) and mupoma (q.v.). Cf. mufulo.
mufulukiki
Blotiela natalensis (Hook.) Tryon
Dennstaediaceae
= mfulukiki, a fern, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. mufululusi. [check botanical name]
mufululusi
Cheilanthes bergiana Kunze
Adianthaceae
= mfululusi, a fern, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. masululusi, mutsululusi. [check botanical name]
mufumbi
Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth.
Bignoniaceae
= mfumbi, K.aethiopica Decne. (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). = K.aethiopica DC. (Redmayne n.d.). Also listed by Nahonyo et al. (1998). This is the easily recognisable Sausage Tree, which has also been recorded with the name mutumbi (q.v.).
mufumbwe
Carissa edulis (Forssk.) Vahl
Apocynaceae
E.A. 13202 (Redmayne n.d.). = mfumbwe, recorded as a shrub with edible fruits at Mafinga, Mufindi District, and Ibumu village / Image Forest Reserve. At Sao Hill it is also grown as an ornamental (Ruffo and Mtui 1980).
mufunguji
Afzelia quanzensis Welw.
Caesalpiniaceae
= mfunguji (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Also recorded as mbambakofi (q.v.), mulindimila (q.v.), and mwale (q.v.).
mufyuwi
Crossopteryx febrifuga (G.Don) Benth.
Rubiaceae
= mfyuwi (Watt and Breyer –Brandwijk 1962). Also recorded as musanze (q.v.) and musasati (q.v.).
mugapa
Saba comorensis (Bojer) Pichon
Apocynaceae
= mgapa, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: has edible fruits and medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as luswana (q.v.).
mugela
Brachystegia microphylla Harms
Caesalpiniaceae
= mgeela, in Gogo mjele (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as muhani (q.v.), mupembedza (q.v.), and musani (q.v.). Cf. the reduplicated form mugelagela.
mugelagela
Entada abyssinica A.Rich.
Mimosaceae
Tree Entada (Mbuya et al. 1994). Also recorded as muhulodonya (q.v.). Cf. the cognate mugela.
mugema
Agauria salicifolia (Lam.) Oliv.
Ericaceae
= mgema (Verdcourt and Trump 1969). Also recorded as mukolongo (q.v.).
mugetwa
Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J.F.Gmel.
Rosaceae
= mgetwa, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mudobole (q.v.), mutungalunga (q.v.), and mwelesi ~ mweletsi (q.v.).
mugimbwana
Ocotea usambarensis Engl.
Lauraceae
= mgimbwana, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as muheti (q.v.).
mugobogobo
Gloriosa simplex L.
Liliaceae
(Verdcourt and Trump 1962). Also recorded as lwida (q.v.), lwisa (q.v.), nyamului (q.v.), and vitosambili (q.v.). Known as Glory Lily in English. [check botanical name]
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
mugobwali
Bauhinia petersiana Bolle
Caesalpiniaceae
= mgobwali, Kiwele area and Kitapilimwa Forest Reserve: provides fuelwood, poles, and ropes (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as muhakwe (q.v.), mukomba (q.v.), musengela (q.v.), and mwasamlo (q.v.). Cf. mugombwali, mugomboli.
mugogo
Nuxia floribunda Benth.
Loganiaceae
= mgogo, (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Also recorded as mukogo (q.v.), mungogo (q.v.), mukombalwiko (q.v.), and mukongoti (q.v.).
mugogola
Flacourtia indica (Burm.f.) Merrill
Flacourtiaceae
= mgogola, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a small tree with edible fruits, and which provides fuelwood and is used for making pestles (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mugola (q.v.) and mupingipingi (q.v.).
mugola
(1) Flacourtia indica (Burm.f.) Merrill
Flacourtiaceae
= mugola, pl. migola (Mudemu n.d.). = mgola, Mkimbizi area: with edible fruits (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Mbuya et al. (1994) have mgola, the same in Zigua, and mgora in Luguru. Also recorded as mugogola (q.v.) and mupingipingi (q.v.).
(2) Dovyalis glandulosissima Gilg.
Flacourtiaceae
E.A. 13227 (Redmayne n.d.). [check botanical name]
mugombagomba
Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Wight
Liliaceae
= mgombagomba, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
mugonelatwa
Droogmansia whytei Schindl.
Papilionaceae
E.A. 13239 (Redmayne n.d.). Compare ngonelavatwa (q.v.), which may be a more accurate transcription. Also recorded with the name munyakwihonga (q.v.). [check botanical name]
mugongo
Vernonia anthelmintica (L.) Wild.
Compositae
= mgongo, a herb, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
muguhu, miguhu, 3/4
Uapaca kirkiana Muell. Arg.
Euphorbiaceae
= muguhu, pl. miguhu (Mudemu n.d.). = mguhu, Mkimbizi area and Mafinga: has edible fruits (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). = mguhu (Mbuya et al. 1994). = mguhu, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = mguhu, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: has edible fruits and provides poles, fuelwood, and is used for making beehives (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mukusu (q.v.). Cf. the reduplicated form muguhuguhu. Called Wild Loquat in English.
muguhuguhu
Anthocleista grandiflora Gilg
Loganiaceae
Uhafiwa, Udzungwa (Moyer). Also recorded as mbala (q.v.), mumbala (q.v.), and muvumbala (q.v.). Cf. the root form muguhu.
mugukukanzua
Kiggelaria africana L.
Flacourtiaceae
= mgukukanzua, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides timber and poles (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as likoti (q.v.) and muguluka (q.v.). [is the first part of this name a mistake for muguluka?]
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
mugulakazila
Sapium ellipticum (Krauss) Pax
Euphorbiaceae
= mgulakazila, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mukwembi (q.v.). Cf. ngulukanzila. [check unusual phonology]
muguluka
(1) Kiggelaria africana L.
Flacourtiaceae
= mguluka, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as likoti (q.v.) and mugukukanzua (q.v.).
(2) Cryptocarya liebertiana Engl.
Lauraceae
= mguruka, Mufindi (MBG n.d.). Also recorded as muhulo (q.v.) and mwitsukulu (q.v.).
(1) Lannea edulis (Sond.) Engl.
Anacardiaceae
E.A. 13269 (Redmayne n.d.). Also recorded as muhumba-lunyuche (q.v.).
(2) Lannea schimperi (A.Rich.) Engl.
Anacardiaceae
= mgulumo, Mkimbizi area: ropes from root bark; Kitelewasi area: ropes (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as muumb[?] (q.v.).
mugungumati
Asplenium holstii Hieron.
Aspleniaceae
= migungumati (assumed here to be plural), Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a fern (Shangali et al. 1998).
muguoguo
(1) Markhamia obtusifolia (Bak.) Sprague
Bignoniaceae
= mguoguo, mguonguo, Golden Bean Tree (Mbuya et al. 1994). = mguoguo, also in Gogo (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as kipagupagu (q.v.), lukunyani (q.v.), liguvani (q.v.) and muguvani (q.v.).
(2) Coloncoba welwitchii Oliv.
Flacourtiaceae
= mguoguo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree used for poles and fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as kisegichyela (q.v.). [check botanical name, = Oncoba?]
muguti
Maesa lanceolata Forssk.
Myrsinaceae
= mguti (Verdcourt and Trump 1969). This is evidently the same as (assuming poor recording) or cognate with mukuti (q.v.) and ‘Kizungwa’ munguti (q.v.), also listed by Verdcourt and Trump. See also koti, muputi, likoti, mukosi, and mutandu. Verdcourt and Trump also have mguti as the Nyakyusa name for this tree.
muguvani
Markhamia obtusifolia (Bak.) Sprague
Bignoniaceae
= mguani (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). = mguvani, Golden Bean Tree (Mbuya et al. 1994). = mguvani (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Cf. the cognate liguvani, for the same sp., and luguvani for M.lutea. Also recorded as kipagupagu (q.v.), lukunyani (q.v.), and muguoguo (q.v.).
muhahasa
Buddleia salviifolia (L.) Lam.
Loganiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub which provides fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mwahasa (q.v.). [check botanical name]
muhakwe
Bauhinia petersiana Bolle
Caesalpiniaceae
= mhakwe, also in Sangu (Mbuya et al. 1994). = mhakwe (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mugobwali (q.v.), mukomba (q.v.), musengela (q.v.), and mwasamlo (q.v.).
muhangama
Uvariodendron oligocarpum
Annonaceae
= mhangama, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded
mugulumo
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
Verdc.
NOTES as musasati (q.v.).
muhangana
Hibiscus diversifolius Jacq.
Malvaceae
= mhangana, Hehe, ‘Zingwa’ [sic.] (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). = muhangana, mhang’ana, H.diversifolius subsp. witheanus, Mkimbizi area: used to make ropes (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). = mhangana, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub which provides ropes and is used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as linyangamabele (q.v.) and muvava (q.v.).
muhanza ~ muhanja
Senna singueana (Del.) Lock
Caesalpiniaceae
Weck (1908) gave the following cure using leaves from this tree: ‘Treatment for inflammation of the hip joint (Lunyonga): the leaves of the muhungulu tree are dried and pounded. The roots are cooked. Small cuts are made in the painful hip and the powder from the leaves is rubbed in. The leaves of the muhanza tree, which have been dipped in the hot water in which the roots were boiled, are placed on the hip. In a few days time, at least within a month, healing should have begun’ (Redmayne 1969: 34). Redmayne confirms that lunyonga refers to a pain in the hip joint, described by some as deep in the bone (1969: 38). She also has the following to say about Weck’s muhanza: ‘This is a well known Kihehe plant name, although I failed to obtain any information about its medical use. I obtained a specimen of muhanza which was identified as Cassia singueana Del. Caesalpiniaceae [E.A. 13243 in Redmayne (n.d.)]. In Check-Lists [Hora 1940], p. 232, the Kihehe plant name muhansa is given as Monotes rufotomentosus Gilg.’ (1969: 39). There is no other evidence, however, to support the identification of these two separately recorded Hehe names. More recently Koszarek (2001) has obtained information on a quite different medical use of this tree, which is now assigned to the genus Senna. One of her informants, a healer in Tanangozi, reported using mhanza as one of many plant ingredients in a drink given to treat mentally ill patients. Another healer, in Kalenga, described using muhanza in a mixture to be inhaled by patients with the same complaint. A third healer, in neighbouring Ibagamoyo, is recorded as using mlanza (sic.) as an ingredient in a drink to treat mental illness. In the absence of any other record of this name, it is presumed here to be a mistranscription of muhanza. The botanical identification of the names mhanza and muhanza (as C.singueana) is confirmed by Verdcourt and Trump (1969), noting the widespread use of the roots, bark and leaves of this tree in indigenous medicines. Ruffo and Mtui (1980) noted some other uses of the tree in different parts of Uhehe. In the Mkimbizi area they found mhanza/muhanza being used as a source of firewood. In the Kitelewasi area and Ibumu village / Image Forest Reserve they recorded mhanza as both a
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES source of firewood and an ornamental tree. The name mhanza is also listed and identified (as C.singueana) by Nahonyo et al. (1994). The reduplicated form of the name, muhanzahanza (q.v.) has also been recorded, as well as another name with reduplicated shape, muhombahomba (q.v.). Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk (1962) have muhanja for C.singueana, possibly a cognate form rather than an error.
muhanzahanza
Senna singueana (Del.) Lock
Caesalpiniaceae
= mhanzahanza, Cassia singueana, Nyololo in Mufindi District: leaves boiled and drunk to treat diarrhoea and kideri (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Kideri is the Swahili name for fowl typhoid and/or other diseases of poultry characterised by diarrhoea and possibly resulting in death. muhanzahanza is a reduplicated and evidently less widely used form of the name muhanza (q.v.), and this record adds another item to the list of reported medical uses of S.singueana. Another recorded name for this tree is muhombahomba (q.v.).
muhanzuti
Scolopia stolzii Gilg.
Flacourtiaceae
= mhanzuti, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
muhapi, mihapi, 3/4
Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill.
Euphorbiaceae
(Mudemu n.d.). Also recorded as mwisa (q.v.) and mwesa (q.v.).
muhati
Dodonaea viscosa Jacq.
Sapindaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). The root of this name may be a skewed form of the more widely recorded luhahi (q.v.) and lunyahi (q.v.).
muhebefo
Rhus longipes Engl.
Anacardiaceae
= mhebefo, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). This name clearly related to muhehefu (q.v.), and is either closely linguistically related or a mistranscribed version of the same. Another recorded name for this species is mutunumbi (q.v.).
muhehefu
(1) Rhus longipes Engl.
Anacardiaceae
E.A. 13203 (Redmayne n.d.). Rodgers and Mwasumbi’s (n.d.) record of the name muhebefo (q.v.) for this species in Udzungwa is either mistranscribed or indicates a cognate term. The name mutunumbi has also been recorded for this tree.
(2) Rhus natalensis Krauss
Anacardiaceae
Mkimbizi area [?] and Mafinga in Mufindi District: a source of edible fruit and firewood (Rutto and Mtui 1980). Also recorded with the names musesembwa (q.v.), mutunumbi (q.v.), and mutsetsefwa (q.v.).
(1) Euclea divinorum Hiern
Ebenaceae
= Euclea sp. aff. E.divinorum Hiern, E.A. 13245 (Redmayne n.d.). = mhekele, Euclea sp. nr. E.divinorum, Mkimbizi: a source of firewood and red dye; muhekele, E.divinorum, Sao Hill: providing firewood and also edible fruits (? It is not specified in the record which part of the plant is edible) (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Mbuya et al. (1994) also identify mhekele as E.divinorum, the Diamond-leaved Euclea, and give the Luguru name as mhekele or mhekela. It may be significant that the specimens collected independently by Redmayne and by Ruffo and Mtui at
muhekele
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES Mkimbizi could not be assigned unequivocally to this species. Another recorded name for E.divinorum is muhimbachigulu (q.v.).
(2) Euclea natalensis A.DC.
Ebenaceae
Mkimbizi: described as providing a remedy for constipation and diarrhoea, and also a source of red dye (Ruffo and Mtui 1980).
(1) Cussonia spicata Thunb.
Araliaceae
Mkimbizi area: used to make beehives and ‘local chairs’ (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as munyonzi (q.v.), munyunzulu (q.v.), and mupombolukasi (q.v.).
(2) Erythrina abyssinica DC.
Papilionaceae
(Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). = mhemi, Mkimbizi area: used to make chairs and provides shade; = muhemi, Mafinga and Sao Hill, Mufindi District: provides shade (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Cf. the cognate lihemi.
(3) Erythrina sp.
Papilionaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
muhengemela
Alangium chinense (Lour.) Harms
Alangiaceae
= mhengemela, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides timber and poles (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as litandu (q.v.).
muheti
Ocotea usambarensis Engl.
Lauraceae
(Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Not seen in Mkimbizi, but said to occur east of the Image hills: a timber tree (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). East African Camphor-wood (Mbuya et al. 1994). = mheti, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides timber, fuelwood, and is used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mugimbwana (q.v.).
muheve
(1) Neoboutonia macrocalyx Pax
Euphorbiaceae
= mhewe, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998).
(2) Abutilon indicum Harv.
Malvaceae
= muhewe (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Also recorded as fyefye (q.v.). [check botanical name]
muheyelo
Aphloia theiformis (Vahl) Benn.
Flacourtiaceae
= mheydo (assumed to be a mistranscription), Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Mufindi: used to make spoons and hoe handles (MBG n.d.). Also recorded as mukongo (q.v.), mupuma (q.v.) and mupumu (q.v.). Cf. the cognate heyelo and kiheyelo.
muhimbachigulu
Euclea divinorum Hiern
Ebenaceae
= mhimbachigulu (Mbuya et al. 1994). This shrub or tree is more widely recorded with the name muhekele (q.v.).
muholela
Combretum zeyheri Sond.
Combretaceae
(Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mulyasenga (q.v.).
muhombahomba
Senna singueana (Del.) Lock
Caesalpiniaceae
= Cassia singueana Del. (Verdcourt and Trump 1969). The more common name for this tree is muhanza (q.v.), which also has a reduplicated form, muhanzahanza (q.v.).
muhemi
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
muhomelo
(1) Mystroxylon aethiopicum (Thunb.) Loes.
Celastraceae
= mhomelo, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = mhomelo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: shrub used to make utensils (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. the cognate lihomelo.
(2) Maytenus undata (Thunb.) Blakelock
Celastraceae
= mhomelo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: shrub used for firewood and to make utensils (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as lupumo (q.v.) and lutamu (q.v.).
muhongole
Lantana viburnoides (Forssk.) Vahl
Verbenaceae
E.A. 13213 (Redmayne n.d.). A plant used in treating madness, more widely known by the cognate name luhongole (q.v.), also recorded as kihongole (q.v.).
muhuu
Syzygium cordatum Krauss
Myrtaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as muvengi (q.v.). Water-berry Tree in English.
muhugu
Croton macrostachyus Del.
Euphorbiaceae
(Mbuya et al. 1994). This name is probably cognate with muhulugu (q.v.) and muvulugu (q.v.). Other recorded names for this tree are mulungu (q.v.) and mupongolo (q.v.).
muhulatangu
Securidaca longipedunculata Fres.
Polygalaceae
= mhulatangu (Verdcourt and Trump 1969). Name also recorded as muvuhalatango (q.v.), munyumfu (q.v.), and mulyasenga (q.v.).
muhulo
(1) Sorindeia madagascariensis DC.
Anacardiaceae
= mhulo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides fuelwood, poles, and edible fruits (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mupilipili (q.v.) and tundawasa (q.v.).
(2) Catha edulis (Vahl.) Endl.
Celastraceae
= muhulo, mhulu, muhulu (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Ibumu village and Image Forest Reserve: a source of fuelwood and edible leaves (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also listed with this name by Mbuya et al. (1994). This is the shrub or tree widely known as Khat or Miraa after the young shoots which are chewed as a stimulant. It is an indigenous plant, not cultivated in Iringa. Also recorded as lihulo (q.v.) and liluti (q.v.).
(3) Cryptocarya liebertiana Engl.
Lauraceae
= mhulo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides timber and fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as muguluka (q.v.) and mwitsukulu (q.v.).
muhulugu
Croton macrostachyus Del.
Euphorbiaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). This name may be cognate with both muvulugu (q.v.) and muhugu (q.v.). Other recorded names for this tree are mulungu (q.v.) and mupongolo (q.v.).
muhumbalunyuche
Lannea edulis (Sond.) Engl.
Anacardiaceae
= muhumba-lunyuuche, Mgololo in Mufindi District: edible fruits (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also called mugulumo (q.v.).
muhungulu
Pappea capensis Eckl. & Zeyh.
Sapindaceae
Weck (1908) described the dried, pounded and cooked leaves of muhungulu as an ingredient in the treatment of inflammation of the hip joint, the resulting powder
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES being rubbed into small incisions made in the painful hip (see under the entry for mhanza). Redmayne adds: ‘Muhungulu is a well known Kihehe plant name. I was not able to obtain information about its medicinal use nor to obtain a specimen although it is said to grow on the outskirts of Iringa town where the road descends to Kalenga (c.5,300 ft.)’ (1969: 39). Mbuya et al. (1994) identify mhungulu as P.capensis, a shrub or small tree which has a variety of known medicinal uses elsewhere in the region.
mukalanganyambwi
Isolona heinsenii Engl.
Annonaceae
= mkalanganyambwi, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a source of poles and with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998).
mukalu
Allophyllus abyssinicus (Hochst.). Radlk.
Sapindaceae
= mkaru, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as munyamagakala (q.v.).
mukandekande
Antidesma venosum Tul.
Euphorbiaceae
= mkandekande, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Cf. the cognate likandekande.
mukangafu
Suregada procera (Prain) Croizat
Euphorbiaceae
= mkangafu, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which is a source of fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998).
mukangatowo
Dombeya rotundifolia (Hochst.) Planch.
Sterculiaceae
= mkangatovo, Dombeya sp., Mkimbizi: source of firewood and building poles (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Listed by Mbuya et al. (as mkangatowo, D.rotundifolia) with the English name White Dombeya. Also recorded as mukangatwe (q.v.), mutobo (q.v.), muto (q.v.), mutungitowo (q.v.), and mulati (q.v.). Cf. also mukiwe and mukwi for undetermined Dombeya sp(p).
mukangatwe
Dombeya rotundifolia (Hochst.) Planch.
Sterculiaceae
= Dombeya rotundifolia Harv., E.A. 13273 (Redmayne n.d.). This is evidently a variant or close relative of the name mukangatowo (q.v.). This tree is also recorded as mutobo (q.v.), muto (q.v.), mutungitowo (q.v.), and mulati (q.v.).
mukani
(1) Allanblackia stuhlmannii (Engl.) Engl.
Guttiferae
= mkani, mkaane, makane, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = mkani, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides timber and poles; its fruits are eaten by animals (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mulenge (q.v.) and mulomboti (q.v.).
(2) Allanblackia ulugurensis Engl.
Guttiferae
= mkani, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides timber, poles and fuelwood, and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as musengela (q.v.). [check botanical name]
(3) Garcinia buchananii Bak.
Guttiferae
= makane, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as muduma (q.v.).
(4) Garcinia volkensii Engl.
Guttiferae
= makane, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mufilifili
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES (q.v.) and mukongwa (q.v.).
mukanye
Polyscias fulva (Hiern) Harms
Araliaceae
= mkanye, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as limanza (q.v.) and mudeke (q.v.).
mukatsa
(1) Garcinia huillensis Oliv.
Guttiferae
= mkatsa, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree with which provides timber and fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mufilafila (q.v.).
(2) Coffea eugenioides S.Moore
Rubiaceae
= mkatsa (Hora 1940). Redmayne (1969) suggests that this may be a dialect variant of makasa (the plural of likasa, q.v.). There is no evidence for this, though the names may be linguistically cognate. Also recorded as mupucha (q.v.), musebele (q.v.) and mutabagila (q.v.).
(1) Bequartiodendron natalense (Sond.) Heine & J.H.Hemsl.
Sapotaceae
= mkelegeti (mkeregeti), Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). This name is either the same or closely related to mukelekete (q.v.).
(2) Pachystela brevipes (Baker) Engl.
Sapotaceae
= mkelegeti (mkeregeti), Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as msumbati (q.v.).
mukelekete
Rhoicissus tridentata (L.f.) Wild & Drum.
Vitaceae
= mkelekete, Mufindi (MBG n.d.). Also recorded as litogonigo (q.v.), lilogonego (q.v.), mutonganego (q.v.), litenganego (q.v.), toganigo (q.v.), and mutanganego (q.v.). If not the same as, this name is cognate with mukelegeti (q.v.).
mukelenafifi
Stereospermum kunthianum Cham.
Bignoniaceae
= mkerenafifi (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). = mkelenafifi (Mbuya et al. 1994). Also recorded as mukononangedenge (q.v.).
mukinamsitu
Sclerochiton holstii (Lindau) C.B.Cl.
Acanthaceae
= mkinamsitu, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al.).
mukinuva
Euphorbia quadrangularis Pax
Euphorbiaceae
= mkinuva (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as kinuva (q.v.).
muking’inasenga
Swartzia madagascariensis Desv.
Caesalpiniaceae
Mkimbizi: provides building poles; the leaves are poisonous to livestock (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Verdcourt and Trump (1969) confirm that this widespread plant of miombo woodland has poisonous properties. Also called mulyasenga (q.v.) and muvalugos[?] (q.v.).
mukiwe
Dombeya sp.
Sterculiaceae
= mkiwe, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). This name is either the same or closely related to mukwi (q.v.), recorded in the Mkimbizi area and also referring to an undetermined Dombeya sp.
mukoge
Vitex doniana Sweet
Verbenaceae
= mkoge, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = mkoge, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides timber, fuelwood, edible fruits, and is a source of wild honey (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mufudu (q.v.), mufudululenga
mukelegeti
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES (q.v.), and mupwanga (q.v). Cf. mukogo. Black Plum in English.
mukogo
(1) Nuxia floribunda Benth.
Loganiaceae
= mkogo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides poles and fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mugogo (q.v.), mungogo (q.v.), mukombalwiko (q.v.), and mukongoti (q.v.).
(2) Vitex amaniensis Pieper
Verbenaceae
= mkogo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides timber and fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mufulofulo (q.v.) and mupoma (q.v.). Cf. mukoge.
mukoko
Lindackeria sp.
Flacourtiaceae
= mkoko, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides poles and fuelwood, and is used for making tool and spear handles (Shangali et al. 1998).
mukolongo
(1) Holarrhena pubescens (Buch.- Ham.) G.Don
Apocynaceae
= mkolongo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mufilafila (q.v.).
(2) Agauria salicifolia (Lam.) Oliv.
Ericaceae
= mkolongo, Hehe; mkorongo, ‘Kizungwa’ (Verdcourt and Trump 1969). = mkolongo, A.salicifolila ‘??’, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = mkolongo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides poles and fuelwood, and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mugema (q.v.).
mukomba
Bauhinia petersiana Bolle
Caesalpiniaceae
= mkomba (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). = mkomba, also in Sangu, White Bauhinia (Mbuya et al. 1994). = mkomba (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mugobwali (q.v.), muhakwe (q.v.), musengela (q.v.), and mwasamlo (q.v.).
mukombalwiko
Nuxia floribunda Benth.
Loganiaceae
= mkombalwika, mkombaluiko, Mufindi: a tree which provides building poles and firewood, and is used for making wooden spoons (MBG n.d.). Also recorded as mugogo (q.v.), mukogo (q.v.), mungogo (q.v.), and mukongoti (q.v.). Cf. mukombamwiko.
mukombamwiko
Xymalos monospora (Harv.). Warb.
Monimiaceae
= mkombamwiko, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used for fuelwood and making utensils and tool handles (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as muvalambi (q.v.). Cf. mukombalwiko. [check authority]
mukongati
Julbernardia globiflora Troupin
Caesalpiniaceae
= mkongati (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mukwe (q.v.) and mupinati (q.v.). Cf. mukongoti. [check botanical name: genus Isoberlinia?]
mukonge
Sansevieria kirkii Bak.
Agavaceae
E.A. 13262 (Redmayne n.d.). Redmayne adds that this name also applies to other Sansevieria spp. [check the botanical name and family]
mukongo
(1) Dialium holtzii Harms
Caesalpiniaceae
= mkongo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mubapa (q.v.).
(2) Aphloia theiformis (Vahl)
Flacourtiaceae
= mkongo, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as muheyelo
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
Benn.
NOTES (q.v.), mupuma (q.v.) and mupumu (q.v.).
(3) Allophyllus abyssinicus (Hochst.) Radlk.
Sapindaceae
= mkongo, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as munyakisagi (q.v.).
(4) Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites
Sapindaceae
= mkongo, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = mkongo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides poles and fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998).
mukongonangedenge
Stereospermum kunthianum Cham.
Bignoniaceae
= mkongonangedenge, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides poles and fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mukelenafifi (q.v.). Cf. the names mwingilagidenge and mukwelangedege.
mukongoti
Nuxia floribunda Benth.
Loganiaceae
= mkongoti, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mugogo (q.v.), mukogo (q.v.), mungogo (q.v.), and mukombalwiko (q.v.).
mukongoza
Tabernaemontana pachysiphon Stapf
Apocynaceae
= mkongoza, Tabernaemontana sp., Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = mkongoza, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mulowolowo (q.v.).
mukongwa
Garcinia volkensii Engl.
Guttiferae
= mkongwa, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mukani (q.v.) and mufilifili (q.v.).
mukosi
Maesa lanceolata Forssk.
Myrsinaceae
E.A. 11.358 (Redmayne n.d.). See also mukuti, muguti, munguti, muputi, koti, likoti, and mutandu.
mukulati
Brachystegia sp.
Caesalpiniaceae
= mukurati, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Cf. mukalati. [is this a mistranscription?]
mukulukamusiva
Trimeria grandifolia (Hochst.) Warb.
Flacourtiaceae
= mkulukamsiva, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mupalala (q.v.).
mukulyungu
Terminalia sambesiaca Engl. & Diels.
Combretaceae
= mkuliungu, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mukundikwava (q.v.).
mukumbangobi
Tarenna pavettoides (Harv.) Sim.
Rubiaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mupilipili (q.v.) and nyamsitu (q.v.).
mukundikwava
Terminalia sambesiaca Engl. & Diels.
Combretaceae
= mkundikwava, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides timber, poles, and fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mukulyungu (q.v.).
mukungugu
(1) Erythrophloeum suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan
Caesalpiniaceae
= mkungugu, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides fuelwood and used to make pestles and tool handles (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as musangalabua (q.v.), mwafu (q.v.), and mwahi (q.v.).
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
(2) Acacia tortilis (Forssk.) Hayne
Mimosaceae
= mkungugu, Kiwele area and Kitapilimwa Forest Reserve: provides poles, fuelwood, and fodder (Ruffo and Mtui 1980).
mukusu
Uapaca kirkiana Muell. Arg.
Euphorbiaceae
= mkusu, also in Bende and Nyamwezi, msuku in Ngoni (Mbuya et al. 1994). = mkusu, Mufindi: described as a tree to 4 m tall, with edible red fruits (MBG n.d.). Also recorded as muguhu (q.v.). Called Wild Loquat in English.
mukuvikudi
[unidentified]
[unidentified]
Described by Weck (1908) as an ingredient, together with likasa (q.v.), in the treatment of (epileptic) fits, libisi (Redmayne 1969: 34-35). Redmayne adds: ‘Hehe who are otherwise knowledgeable about plants did not recognise this name. One informant from the highland of Ifwagi suggested that mukufukudi is another name for mukuyu. This is probably some sort of [F]icus which grows on the Great Ruaha plains’ (1969: 39). mukuyu (q.v.) is, in fact, recorded as a name for Ficus sycomorus in Udzungwa. Cf. the grass names likuvi and lukuvi, which may be cognate with the first part of the stem of mukuvikudi (or the whole word if it is a reduplicated form mukuvikuvi mistranscribed).
mukuti
Maesa lanceolata Forssk.
Myrsinaceae
= mkuti (Verdcourt and Trump 1969). Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). This name is probably the same as or closely related to muguti (q.v.) and munguti (q.v.), the latter also described as being from Udzungwa. See also koti, muputi, likoti, mukosi, and mutandu.
mukwala
Monodora grandidieri Baill.
Annonaceae
= mkwala, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides poles and tool handles (Shangali et al. 1998).
mukwambe
Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) Webster
Euphorbiaceae
= mkwambe, Kitelewasi area: fuelwood (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as munyanga (q.v.), mupuga (q.v.), musebele (q.v.), and mutododosi (q.v.).
mukwe
(1) Brachystegia longifolia Benth.
Caesalpiniaceae
= mkwe, Mkimbizi area: provides fuelwood and ropes; likewise Ibumu village and Image Forest Reserve and Nyololo in Mufindi District (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as mukwe (q.v.) and mutundu (q.v.).
(2) Brachystegia spiciformis Benth.
Caesalpiniaceae
= mkwe, Mkimbizi area: provides fuelwood; Kitelewasi area: provides fuelwood and ropes; Sao Hill, Mufindi District: provides timber, fuelwood, charcoal, and ropes (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). = mkwe, Bean-pod Tree (Mbuya et al. 1994). = mkwee (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mupinati (q.v.), muyombo (q.v.), and ndagula (q.v.).
(3) Julbernardia globiflora Troupin
Caesalpiniaceae
= mkwee (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). = mkwee (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mukongati (q.v.) and mupinati (q.v.). [check botanical name]
Sapium ellipticum (Krauss) Pax
Euphorbiaceae
= mkwembi, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides fuelwood
mukwembi
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mugulakazila (q.v.).
mukwi
Dombeya sp.
Sterculiaceae
= mkwi, Mkimbizi area: a source of firewood and building poles (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Cf. mukiwe, recorded in Udzungwa and likewise referring to an undetermined Dombeya sp.
mulama
(1) Combretum apiculatum Sond.
Combretaceae
= mlama (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). = mlama (Nahonyo et al. 1998). = mlama, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides poles, fuelwood, and charcoal (Shangali et al. 1998).
(2) Combretum grandifolium F.Hoffm.
Combretaceae
= mlama, Kiwele area and Kitapilimwa Forest Reserve: provides building poles and fuelwood (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). [check botanical name]
(3) Combretum gueinzii [authority?] ssp. splendens Exell.
Combretaceae
= mlama, mulama (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). [check botanical name]
(4) Combretum molle G.Don
Combretaceae
= mlama (Nahonyo et al. 1998). = mulama, Wangama (Moyer). Also recorded as kalama (q.v.), in diminutive class 12/13. Called Velvet-leaved Combretum or Velvet Bush Willow in English.
(5) Combretum zeyheri Sond.
Combretaceae
= mlama (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). = mlama (Nahonyo et al. 1998). = mlama, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides poles, fuelwood, charcoal, and used to make pestles (Shangali et al. 1998).
(6) Combretum spp.
Combretaceae
= mlama, Combretum spp. generally, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
(7) Terminalia spp.
Combretaceae
= mlama, Terminalia spp. generally, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
(1) Arundinaria alpina K.Schum.
Gramineae
= mulansi (Mbuya et al. 1994). Also recorded as mudenge (q.v.) and musisi (q.v.). Cf. the related names in other regional languages, including Kinga lilanzi, Swahili mwanzi. Mountain Bamboo in English.
(2) *Oxytenanthera abyssinica (A.Rich.) Munro
Gramineae
Nyololo in Mufindi District: used as poles (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Lowland or Wine Bamboo in English (Mbuya et al. 1994). Also recorded as lilanzi (q.v.), and kitindi (q.v.). [check authority]
mulati
Dombeya rotundifolia (Hochst.) Planch.
Sterculiaceae
= mlati, recorded by Mbuya et al. (1994) as an alternative name to mkangatowo (q.v.). Similar names (mlwati, mluati) are listed for Luguru and Zigua, and these can also be related to Gogo mtati (which has a Hehe record as D.cincinata) and Iraqw gwaadati / gwaatati. Other recorded Hehe names for this tree are mukangatwe (q.v.), mutungitowo (q.v.), mutobo (q.v.) and muto (q.v.).
mulelevasi
(1) Crinum politifolium Wahlst
Amaryllidaceae
= mlelevasi, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: has medicinal uses (Shangali et al.
mulanzi
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES 1998).
(2) Pollia condensata C.B.Cl.
Commelinaceae
= mlelevasi, a herb, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
mulelevati
Chlorophytum filipendulum Berk.
Anthericaeae
= mlelevati, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as nyalumbwembwe (q.v.). [is this a mistake for mulelvasi / mulelevatsi?]
mulelulelu
Casaeria battiscombei R.E.Fries
Flacourtiaceae
= mlelulelu, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides fuelwood, poles, and timber (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mupeeta (q.v.).
mulemajungwa
Gardenia thunbergia L.f.
Rubiaceae
(Watt and Breyer-Branwijk 1962). [check the botanical name and authority]. See also the related names kilamandembo, kilamandembwe, kilimandembwe, kilembandembwe, mulemandembwe, mulemandembo, and mulimandembwe. Cf. also Sangu mulemijungwa and mulimwijungwa (Walsh 1995): in Sangu (i)jungwa means ‘elephant’, and is therefore the equivalent of Hehe ndembwe / ndembo. [Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk have the same name for Sangu and Hehe – also in many other cases. Where were these pairs recorded? This example suggests that there was a Sangu bias. mulemajungwa as a Hehe name needs independent verification]
mulemandembo
(1) Gardenia ternifolia Schum. & Thonn.
Rubiaceae
= mlemandembo, G.jovis–tonantis, Nyololo, Mufindi District: with unspecified medicinal uses (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). See also the related names kilamandembo, kilamandembwe, kilembandembwe, kilimandembwe, mulimandembwe, mulemandembwe, and mulemajungwa.
(2) Gardenia transvenulosa Verdc.
Rubiaceae
= mlemandembo (Nahonyo et al. 1998). According to Nahonyo et al. mlemandembo is the Gogo name for both G.ternifolia and this sp.
(1) Gardenia subacaulis Stapf & Hutch.
Rubiaceae
E.A. 13229 (Redmayne n.d.). [check botanical name]
(2) Gardenia ternifolia Schum. & Thonn.
Rubiaceae
= mlemandembwe, G.jovis-tonantis, Mgololo, Mufindi District: a source of firewood (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Same name and identification in Nahonyo et al. (1998). The Hehe name means ‘the elephant hobbler’, perhaps a reference to its very hard wood and the difficulty elephants have in stripping down these trees. See also the related names kilamandembo, kilamandembwe, kilembandembwe, kilimandembwe, mulimandembwe, mulemandembo, and mulemajungwa.
(1) Allanblackia stuhlmannii (Engl.) Engl.
Guttiferae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mukani (q.v.) and mulomboti (q.v.).
(2) Syzygium guineense
Myrtaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as muvengi (q.v.). Water
mulemandembwe
mulenge
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
(Willd.) DC.
NOTES Berry in English.
mulimandembwe
Gardenia ternifolia Schum. & Thonn.
Rubiaceae
= G.jovis–tonantis, Wild Gardenia, Wangama (Moyer). See also the related names kilamandembo, kilamandembwe, kilimandembwe, kilembandembwe, mulemandembwe, mulemandembo, and mulemajungwa.
mulindima
Cylicomorpha parviflora Urb.
Caricaceae
= mlindima, Mufindi: trunk used to make beehives (MBG n.d.). Also recorded as mubuyu (q.v.) and muvolovolo (q.v.). Cf. mulindimila.
mulindimila
(1) Uvariodendron pyconophyllums (Diels) R.E.Fries.
Annonaceae
= mlindimila, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides poles, withies and firewood (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. mulindima.
(2) Afzelia quanzensis Welw.
Caesalpiniaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mbambakofi (q.v.), mufunguji (q.v.), and mwale (q.v.).
(3) Brachystegia bussei Harms
Caesalpiniaceae
= mlindimila, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as musani (q.v.), mutelela (q.v.), and muyombe (q.v.).
(4) Newtonia paucijuga (Harms) Brenan
Mimosaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
mulingalinga
Lannea humilis (Oliv.) Engl.
Anacardiaceae
= mlingalinga (Nahonyo et al. 1998).
mulolo, milolo, 3/4
[unidentified type of reed]
[unidentified]
= mlolo, milolo, ‘meaning reed or reeds’, and appearing in place names (Redmayne 1964: 103).
mulomboti
Allanblackia stuhlmannii (Engl.) Engl.
Guttiferae
= mlomboti, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides timber and poles; its fruits are eaten by animals (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mukani (q.v.) and mulenge (q.v.).
mulongamo
Salacia lovettii [authority?]
Celastraceae
= mlongamo, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Cf. mulungamo. [check botanical name]
mulowolowo
(1) Tabernaemontana pachysiphon Stapf
Apocynaceae
= mlowolowo, T.holstii K.Schum., Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mukongoza (q.v.).
(2) Voacanga africana Stapf
Apocynaceae
= mlowolowo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998).
mulukila
Achyranthes aspera L.
Amaranthaceae
= mlukila (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). The name lugeni (q.v.) has also been recorded for this species.
mulungamo
Oncinotis lanceolata Gilg.
Apocynaceae
= mlungamo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: has medicinal uses (Shangali et al.
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES 1998). Cf. mulongamo. [is one or other of these names mistranscribed?]
mulungu
Croton macrostachyus Del.
Euphorbiaceae
= C.machrostachys Hochst. ex A.Rich. (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). In this source the Hehe name is also recorded as ‘mulemgu’, assumed here to be a mistranscription. The existence of records of a number of similar names for this species – muhugu, muhulugu, and muvulugu (q.v.) – raises the possibility that mulungu itself is a mistranscribed version of one of them. Another recorded name for this tree is mupongolo (q.v.).
mulungulungu
(1) Zanthoxylum chalybeum Engl.
Rutaceae
Weck (1908) described mlungulungu as the key ingredient in the treatment of the illness called litawangu, which he translated as ‘inflammation of the lungs’: ‘some roots of mlungulungu are chewed and rubbed into the chest and shoulders. More of the same roots are boiled in an earthen pot with water and when the steam rises the patient sits in front of the pot with a large cloth or mat so that he is completely surrounded by the hot steam. When he has had a good sweat he has to rub down with a cloth’ (Redmayne 1969: 34). Redmayne adds: ‘In Kihehe litavangu literally means ‘the great enemy’ and is commonly used to refer to any serious disease which spreads and affects the whole body. It may often be tuberculosis but it is used in cases of many other serious or prolonged diseases with symptoms for which there is no other specific Hehe word. In Matandula mwaChula’s list it is defined as a pain throughout the body’ (1969: 36; this list of Hehe names for different illnesses was written by a medicine man for the anthropologist Gordon Brown in 1933). As for mulungulungu: ‘Many Hehe agree that this is used in medicines for litawangu [sic.] and some also mention that it may be used for treating pneumonia and in diseases where the patient is coughing blood. The roots are boiled in water and the patient drinks the fluid in which they have been boiled. I obtained a specimen of mlungulungu (E.A. 13275) which was identified as Fagara chalybea (Engl.) [Engl.] Rutaceae. In Check-Lists [Hora 1940], p.259, this is given as Fagara merkeri Engl.’ (Redmayne 1969: 39). mlungulungu was also listed by Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk (1962) as F.merkeri (synonymous with Z.chalybeum). In her list of identifications Redmayne (n.d.) wrote the Hehe name as mulungulungu. According to Mallango et al. (in prep.) mulungulungu (identified as Z.chalybeum) has a number of uses. The leaves are used as a vegetable, and the pounded seeds are mixed with cotton or sunflower oil to make perfumes. The leaves, roots and bark are also used as a medicine for stomach pain.
(2) Zanthoxylum
Rutaceae
= mlungulungu, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = mlungulungu, Mufindi
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
deremense(Engl.) Kokwaro
NOTES (MBG n.d.). [check the botanical name]
(3) Fagara olitoria Engl.
Rutaceae
= mlungulungu (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). [this botanical name needs updating]
(4) Zanthoxylum sp.
Rutaceae
= mlungulungu, Mufindi: described as an occasional understorey shrub to 3 m tall. Fruit red-purple, and green-purplish-red on its lower half. The crushed leaf and fruit have a lemon smell. The bark is used to kill or repel snakes (MBG n.d.).
(5) Zanthoxylum sp.
Rutaceae
= mlungulungu, Mufindi: described as a tree c.4 m tall x 10 cm dbh. The stem is grey with dark red prickles; fruit shiny green turning dark red when mature (MBG n.d.).
(6) Zanthoxylum sp.
Rutaceae
= mlungulungu, Mufindi: described as a tree to 6 m tall x 15 cm dbh. Flower buds pale green. Bark and roots used to treat gonorrhoea and syphilis. Leaves used to treat children's convulsions (MBG n.d.).
(7) Deinbollia sp.
Sapindaceae
= mlungulungu, Mufindi: described as an occasional tree to 8 m tall. Fruit green with yellow-white dots and dark brown pubescence. Roots used to treat gonorrhoea and syphilis; leaves to treat children's convulsions (MBG n.d.).
(1) Securidaca longipedunculata Fres.
Polygalaceae
E.A. 13231 (Redmayne n.d.). This is a poisonous plant of miombo woodlands (Verdcourt and Trump 1969), also recorded as muhulatangu (q.v.), muvuhalatango (q.v.), and munyumfu (q.v.), and called the Tree Violet or Violet Tree in English.
(2) Swartzia madagascariensis Desv.
Caesalpiniaceae
Mkimbizi: provides building poles; the leaves are poisonous to livestock (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Verdcourt and Trump (1969) confirm that this widespread plant of miombo woodland has poisonous properties. Also recorded as muking’inasenga (q.v.) and mvalugos[?] (q.v.).
(3) Combretum zeyheri Sond.
Combretaceae
= mlyasenga, Kiwele area / Kitapilimwa Forest Reserve: a source of firewood, and the roots are used as a medicine for ankylostomiasis, hookworm infection (Swahili safura) (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as muholela (q.v.).
(4) Monotes africana [authority?]
Dipterocarpaceae
= mlyasenga (Nahonyo et al. 1998). [Check botanical name and authority]
muumb[?] [name incomplete]
Lannea schimperi (A.Rich.) Engl.
Anacardiaceae
= Lannea schimperi Engl. (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Also called mugulumo (q.v.).
mumbala
(1) Anthocleista grandiflora Gilg
Loganiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree that provides timber, fish poison, and is used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mbala (q.v.), muvumbala (q.v.), and muguhuguhu (q.v.).
mulyasenga
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
(2) Lophia schweinfurthei [authority?]
[?]
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). [Check botanical name and authority]
mumbele
Erythrococca usambarica Prain
Euphorbiaceae
= mumbere, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as lutini (q.v.).
munduma
Garcinia spp.
Guttiferae
= mnduma, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Cf. muduma.
munepa
Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) Webster var. fragifolia (Pax) A.R.Sm.
Euphorbiaceae
= mnepa, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub which provides fuelwood and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. kiheyelo for M.discoidea. [check botanical name of variety]
mungaso
Ipomoea longituba Hall.f.
Convolvulaceae
E.A. 13260 (Redmayne n.d.). [check authority] According to Redmayne this name is also applied to other Ipomoea spp.
mungogo
(1) Nuxia congesta Fres.
Loganiaceae
Mkimbizi area: used for timber (Ruffo and Mtui 1980).
(2) Nuxia floribunda Benth.
Loganiaceae
= mngogo, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mukogo (q.v.), mugogo (q.v.), mukombalwiko (q.v.), and mukongoti (q.v.).
mungoto
Neoboutonia macrocalyx Pax
Euphorbiaceae
= mngoto, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Another recorded name for this tree in Udzungwa is mupongolo (q.v.).
mungulungulu
(1) Strychnos innocua Del.
Loganiaceae
(Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962).
(2) Strychnos spinosa Lam.
Loganiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub with edible fruits which provides fuelwood and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998).
(3) Strychnos sp.
Loganiaceae
= mungulugulu, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
mungumbadumbili
Strychnos angolensis Gilg
Loganiaceae
= mngumbadumbili, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lubondalafuno (q.v.).
munguti
Maesa lanceolata Forssk.
Myrsinaceae
Listed by Verdcourt and Trump as ‘Kizungwa’, i.e. from the Dzungwa dialect. Closely related to (if not a misheard version of) muguti (q.v.) and/or mukuti (q.v.) – the latter also recorded in Udzungwa. See also koti, muputi, likoti, mukosi, and mutandu, all given as names for the same tree. Verdcourt and Trump also have mnguti as a Luguru name for this sp.
mununu
*Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach ssp. nyassae (Oliv.) Brummitt
Bignoniaceae
= Tecomaria nyassae Baill. ex Schum. (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). = mnunu, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides fuelwood and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as kinyalomo (q.v.), nyaloma (q.v.), nyalulume (q.v.), leluni (q.v.), kipahoji (q.v.), lifipahosi (q.v.), and mufipahosi (q.v.). This is a cultivated ornamental called Cape Honeysuckle in English.
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES [check botanical name]
munung’anung’a
Conyza floribunda (H.B.K.) Sch.-Bip.
Compositae
= mnung’anung’a, a shrub, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
munusi
Solanum incanum L.
Solanaceae
= mnusi, S.panduliformae (Nahonyo et al. 1998). This plant, the Sodom Apple, is more commonly called by one of the following cognate terms: mudula, ndula, or ndulandula (q.v.). Cf. the cognates kinusi, linusi, manusi, and ninusi.
munyafwivi
Rhynchosia resinosa (A.Rich.) Bak.
Papilionaceae
= mnyafwivi, Kitelewasi: used as cattle fodder (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Redmayne (n.d.) recorded the variant linyafwivi (q.v.) for what was probably the same species of Rhynchosia.
munyakilumbe
[unidentified grass sp.]
[unidentified]
munyakirumbi was described by Weck (1908) as a type of grass used with lugugu (q.v.) for treating a measles-like skin disease called kingaruhanga (in his transcription) (Redmayne 1969: 34, 36-37). Redmayne was unable to identify either the disease or this plant, and has the following to say about the latter: ‘Many Hehe recognised the Kihehe plant name munyakilumbe but did not know that it had any particular medicinal use. It is said to grow in the hills above Malangali (above c.5,000 ft.) and also at Mufindi. In Check-Lists [Hora 1940] there is no Kihehe plant name of which munyakirumbi might be a distortion’ (1969: 39). Cf. nyakilumbi, identified as Clutia abyssinica, a shrub.
munyakisagi
Allophyllus abyssinicus (Hochst.) Radlk.
Sapindaceae
= mnyakisagi, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides timber and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mukongo (q.v.) and cognate with nyakisage (q.v.).
munyakwihonga
Droogmansia whytei Schindl.
Papilionaceae
= mnyakwihonga, D.pteropus var. whytei, Mkimbizi: ornamental (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded with the name mugonelatwa (q.v.). [check botanical name]
munyala
Deinbollia kilimandscharica Taub.
Sapindaceae
= mnyala, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides timber, poles and firewood (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mupilipili (q.v.).
munyaluhanga
Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia Pax
Euphorbiaceae
= mnyaluhanga, Mkimbizi area [?]: provides poles and a fish poison from its fruits (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as memena (q.v.), musolo (q.v.), and mutungulu (q.v.). Cf. the cognate nyaluhanga.
(2) Crotalaria sp.
Papilionaceae
= mnyaluhanga, Kitelewasi area: an ornamental (Ruffo and Mtui 1980).
munyamagakala
Allophylus abyssinicus (Hochst.) Radlk.
Sapindaceae
E.A. 13270 (Redmayne n.d.). Recorded in Udzungwa as mukalu (q.v.).
munyanga
Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) Webster
Euphorbiaceae
= Phyllanthus discoideus Müll. Arg. (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Also recorded as mukwambe (q.v.), mupuga (q.v.), musebele (q.v.), and mutododosi
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES (q.v.).
munyatoma
(1) Heteromorpha trifoliata (Wendl.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
Umbelliferae
E.A. 13212 (Redmayne n.d.).
(2) Bersama abyssinica Fres.
Melianthaceae
= mnyatoma, B.abyssinica ssp. abyssinica Verdc., Winged Bersama (Mbuya et al. 1994). = mnyatoma (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mubasamono (q.v.), mupeme (q.v.) and lipeme (q.v.).
munyigi
Protea angolensis Welw.
Proteaceae
E.A. 13225 (Redmayne n.d.). = mnyigi, Protea spp., Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
munyongole
Dodonaea viscosa Jacq.
Sapindaceae
= mnyongole, Mkimbizi: a fuel and hedge plant (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Other names recorded for this species are luhahi, luhali, lunyahi, lwahasa, and muhati (q.v.).
munyonzi
Cussonia spicata Thunb.
Araliaceae
= mnyonzi (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = mnyonzi, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as muhemi (q.v.), munyunzulu (q.v.), and mupombolukasi (q.v.).
munyumfu
Securidaca longipedunculata Fres.
Polygalaceae
= muniumfu (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Also recorded as muhulatangu (q.v.), muvuhalatango (q.v.), and mulyasenga (q.v.).
munyungamembe
Cussonia sp.
Araliaceae
= mnyungamembe, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
munyunzulu
Cussonia spicata Thunb.
Araliaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as muhemi (q.v.), munyonzi (q.v.), and mupombolukasi (q.v.).
mupalala
(1) Macaranga capensis (Baill.) Sim.
Euphorbiaceae
= mpalala, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
(2) Macaranga kilimandscharica Pax
Euphorbiaceae
= mpalala, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides timber, poles, fuelwood, is used for making beehives, and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mupongolo (q.v.).
(3) Trimeria grandifolia (Hochst.) Warb.
Flacourtiaceae
= mpalala, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mukulukamusiva (q.v.).
Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill.
Euphorbiaceae
= mpalang’ang’a, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used for medicine, firewood, dye, making beehives, and timber (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mwisa ~ mwitsa (q.v.), mwesa (q.v.) and muhapi (q.v.).
mupalang’ang’a
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
mupambaduma
Clerodendrum myricoides (Hochst.) Vatke
Verbenaceae
= mpambaduma, C.discolor Vatke, E.A. 13215 (Redmayne n.d.). In Udzungwa this species has been recorded with the names lipokopoko (q.v.) and lipukupuku (q.v.).
mupasa
Lannea stuhlmannii [authority?]
Anacardiaceae
= mpasa (Nahonyo et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
mupemba-mulusi
Pennisetum polystachyon (L.) Schult
Gramineae
= mpembamlusi, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a grass used for thatching and fodder (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
mupembedza
Brachystegia microphylla Harms
Caesalpiniaceae
= mpembedza, Nyololo, Mufindi District: provides timber, fuelwood, ropes (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as mugela (q.v.), muhani (q.v.), and musani (q.v.).
mupeme
(1) Bersama abyssinica Fres.
Melianthaceae
= mupeme and mpeme, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = mpeme, B.abyssinica ssp. abyssinica Verdc., Winged Bersama (Mbuya et al. 1994). = mpeme (Nahonyo et al. 1998). = mpeme, Mufindi (MBG n.d.). lipeme, also from Mufindi, is cognate. Also recorded as mubasamono (q.v.) and munyatoma (q.v.).
(2) Paullinia pinnata L.
Sapindaceae
= mpeme, Chita area by Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
mupeeta
Casaeria battiscombei R.E.Fries
Flacourtiaceae
= mpeeta, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides fuelwood, poles, and timber (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mulelulelu (q.v.).
mupilipili
(1) Sorindeia madagascariensis DC.
Anacardiaceae
= mpilipili, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = mpilipili, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides fuelwood, poles, and edible fruits (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as muhulo (q.v.) and tundawasa (q.v.).
(2) Trichoscypha ulugurensis Mildbr.
Anacardiaceae
= mpilipili, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = mpilipili, T.ulugurensis Mildbr. ssp. ulugurensis, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides fuelwood, poles, and tool handles (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as lukumbwembwe (q.v.), lusani (q.v.), and mbembanigo (q.v.).
(3) Rauvolfia mannii Stapf
Apocynaceae
= mpilipili, Mufindi: described as an occasional shrub c.2 m high. Leaves producing white latex; corolla tube pale yellow-green; fruits green (MBG n.d.). Also recorded as kinawihongo (q.v.) and nyavihongo ndogo (q.v.).
(4) Lepidotrichilia volkensii (Gürke) Leroy
Meliaceae
= mpilipili, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as musebele (q.v.). Also recorded as mufanga (q.v.).
(5) Tarenna pavettoides (Harv.) Sim.
Rubiaceae
= mpiripiri, Chita area by Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mukumbangobi (q.v.) and nyamsitu (q.v.).
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
(6) Deinbollia kilimandscharica Taub.
Sapindaceae
= mpiripiri, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as munyala (q.v.).
(7) Sapindaceae spp.
Sapindaceae
Rodgers and Mwasumbi (n.d.) also state that this is a name for Sapindaceae ‘in general’.
(1) Brachystegia spiciformis Benth.
Caesalpiniaceae
= mpinati, Ibumu village and Image Forest Reserve: provides timber, fuelwood and ropes; likewise at Nyololo in Mufindi District (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). = mpinati (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mukwe (q.v.), muyombo (q.v.), and ndagula (q.v.). [check Nahonyo ref]
(2) Julbernardia globiflora Troupin
Caesalpiniaceae
= mpanate (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). = mpinati, Kitelewasi area: provides fuelwood and ropes (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). = mpinati (Mbuya et al. 1994). = mpinati (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mukongati (q.v.) and mukwe (q.v.). [check botanical name and Nahonyo ref]
(3) Lysidice rhodostegia Hance.
Caesalpiniaceae
= mpinati, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides poles, fuelwood, and handles for tools (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
(1) Flacourtia indica (Burm.f.) Merrill
Flacourtiaceae
= mpingipingi, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a small tree with edible fruits, and which provides fuelwood and is used for making pestles (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mugola (q.v.) and mugogola (q.v.).
(2) Scolopia rhamniphylla Gilg.
Flacourtiaceae
= mpingipingi, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub with edible fruits, and medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998).
mupodo
Podocarpus sp.
Podocarpaceae
= mpodo, Mkimbizi: provides timber (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). This name evidently originates in the English name for Podocarpus spp., Podo (also East African Yellowood). Cf. muvembanagi and muvembanyigo.
mupoloto
(1) Xylopia parviflora (A.Rich.) Benth.
Annonaceae
= mpoloto, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lihomelo (q.v.).
(2) Fagaropsis angolensis (Engl.) Dale
Rutaceae
= mporoto, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
mupolyoto
Pluchea monocephala E.A.Bruce
Compositae
= mpolioto, a herb, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. mupoloto. [check botanical name]
mupoma
(1) Vitex amaniensis Pieper
Verbenaceae
= mpoma, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides timber and fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mufulofulo (q.v.) and mukogo (q.v.).
(2) Vitex madiensis Oliv.
Verbenaceae
= mpoma, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides fuelwood and withies (Shangali
mupinati
mupingipingi
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES et al. 1998).
mupombolukasi
Cussonia spicata Thunb.
Araliaceae
Mufindi: used for making wooden bicycle wheels (MBG n.d.). Also recorded as muhemi (q.v.), munyonzi (q.v.), and munyunzulu (q.v.). Cf. the related name lipombogasi.
mupongolo
(1) Croton macrostachyus Del.
Euphorbiaceae
= mpongolo, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). This tree has also been recorded with the following names: mulungu, muhugu, muhulugu, and muvulugu (q.v.).
(2) Macaranga kilimandscharica Pax
Euphorbiaceae
= mpongole, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = mpongolo, Mufindi (MBG n.d.). Also recorded as mupalala (q.v.).
(3) Neoboutonia macrocalyx Pax
Euphorbiaceae
= mpongolo, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Another recorded name for this tree in Udzungwa is mungoto (q.v.).
(4) Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirvengadum
Rubiaceae
= pongolo, Xeromphis spinosa Keay (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962); = mpongolo, Randia taylorii S.Moore (Redmayne n.d.). Recorded with the same name and identification (C.spinosa) in the Mkimbizi area, where it is used for fuelwood and to make poles (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). The names mufulofulo (q.v.) and mututumu (q.v.) have also been recorded for this shrub or tree.
mupuga
Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) Webster
Euphorbiaceae
= mpuga (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mukwambe (q.v.), munyanga (q.v.), musebele (q.v.), and mutododosi (q.v.).
mupugupugu
Lannea schimperi (A.Rich.) Engl.
Anacardiaceae
= mpugupugu, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used to make tool handles (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as luguvani (q.v.).
mupulananga
Monanthotaxis buchananii (Engl.) Verdc.
Annonaceae
= mpulananga, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as livelevele (q.v.).
mupululu
Terminalia sericea Burch. ex DC.
Combretaceae
= mpululu (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). = mupululu (Redmayne n.d.). = mpululu, also in Gogo (Nahonyo et al. 1998).
mupuma
Aphloia theiformis (Vahl) Benn.
Flacourtiaceae
= mpuma, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as muheyelo (q.v.), mukongo (q.v.), and the variant name mupumu (q.v.).
mupumu
Aphloia theiformis (Vahl) Benn.
Flacourtiaceae
= mpumo, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides poles and fuelwood, used for making utensils, and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as muheyelo (q.v.), mukongo (q.v.), and with the variant name mupuma (q.v.). Cf. lupumo.
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
muputsa ~ mupucha
(1) Drypetes natalensis (Harv.) Hutch.
Euphorbiaceae
= mputsa, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides poles and fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998).
(1) Coffea spp.
Rubiaceae
= mpucha, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
(2) Coffea eugenioides S.Moore
Rubiaceae
= mpucha, Ibumu village and Image Forest Reserve (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as mukatsa (q.v.), musebele (q.v.) and mutabagila (q.v.).
(1) Maesa lanceolata Forssk.,
Myrsinaceae
= mputi, Udzungwa (Rodger and Mwasumbi n.d.). See also mukuti, muguti, munguti, koti, likoti, mukosi, and mutandu.
(2) Markhamia acuminata (Klotzsch) K.Schum.
Bignoniaceae
= mputi, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as muswati (q.v.) and musumamela (q.v.). [check the botanical name]
mupwanga
Vitex doniana Sweet
Verbenaceae
= mpwanga, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides timber, fuelwood, edible fruits, and is a source of wild honey (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mufudu (q.v.), mufudululenga (q.v.), and mukoge (q.v).
musada
(1) Vangueria infausta Burch.
Rubiaceae
= msada, Vangueria sp. cf. V.tomentosa, recorded in the Mkimbizi area by Ruffo and Mtui (1980) as a source of fuelwood, poles and edible fruits. In their list of names from Udzungwa, Rodgers and Mwasumbi (n.d.) also record musada for unspecified Vangueria sp. In Mufindi msada, V.infausta, has been noted as a source of medicine for treating gonorrhoea, as well as of edible fruits (MBG n.d.). Also recorded as musambalawe (q.v.) and muzanzo (q.v.). The name mwindu (q.v.) has been recorded for a Vangueria sp. which may well be V.infausta.
(2) Vangueria madagascariensis Gmel.
Rubiaceae
= = msada, V.acutiloba, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). This species is also called musambalawe (q.v.).
(1) Osyris lanceolata Hochst. & Steudel
Santalaceae
= msakasaka (Nahonyo et al. 1998).
(2) Maerua decumbens (Brongn.) De Wolf
Capparaceae
= msakasaka, Courbonia glauca (Klotzsch) Gilg & Bened. (Verdcourt and Trump 1969). = msakasaka, C.glauca (Klotzsch) Gilg & Bened. (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as musokasoka (q.v.) and musalale (q.v.). Verdcourt and Trump (1962) give the cognates saka and saka-saka as Gogo names for the same sp.
musalale
Maerua decumbens (Brongn.) De Wolf
Capparaceae
= Courbonia glauca (Klotzsch) Gilg & Bened. (Verdcourt and Trump 1969). Also recorded as musakasaka (q.v.) and musokasoka (q.v.).
musalatusi
Asplenium elliottii C.H.Wright
Aspleniaceae
= msalatusi, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a fern (Shangali et al. 1998).
musambalawe
(1) Vangueria apiculata
Rubiaceae
= msambalawe, E.A. 13233 (Redmayne n.d.).
muputi
musakasaka
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
(2) Vangueria infausta Burch.
Rubiaceae
= msambalawe, V.tomentosa Hochst., E. A. 13274 (Redmayne n.d.). Recorded in the Mkimbizi area (as msambalawe, Vangueria sp. cf. V.tomentosa) by Ruffo and Mtui (1980), who were told that it is a source of fuelwood, poles, and edible fruits. Also listed (as msambalawe, V.infausta) by Mbuya et al. (1994), giving the English name Wild Medlar. [also Nahonyo et al.?] Alternative names recorded for this shrub or tree are msada (q.v.) and mzanzo (q.v.).
(3) Vangueria madagascariensis Gmel.
Rubiaceae
= V.acutiloba Robyns, E.A. 13276 (Redmayne n.d.). = msambalawe (Nahonyo et al. 1998).
(4) Ehretia cymosa Thonn.
Boraginaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). In this source the name is printed as msambalow, presumed here to be a mistake for musambalawe.
musambalawelulenga
Vangueriopsis lanciflora [authority?]
Rubiaceae
= msambalawe-lulenga, Mkimbizi area: edible fruits (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also listed (as msambalwe-lulenga) by Mbuya et al. (1994), who give the English name Crooked False Medlar.
musangalabua
Erythrophloeum suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan
Caesalpiniaceae
= msangalabua, in Gogo msangala (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mukungugu (q.v.), mwafu (q.v.), and mwahi (q.v.).
musasamlo
Pavetta schumanniana [authority?]
Rubiaceae
= msasamlo, Mkimbizi area: used for firewood and as an ingredient in cough medicine (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Compare mwisasamulu (q.v.) recorded for an undetermined Pavetta sp. Cf. mwasamlo. [check botanical name]
musani
(1) Brachystegia bussei Harms
Caesalpiniaceae
= msani (Nahonyo et al.). Also recorded as mulindimila (q.v.), mutelela (q.v.), and muyombe (q.v.).
(2) Brachystegia microphylla Harms
Caesalpiniaceae
= msani, msaani, Chita area by Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = msani, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides timber, fuelwood and charcoal (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mugela (q.v.), muhani (q.v.), and mupembedza (q.v.).
musanze
Crossopteryx febrifuga (G.Don) Benth.
Rubiaceae
= msanze (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mufyuwi (q.v.) and musasati (q.v.).
musasati
(1) Uvariodendron oligocarpum Verdc.
Annonaceae
= msasati, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as muhangama (q.v.).
(2) Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A.Rich.
Annonaceae
= msasati, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as kipulula (q.v.).
K.Schum.
HEHE NAME
musawula
musebele
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
(3) Crossopteryx febrifuga (G.Don) Benth.
Rubiaceae
= msasati, Chita area by Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mufyuwi (q.v.) and musanze (q.v.).
(4) Vitex mombassae Vatke
Verbenaceae
= msasati, Mkimbizi area: has edible fruits (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). = msasati, same name in Nyaturu and Nyiramba, Smelly Berry Vitex in English (Mbuya et al. 1994). = msasati, Mahuninga: leaves crushed, soaked and applied to eyes to treat eye defects (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mufudululenga (q.v.).
(5) Vitex payos (Lour.) Merr.
Verbenaceae
= msasati (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mufudululenga (q.v.).
(1) Parinari curatellifolia Benth.
Chrysobalanaceae
= msawola, Hehe and Malangali (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). = msawala, Mkimbizi area: has edible fruits and provides fuelwood; = msavula, Mafinga: with edible fruits; msaula, Nyololo in Mufindi District: provides fuelwood and edible fruits; = musawula, Mgololo in Mufindi District: has edible fruits (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). = msawola, msawula (Mbuya et al. 1994). = msaula, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: tree provides edible fruits and fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998). = msaula, Wangama (Moyer). This tree has related names in many Tanzanian languages, probably because it is very widely distributed. Known as Fever Tree and Mobola Plum in English.
(2) Parinari excelsa Sabine
Chrysobalanaceae
= msabula (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). = msaula, Udzungwa and Chita area by Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = msaula, Mufindi: bark used with other plant ingredients for treatment of stomach-ache (MBG n.d.). = msaula, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: tree provides edible fruits, fuelwood, timber, and is used for making bridges (Shangali et al. 1998).
(1) Sclerochiton boivinii C.B.Cl.
Acanthaceae
= msebele, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998).
(2) Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) Webster
Euphorbiaceae
= msebele, also in Gogo (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mukwambe (q.v.), munyanga (q.v.), mupuga (q.v.), and mutododosi (q.v.).
* (3) Pennisetum americanum (L.) K.Schum.
Gramineae
= musebele, P.typhoides (Burm.f.) Stapf & Hubbard, Mgololo in Mufindi District: a cereal (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). This is the grain crop generally called Bulrush or Pearl Millet in East Africa. It originates in tropical Africa, possibly in the Sahel zone of West Africa (Purseglove 1972: 205).
(4) Lepidotrichilia volkensii (Gürke) Leroy
Meliaceae
= msebele, Mkimbizi area: with medicinal uses (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as mupilipili (q.v.).
(5) Coffea eugenioides S.Moore
Rubiaceae
= msebere, Ibumu village and Image Forest Reserve (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as mukatsa (q.v.), mupucha (q.v.), and mutabagila (q.v.). Known in
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES Kenya as Nandi Coffee.
musengela
(1) Bauhinia petersiana Bolle
Caesalpiniaceae
= msengera, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides poles and fuelwood and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mugobwali (q.v.), muhakwe (q.v.), mukomba (q.v.), and mwasamlo (q.v.).
(2) Allanblackia ulugurensis Engl.
Guttiferae
= msengera, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides timber, poles and fuelwood, and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mukani (q.v.). [check botanical name]
mutsetsefwa
Rhus natalensis Krauss
Anacardiaceae
Mkimbizi area [?]: fuelwood, edible fruits (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also called muhehefu (q.v.), musesembwa (q.v.), and mutunumbi (q.v.). mutsetsefwa and musesembwa are probably close linguistic relatives.
musesembwa
Rhus natalensis Krauss
Anacardiaceae
= msesembwa, Mkimbizi area [?]: fuelwood, edible fruits (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also called muhehefu (q.v.), mutunumbi (q.v.), and mutsetsefwa (q.v.). The latter is probably linguistically related to musesembwa.
musilahenge
Aeschynomene abyssinica (A.Rich.) Vatke
Papilionaceae
E.A. 13204, 13207 (Redmayne n.d.).
mutsimutsimu
Begonia meyeri-johannis Engl.
Begoniaceae
= mtsimutsimu, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998).
musisi
Arundinaria alpina K.Schum.
Gramineae
= msisi, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a bamboo which provides poles and is used for weaving and thatching (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mudenge (q.v.) and mulansi (q.v.). Called Mountain Bamboo in English.
musisina
Diospyros whyteana (Hiern) F.White,
Ebenaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides timber, fuelwood, and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as nyakatitu (q.v.). [check botanical name]
musokasoka
Maerua decumbens (Brongn.) De Wolf
Capparaceae
= msokasoka, Courbonia edulis Gilg. & Ben. (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Also recorded as musakasaka (q.v.) and musalale (q.v.). [a mistranscription of musakasaka?]
musolang’anga
Asparagus falcatus
Liliaceae
= msolang’anga, Kiwele area and Kitapilimwa Forest Reserve: has medicinal uses (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Cf. palakanga, lipalakanga, lupalakanga, kapalang’anga, likalakanga, and madang’anga. [check botanical name]
musolo
Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia Pax var. maprouneifolia Pax
Euphorbiaceae
= msolo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides firewood and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). P. maprouneifolia is also recorded as memena (q.v.), munyaluhanga (q.v.), and mutungulu (q.v.).
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
musonga
Diplorhynchus condylocarpon (Muell. Arg.) Pichon
Apocynaceae
= msonga (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mufilani (q.v.) and mutogo (q.v.). Verdcourt and Trump (1969) give msanga as Nyamwezi and Sukuma; msongati as Bende and Nyamwezi; and msongea from an unidentified source. The Rift Valley name for this species therefore patterns with one of the names in West Tanzanian languages – and the Udzungwa name with Northeast Coast and RufijiRuvuma languages.
musosa
Ficus vasta Forssk.
Moraceae
= F.wakefieldii Hutch. (Redmayne n.d.).
mutsululusi
Nephrolepis biserrata (Swartz.) Schott.
Davaliaceae
= mtsululusi, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a fern (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. the cognate masululusi, also sulu [check botanical name]
musumbati
Pachystela brevipes (Baker) Engl.
Sapotaceae
= msumbati, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mukelegeti (q.v.).
musungula
Rourea orientalis Baill.
Connaraceae
= msungula (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as kinavilafi (q.v.), kinyavalafi (q.v.), and liyenzi (q.v.).
mutabagila
Coffea eugenioides S.Moore
Rubiaceae
= mtabagira, Ibumu village and Image Forest Reserve (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as mukatsa (q.v.), mupucha (q.v.), and musebele (q.v.).
mutambalangwense
Dracaena laxissima Engl.
Agavaceae
= mtambalangwense, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as kidetema (q.v.), lusungulutu (q.v.), mudetele (q.v.), and muvalambi (q.v.).
mutamila
Ziziphus abyssinica A.Rich.
Rhamnaceae
= mtamila, Mkimbizi area: used for firewood and building poles (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Name recorded more frequently as mutanula (q.v.). [Is mutamila an error of transcription?]
mutandagasi
Strychnos pungens Solered
Loganiaceae
= mtandagas [sic.] (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). More frequently recorded as mutangadasi (q.v.).
mutandu
Maesa lanceolata Forssk.
Myrsinaceae
= mtandu, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). See also mukuti, muguti, munguti, muputi, koti, likoti, and mukosi; all recorded as names for the same tree. Cf. litandu, which may be linguistically cognate.
mutangadasi
(1) Strychnos pungens Solered
Loganiaceae
= mtangadasi (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mutandagasi (q.v.).
(2) Strychnos spinosa Lam.
Loganiaceae
= mtangadas [sic.] (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). = mtangadasi, Mkimbizi area: provides poles (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). = mtangadasi, also in Sangu; Elephant Orange or Spiny Monkey Ball, in English (Mbuya et al. 1994). = mtangadasi (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mungulungulu (q.v.).
Rhoicissus tridentata (L.f.) Wild & Drum.
Vitaceae
= mtanganego, Mkimbizi area (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as litogonigo (q.v.), lilogonego (q.v.), mutonganego (q.v.), litenganego (q.v.), toganigo (q.v.),
mutanganego
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES and mukelekete (q.v.).
mutanula
(1) Ziziphus abyssinica A.Rich.
Rhamnaceae
= Z.abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich., E.A. 13205 (Redmayne n.d.). Name also recorded as mutamila (q.v.). Z.abyssinica is a tree, shrub or climber with ‘zig-zag’ branchlets, ‘mostly armed with single or paired curved thorns to 12mm’ (Beentje 1994: 359). The following Hehe riddle recorded by Redmayne plays upon this characteristic: ‘Kili pa mutanula sitola’, ‘It is in the mutanula tree and it cannot be taken out’, or (depending on the answer) ‘It is in the mutanula tree and he does not take it’. Redmayne records two different answers to this riddle, as follows. (1) ‘Inzala’, ‘Hunger’. Redmayne explains: ‘Hunger which cannot be taken out of the stomach is likened to something hidden in the very thorny mutanula tree. Sitola is active but here it is used instead of the passive form sitolwa. (2) ‘Muhasavo’, ‘Your sister (or your parallel cousin)’. Redmayne: ‘Kutola munu “to take a person” is an expression often used for a man marrying a wife. A Hehe man cannot marry anyone he calls muhasa, i.e. his sisters and parallel cousins’ (1970: 809, Nos.103 and 104).
(2) Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.
Rhamnaceae
= mtanula (Mbuya et al. 1994). = mtanula (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Indian Jujube or Geb in English.
(3) Ziziphus mucronata Willd.
Rhamnaceae
= mtanula (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). = mtanula (Nahonyo et al. 1998). = mtanula, Wangama (Moyer). Called Buffalo Thorn in English.
mutati
Dombeya cincinata [authority?]
Sterculiaceae
= mtati (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Nahonyo et al. also give this as the Gogo name for D.cincinata, and the Hehe record is probably a loanword from Gogo (assuming that it has not been misidentified as Hehe). Cf. Hehe mulati (q.v.) and Gogo mtati for D.rotundifolia. [check the sp. name and authority]
mutelela
Brachystegia bussei Harms
Caesalpiniaceae
= mtelela, Ibumu village and Image Forest Reserve: provides fuelwood and ropes (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). = mtelela, Large-leaved Brachystegia (Mbuya et al. 1994). = mtelela (Nahonyo et al.). Also recorded as mulindimila (q.v.), musani (q.v.), and muyombe (q.v.).
mutelya
Ozoroa insignis Del. ssp. reticulata (Bak.f.) Gillett
Anacardiaceae
= mteria, Heeria insignis O.Ktze. (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Other recorded names for this shrub or tree are lihenwe (q.v.) and motaponsi (q.v.).
mutema
Bauhinia sp.
Caesalpiniaceae
= mtema (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Cf. the names for B.petersiana: mugobwali, muhakwe, mukomba, musengela, and mwasamlo.
mutetema
Dracaena afromontana Mildbr.
Agavaceae
= mtetema, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mudetema (q.v.) and kidetema (q.v.), with detema (q.v.) and ndetema (q.v.) for other
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES Dracaena spp. [mistranscribed?]
mutimbwi
(1) Ormocarpum trichocarpum (Taub.) Engl.
Papilionaceae
E.A. 13241 (Redmayne n.d.).
(2) Oromocarpum trachycarpum (Taub.) Harms
Papilionaceae
= mtimbwi (Mbuya et al. 1994). Cognate with kitimbwi (q.v.) and also recorded as lungutiwa (q.v.).
mutitu
Diospyros sp.
Ebenaceae
= mtitu, mutitu, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Cf. the cognates nyakatitu and nyakititu.
muto
Dombeya rotundifolia (Hochst.) Planch.
Sterculiaceae
E.A. 13208 (Redmayne n.d.). Cognate with mutobo (q.v.). See also mkangatowo, mtungitowo, mukangatwe, and mlati. [should this be mutoo?]
mutobo
Dombeya rotundifolia (Hochst.) Planch.
Sterculiaceae
= mtobo (motobo), Dombeya sp. (D.rotundifolia), Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). This name is cognate with muto (q.v.) and the final element of mukangatowo (q.v.) and mutungitowo (q.v.). Other names recorded for this tree are mukangatwe (qv.) and mulati (q.v.).
mutododosi
Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) Webster
Euphorbiaceae
= mtododosi, Phyllanthus discoideus Müll. Arg. (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Also recorded as mukwambe (q.v.), munyanga (q.v.), mupuga (q.v.), and musebele (q.v.).
mutogo
Diplorhynchus condylocarpon (Muell. Arg.) Pichon
Apocynaceae
= mtogo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mufilani (q.v.) and musonga (q.v.). Given as mtogo in Vidunda, Luguru, Ngulu, Zigua and Rufiji; mtoo in Mbunga (Verdcourt and Trump 1969). The Udzungwa name for this species therefore patterns with nearby Northeast Coast and Rufiji-Ruvuma languages – and the Rift Valley name with West Tanzanian languages.
mutona
Phyllanthus inflatus Hutch.
Euphorbiaceae
= mtona, Chita area, Udzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). This name is cognate with kitona (q.v.), recorded in Udzungwa for (tentatively) P.muelleranus.
mutonganego
Rhoicissus tridentata (L.f.) Wild & Drum.
Vitaceae
= R.erythrodes (Fres.) Planch., E.A. 13242 (Redmayne n.d.). Also recorded as mutanganego (q.v.), litenganego (q.v.), lilogonego (q.v.), litogonigo (q.v.), toganigo (q.v.), and mukelekete (q.v.). All but the last of these names are related.
mutonganigu
Ampelocissus multistriata [authority?]
Vitaceae
= mtonganigu, Chita area by Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as litogonigo (q.v.) and lilogonego (q.v.). See also mutonganego, mutanganego, litenganego, toganigo, and mukelekete.
mutono
(1) Commiphora africana
Burseraceae
= mtono, C.pilosa Engl. (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). = mtono, Kiwele area
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
(A.Rich.) Engl.
NOTES and Kitapilimwa Forest Reserve: used for live fencing (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). = mtono (Nahonyo et al. 1998). = mtono, Poison-grub Commiphora, Wangama (Moyer). Mkwawa’s first fort at Kalenga (then known as Ilinga, meaning ‘stockade’) is said to have been fenced by mitono trees. This fort was visited by the French traveller Victor Giraud in February 1883 (Redmayne 1964: 144-145, 164, citing Giraud 1890: 129 ff., and copying his illustration, 1890: 138). The stockade was built sometime after Mkwawa’s return from exile in 1880 (Redmayne 1968: 47). The trees in question were most likely one or more Commiphora spp.
(2) Commiphora eminii Engl.
Burseraceae
= C.zimmermannii Engl., E.A. 13210 (Redmayne n.d.).
(3) Commiphora iringensis Engl.
Burseraceae
= mitono (plural) (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). [check botanical name]
(4) Commiphora mossambicensis [authority?]
Burseraceae
= mtono, Kitelewasi area: used for live fencing (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). [check botanical name]
(5) Commiphora sp.
Burseraceae
= mtono, Ibumu village and Image Forest Reserve: used for live fencing (Ruffo and Mtui 1980).
(6) Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam.
Rutaceae
= mtono, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). The names kitanula (q.v.) and litona (q.v.) have also been recorded for this liana.
mutopeta
Annona senegalensis Pers.
Annonaceae
= mtopeta, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a source of fuelwood and tool handles (Shangali et al. 1998). Wild Custard Apple or Wild Soursop in English.
mutoto
Uapaca nitida Muell. Arg.
Euphorbiaceae
= mtoto, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree with edible fruits and a source of poles, fuelwood, charcoal, and beehives (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
mutugutu
(1) Vernonia auriculifera Hiern
Compositae
= mtugutu, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
(2) Vernonia lasiopus O.Hoffm.
Compositae
E.A. 13261 (Redmayne n.d.). Also recorded as libaha (q.v.).
(3) Vernonia myriantha Hook.f.
Compositae
= mtugutu, V.subuligera O.Hoffm., Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = mtogoto (Mbuya et al. 1994). = mtugutu, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub used medicinally, also a good source of pollen for bees and therefore honey (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as tugutu (q.v.) and ndulusya (q.v.).
(4) Vernonia spp.
Compositae
According to Redmayne (n.d.) this name applies to other Vernonia spp., as well as V.lasiopus (see above).
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
mutumbatumba
Ximenia americana L.
Olacaceae
= mtumbatumba, X.americana and X.caffra at Mkimbizi, both with edible fruits (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded with the names mingi (q.v.), mutundwa (q.v.), and mwitunda (q.v.).
mutumbi
Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth.
Bignoniaceae
Wangama (Moyer). This species, the Sausage Tree, is widely known by the name mfumbi (q.v.). [Is mutumbi a mistake for mufumbi?]
mutundila
Acalypha chirindica S.Moore
Euphorbiaceae
= mtundila, E.A. 13267 (Redmayne n.d.).
mutundu
Brachystegia longifolia Benth.
Caesalpiniaceae
= mtundu (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Idodi Division: provides timber (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mukwe (q.v.) and muyombwe (q.v.).
mutundwa
Ximenia americana L.
Olacaceae
= mtundwa, E.A. 13271 (Redmayne n.d.). = mutundwa, pl. mitundwa (Mudemu n.d.). = mtundwa, X.americana and X.caffra at Mkimbizi, both with edible fruits (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). = mtundwa, X.caffra (Nahonyo et al. 1998). The names mwitunda (q.v.), mutumbatumba (q.v.), and mingi (q.v.) have also been recorded for this tree or shrub, which is called the Sour or Wild Plum in English (Beentje 1994). The Hehe names mutundwa and mwitunda presumably refer to these fruits.
mutungalunga, mitungalunga, 3/4
Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J.F.Gmel.
Rosaceae
= mitungarunga, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mudobole (q.v.), mugetwa (q.v.), and mwelesi ~ mweletsi (q.v.).
mutungitowo
Dombeya rotundifolia (Hochst.) Planch.
Sterculiaceae
= mtungitowo, Sao Hill: a source of firewood and tool handles (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). The final element of this name relates it to mutobo (q.v.), muto (q.v.) and mukangatowo (q.v.), and therefore also mukangatwe (q.v.). mulati (q.v.) has also been recorded as a Hehe name for this tree.
mutungulu
Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia Pax
Euphorbiaceae
= mtungulu (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as memena (q.v.), munyaluhanga (q.v.), and musolo (q.v.).
mutunumbi
(1) Rhus longipes Engl.
Anacardiaceae
= mtunumbi, Mufindi (MBG n.d.).
(2) Rhus natalensis Krauss
Anacardiaceae
= mtunumbi, Rhus sp. cf. R.natalensis, Mkimbizi area: edible fruits used in local brew [and also used a source of firewood?]; R.natalensis, Kitelewasi: firewood (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also listed, as mtunumbi, by Mbuya et al. (1994). Other recorded names for this species are muhehefu (q.v.), musesembwa (q.v.), and mutsetsefwa (q.v.).
(3) Rhus vulgaris Meikle
Anacardiaceae
Mafinga: firewood (Ruffo and Mtui 1980).
Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirvengadum
Rubiaceae
= mtutumu, Xeromphis obovata; Chita area / Udzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). This species has also been recorded with the
mututumu
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES names mufulofulo (q.v.) and mupongolo ((q.v.).
muvalala
Harungana madagascariensis Poir.
Guttiferae
= mvalala, muvalala, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mbalala (q.v.), muvavala (q.v.), muvata (q.v.), and kisyembadanda (q.v.).
muvalambi
(1) Dracaena laxissima Engl.
Agavaceae
= mvalambi, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used as toothbrushes (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as kidetema (q.v.), lusungulutu (q.v.), mudetele (q.v.), mutambalangwense (q.v.), and muvalambi (q.v.).
(2) Rawsonia lucida Harv. & Sond.
Flacourtiaceae
= mvalambi, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998).
(3) Rawsonia reticulata Gilg.
Flacourtiaceae
= mvalambi, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
(4) Xymalos monospora (Harv.). Warb.
Monimiaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mukombamwiko (q.v.). [check authority]
muvalugosi
Swartzia madagascariensis Desv.
Caesalpiniaceae
= mvaalugos (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Also recorded as mulyasenga (q.v.) and muking’inasenga (q.v.).
muvambalafidunda
(1) Osyris lanceolata Hochst. & Steudel
Santalaceae
= muvambalafidunda, O.compressa (Berg.) A.DC., E.A. 13232 (Redmayne n.d.). = muvambalafidunda, mvamvalavidunda (Mbuya et al. 1994). An alternative form of the name is muvambala-kidunda (q.v.). Also recorded as musakasaka (q.v.). Referred to in English as East African Sandalwood.
(2) Terminalia spinosa Engl.
Combretaceae
(Nahonyo et al. 1998).
muvambalakidunda
Osyris lanceolata Hochst. & Steudel
Santalaceae
= mvambalakidunda, Osyris compressa, Mkimbizi area: used as firewood (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Alternatively muvambala-fidunda (q.v.) and also recorded as musakasaka (q.v.).
muvambandusi ~ muvambandutsi
(1) Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Del.
Balanitaceae
= mvambandusi, Kiwele area and Kitapilimwa Forest Reserve: provides tool handles and fodder (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as muduguya (q.v.).
(2) Balanites pedicellaris Mildbr. & Schlecht.
Balanitaceae
Also muvambandusi in Gogo (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as muduguya (q.v.).
(3) Maytenus senegalensis (Lam.) Exell
Celastraceae
= mvambandusi, Mkimbizi area: provides fuelwood, tool handles, and substitute nails from its thorns; Mafinga: used for making tool handles; Nyololo in Mufindi District: provides fuelwood, poles, and tool handles. = mvambandutsi, Kitelewasi area: provides fuelwood, substitute nails from the thorns, and a medicine for stomach-ache from the leaves (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as kisugi (q.v.), mubondo (q.v.), and mwifwikakavili (q.v.).
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
muvanga
Zanha africana(Radlk.). Exell
Sapindaceae
Given by Vercourt and Trump (1969) as an alternative name for kivanga (q.v.).
muvata
Harungana madagascariensis Poir.
Guttiferae
= mvata, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mbalala (q.v.), muvalala (q.v.), muvavala (q.v.), and kisyembadanda (q.v.). Cf. muvavata for Harungana sp.
muvava
(1) Hibiscus diversifolius Jacq.
Malvaceae
= muvava, mvava, H.diversifolius subsp. witheanus, Mkimbizi area: used to make ropes (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as linyangamabele (q.v.) and muhangana (q.v.).
(2) Gnidia glauca (Fresen.) Gilg
Thymeleaceae
= mivava (plural), Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as livana (q.v.).
muvavala
Harungana madagascariensis Poir.
Guttiferae
= mvavala, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mbalala (q.v.), muvalala (q.v.), muvata (q.v.), and kisyembadanda (q.v.).
muvavata
Harungana sp.
Guttiferae
= mvavata, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides timber, poles, fuelwood, and is used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. the interrelated names of H.madagascariensis: mbalala, muvalala, muvavala, and muvata.
muvembanagi
Podocarpus latifolius (Thunb.) Mirb.
Podocarpaceae
= mvembanagi, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as muvembanyigo (q.v.). Cf. mupodo.
muvembanyigo
(1) Podocarpus latifolius (Thunb.) Mirb.
Podocarpaceae
(Mbuya et al. 1994). Also recorded as muvembanagi (q.v.). This name is cognate with mbembanigo (q.v.). Cf. mupodo.
(2) Podocarpus usambarensis Pilger
Podocarpaceae
(Mbuya et al. 1994).
(1) Eugenia capensis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Sond.
Myrtaceae
= muvenge, mwenge, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
(2) Syzygium cordatum Krauss
Myrtaceae
= muvengi, pl. mivengi (Mudemu n.d.). = S.cordatum, corrected by hand to S.guineense, Mkimbizi area: has edible fruits (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). = muvengi, Kinga imivengi (plural), Water-berry Tree (Mbuya et al. 1994). Also recorded as muhuu (q.v.).
(3) Syzygium guineense (Willd.) DC.
Myrtaceae
= muvenge, ‘Zungwe’; muvengi, Hehe, ‘Zungwa’ (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). = muvengi, Mkimbizi area: edible fruits; Mafinga: has edible fruits and provides fuelwood (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). = muvenge, mwenge, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = muvengi, Water Berry (Mbuya et al. 1994). = mvengi (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mulenge (q.v.).
Dasylepis integra Warb.
Flacourtiaceae
= mvinditi, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides poles and is used
muvengi, mivengi, 3/4
muvinditi
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES to make pestles (Shangali et al. 1998).
muvolovolo
Cylicomorpha parviflora Urb.
Caricaceae
= mvolvolo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used to make beehives (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mubuyu (q.v.) and mulindima (q.v.).
muvuhalatango
Securidaca longipedunculata Fres.
Polygalaceae
= mvuhalatango (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Also recorded as muhulatangu (q.v.), munyumfu (q.v.), and mulyasenga (q.v.).
muvulugu
(1) Abutilon sp.
Malvaceae
= muwulugu, E.A. 13217 (Redmayne n.d.).
(2) Croton macrostachyus Del.
Euphorbiaceae
= muwulugu, E.A. 13268, C.macrostachys [sic.] Hochst. ex A.Rich. (Redmayne n.d.). Recorded by Ruffo and Mtui (1980) in a number of locations: in Ibumu village and Image Forest Reserve as a source of fuelwood; at Sao Hill, Mufindi, with the same use; (as muvuluga) at Nyololo, Mufindi, as a shade tree and source of fuel; and at Mgololo in Mufindi District also as a fuelwood tree. Mbuya et al. (1994) record the same name (muvulugu) as well as related names in languages elsewhere in the region (Bena, Nyiha, Nyakyusa). Locally it is probably cognate with muhulugu (q.v.), recorded in Udzungwa, and also muhugu (q.v.). Other Hehe names recorded for the same tree are mulungu (q.v.) and mupongolo (q.v.).
muvumbala
Anthocleista grandiflora Gilg
Loganiaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mbala (q.v.), mumbala (q.v.), and muguhuguhu (q.v.).
muvyokovyoko
Uvaria sp.
Annonaceae
= mvyokovyoko, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. also the cognate mbokovoko.
muyombe
Brachystegia bussei Harms
Caesalpiniaceae
(Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mulindimila (q.v.), musani (q.v.), and mutelela (q.v.).
muyombo
Brachystegia spiciformis Benth.
Caesalpiniaceae
= myombo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides timber, poles, fuelwood and ropes (Shangali et al. 1998). Wangama (Moyer). Also recorded as mukwe (q.v.), mupinati (q.v.), and ndagula (q.v.). Cf. the related muyombe (q.v.) and muyombwe (q.v.).
muyombwe
Brachystegia longifolia Benth.
Caesalpiniaceae
= myomwe (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). = myombwe, Mkimbizi area: provides fuelwood and ropes (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as mukwe (q.v.) and mutundu (q.v.).
muyoyelandege
Hoslundia opposita Vahl
Labiatae
= ‘Kihehe, Kisagala’ (Verdcourt and Trump 1969). Also recorded as kinunganunga (q.v.) and vesungula (q.v.).
muzanzo
Vangueria infausta Burch.
Rubiaceae
= mzanzo, V.rotundata Robyns, E.A. 13279 (Redmayne n.d.). Also recorded as musada (q.v.) and musambalawe (q.v.). [check the unusual phonology]
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
muzunguzungu
Ageratum conyzoides L.
Compositae
= mzunguzungu, a herb, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as nosa (q.v.).
mwafu
Erythrophloeum suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan
Caesalpiniaceae
= muafu (Verdcourt and Trump 1969). Also recorded as mukungugu (q.v.), musangalabua (q.v.), and mwahi (q.v.).
mwahasa ~ mwahatsa
(1) Cyperus distans L.
Cyperaceae
= mwahatsa, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: sedge used for thatching (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as haala (q.v.). Cf. the cognate lwahasa. [check botanical name]
(2) Buddleia salviifolia (L.) Lam.
Loganiaceae
= mwahasa, Hehe, ‘Fuagi’ (i.e. Fwagi) (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as muhahasa (q.v.). [check botanical name]
mwahi
Erythrophloeum suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan
Caesalpiniaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as mukungugu (q.v.), musangalabua (q.v.), and mwafu (q.v.).
mwale
Afzelia quanzensis Welw.
Caesalpiniaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides timber, poles and firewood (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mbambakofi (q.v.), mufunguji (q.v.), and mulindimila (q.v.).
mwambula
Thunbergia sp.
Acanthaceae
= mwambura, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998).
mwasamlo
Bauhinia petersiana Bolle
Caesalpiniaceae
= mwasamlo (Nahonyo et al. 1998). Also recorded as mugobwali (q.v.), muhakwe (q.v.), mukomba (q.v.), and musengela (q.v.). Cf. musasamlo, mwisasamulu.
mwefi
Erythrococca sp.
Euphorbiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub (Shangali et al. 1998).
mwelesi ~ mweletsi
(1) Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J.F.Gmel.
Rosaceae
= mweretsi, mweretzi, H.anthelmintica J.F.Gmel., ‘Zungwa’ [Hora 1940]. = mwelesi or lwelesi (q.v.): ‘I was unable to obtain a specimen of this but it is said to grow on the edges of streams. In Check-Lists [Hora 1940], p.307, there are two entries for the Kisungwa dialect of highland Uhehe which appear to be variations of this name, mweretsi and mweretzi both given as Hagenia anthelmintica J.F.Gmel.’ (Redmayne 1969: 39). Redmayne’s informants suggested that mwelesi or lwelesi might be the plant called kierezi (? kyelesi, q.v.) by Weck (1908), used in treating discharges of pus from the ear (lugosi) (Redmayne 1969: 34, 37). Other names recorded for H.abyssinica are mudobole (q.v.), mugetwa (q.v.), and mutungalunga (q.v.).
(2) Kotschya sp.
Papilionaceae
= mweletsi, Mgololo in Mufindi District (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Compare lwelesi ~ lweletsi (q.v.), identified as both K.recurvifolia and Cassia kirkii.
Marsdenia abyssinica (Hochst.)
Asclepiadiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. the possibly cognate
mwendi
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
Schltr.
NOTES name lwendi. [check botanical name]
mwesa
Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill.
Euphorbiaceae
(Mbuya et al. 1994). Also recorded as mwisa ~ mwitsa (q.v.), muhapi (q.v.), and mupalang’ang’a (q.v.). mwesa may be a mistake for mwisa. Mbuya et al. also record a number of related names in other languages: Nyakyusa mwisya; Luguru mwiza; Zigua mweza; Sambaa muiza, mwiza; Pare mwira (muvira in Verdcourt and Trump 1962).
mwifwikakavili
Maytenus senegalensis (Lam.) Exell
Celastraceae
Kitelewasi area: provideds fuelwood, substitute nails from the thorns, and a medicine for stomach ache from the leaves (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as kisugi (q.v.), mubondo (q.v.), and muvambandusi ~ muvambandutsi (q.v).
mwikose
(1) Justicia anisophylla (Mildbr.) Brummitt
Acanthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998).
(2) Justicia nyassana Lindau
Acanthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used for fodder (Shangali et al. 1998).
(3) Thunbergia petersiana Lindan
Acanthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name and authority]
mwindu
Vangueria sp.
Rubiaceae
Mufindi: provides firewood and building poles, as well as edible fruits which are also taken by baboons (MBG n.d.). These uses overlap with those recorded for V.infausta, and it is possible that this is the species referred to. Otherwise it should be noted that other names for Vangueria spp. – musada (q.v.) and musambalawe (q.v.) – are applied generically, and therefore this may well also be the case with mwindu.
mwisa ~ mwitsa
(1) Bridelia brideliifolia (Pax) Fedde
Euphorbiaceae
= mwisa, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). [check botanical name]
(2) Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill.
Euphorbiaceae
= mwisa, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = mwitsa, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: used for medicine, firewood, dye, making beehives, and timber (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mwesa (q.v.), muhapi (q.v.), and mupalang’ang’a (q.v.).
mwisasamulu
Pavetta sp. aff. P.oliverana Hiern
Rubiaceae
E.A. 13278 (Redmayne n.d.). Compare musasamlo (q.v.), recorded for P.schumanniana. Cf. mwasamlo.
mwitsukulu
Cryptocarya liebertiana Engl.
Lauraceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides timber and fuelwood (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as muguluka (q.v.) and muhulo (q.v.).
mwitunda
Ximenia americana L.
Olacaceae
= X.caffra, at Wangama (Moyer). Other recorded names for this tree or shrub are
This name may be cognate with lwisa (q.v.).
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES mingi (q.v.), mutumbatumba (q.v.), and mutundwa (q.v.).
namugoha
(1) Berkheya echinacea O.Hoffm.
Compositae
= namgoha, a herb, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Cribb and Leedal note that this plant can be seen ‘in west Mufindi always growing in grassland and mostly above 1650 m’ (1983: 151). [check botanical name]
(2) Laggera alata (D.Don.) Oliv.
Compositae
= namgoha, a herb, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
(3) Vernonia glabra (Steetz) Vatke
Compositae
= namgoha, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. linyangoha. [check botanical name]
navahongo
Schizozygia coffaeoides Baill.
Apocynaceae
= nawahongo, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as kinawingongoli (q.v.) and kitelutelu (q.v.). Cf. nyavihongo.
ndago
Cyperus sp. nr. C.elegantulus [authority?]
Cyperaceae
Mafinga: a weed (Ruffo and Mtui 1980).
ndagula
Brachystegia spiciformis Benth.
Caesalpiniaceae
(Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Also recorded as mukwe (q.v.), mupinati (q.v.), and muyombo (q.v.).
ndete
Phragmites mauritianus Kunth.
Gramineae
Recorded by Redmayne in the following riddle: ‘Mwime mwambu na mwambu mwihomele indete’, ‘Stand side by side and fight each other with reeds’. Answer: ‘Kwitwanza’, ‘To pound together’. Here two people people pounding at the same mortar are likened to people fighting with reeds (1970: 810, No.113). This name is presumed to have the same botanical identification as its linguistic cognates: dete 9/10 (q.v.), kidete 7/8 (q.v.) and lidete 5/6 (q.v.). ndete is the regular class 9/10 form based on the underlying noun stem –tete. The class 6 plural matete is also regular, but dete, kidete, and lidete are ‘irregular’ (unexpected) forms which may have originally derived from ndete by extrapolation.
ndetema
Dracaena spp.
Agavaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Cognate with other terms recorded for D.afromontana and D.usambarensis: detema (q.v.), kidetema (q.v.), mudetema (q.v.) and mutetema (q.v.).
ndula
(1) Solanum incanum L.
Solanaceae
Mkimbizi area: roots used as medicine for ‘epilepsy’, degedege (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Degedege is a widely used Swahili term for an (any) illness which causes small children to have fits. The equivalent Hehe term for the disease presumed to cause these symptoms is nyavana, which ‘often refers to the convulsions associated with the onset of measles in small children or with particularly severe bouts of malaria’ (Redmayne 1969: 35). As Redmayne notes, there are ‘very many
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES different Hehe medicines which are supposed to cure nyavana’ (1969: 35). In the Mufindi area, the roots of this shrub (ndula, S.incanum) have been recorded as providing an infusion for the treatment of gonorrhoea (MBG n.d.). Alternative names for this plant, the Sodom Apple, are the cognate terms ndulandula and mudula (q.v.), and also the linguistically unrelated munusi (q.v.).
(2) Solanum indicum L.
Solanaceae
= indula (the name with preprefix), Solanum anguivi (MBG n.d.).
ndulandula
Solanum incanum L.
Solanaceae
= ndula ndula (Verdcourt and Trump 1969). This is a reduplicated form of the more widely recorded name ndula (q.v.), which in turn is cognate with mudula (q.v.). Another recorded name for this plant, the Sodom Apple, is munusi (q.v.).
ndulusya
Vernonia myriantha Hook.f.
Compositae
= V.subuligera O.Hoffm., Iringa (Watt and Breyer-Branwijk 1962). Also recorded as mutugutu (q.v.) and tugutu (q.v.). Cf. lilulutsa.
ngelengasa
Leucas deflexa Hook.f.
Labiatae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb, used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as kihomonula (q.v.). Cf. ngingelengasa. [check botanical name]
ngelulila
Senecio sp.
Compositae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb (Shangali et al. 1998).
ngiholawoga
Aneilema aequinoctiale (Beauv.) Kunth.
Commelinaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb (Shangali et al. 1998). [check authority]
ngingelengasa
Leonotis mollissima Gürke
Labiatae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub, used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. ngelengasa.
ngolowoga
(1) Commelina benghalensis L.
Commelinaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb used as fodder (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. ngiholawoga [check authority]
(2) Commelina latifolia A.Rich.
Commelinaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb used as fodder (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as nyakolowoga (q.v.). Cf. ngiholawoga [check authority]
ngonelavatwa
Droogmansia whytei Schindl.
Papilionaceae
E.A. 13218 (Redmayne n.d.). Also recorded as mugonelatwa (q.v.) and munyakwihonga (q.v.). [check botanical name]
ngulukanzila
Cryptocarpa sp.
Lauraceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides timber and fuelwood, and is used for making beehives (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as memona (q.v.). Cf. mugulakazila, muguluka.
ngulukila
Agelanthus sansibarensis (Engl.) Polh. & Wiens
Loranthaceae
= ngurkira [sic.], Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a parasite which provides birdlime and is also used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as wulimbo (q.v.). [check botanical name]
ngulu-
Commelina africana L.
Commelinaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb (Shangali et al. 1998).
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
ninusi
Mellera lobulata S.Moore
Acanthaceae
= ninussi, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lihambwili (q.v.). Compare kinusi, linusi, manusi, and munusi.
nosa
Ageratum conyzoides L.
Compositae
(Verdcourt and Trump 1969). Also recorded as muzunguzungu (q.v.). [is this a mistake for nusa? It is described as a ‘rather smelly’ herb]
nyakaganzakamwana
(1) Aerva lanata (L.) Juss.
Amaranthaceae
Leaves used as a vegetable (Mallango et al. in prep.). Also recorded as linyali (q.v.).
(2) Oxalis corniculata L.
Oxalidaceae
Leaves used as a vegetable, eaten raw or cooked (Mallango et al. in prep.).
(1) Agelaea pentagyna (Lam.) Baill.
Connaraceae
= Agelaea heterophylla Gilg., Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a climber used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as kinyavalafi (q.v.) and likamanda (q.v.). Cf. nyakititu.
(2) Diospyros usambarensis F.White
Ebenaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides fuelwood and dye (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. the cognates mutitu and nyakititu.
(3) Diospyros whyteana (Hiern) F.White,
Ebenaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides timber, fuelwood, and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as musisina (q.v.). [check botanical name]
(4) Diospyros zombensis (B.L.Burtt) F.White,
Ebenaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a tree which provides fuelwood and has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as nyakititu (q.v.). Cf. the cognate mutitu.
nyakilumbi
Clutia abyssinica Jaub. & Spach
Euphorbiaceae
= nyakirumbi, (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). Also recorded as kipwaga (q.v.), lupumo (q.v.), and lwisa (q.v.). Cf. munyakilumbe.
nyakisage
Allophyllus africanus P.Beauv.
Sapindaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as kibegesa (q.v.), kwalevale (q.v.), and segelavahinza (q.v.); and cognate with munyakisagi (q.v.).
nyakitenge
Hoslundia sp(p).
Labiatae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
nyakititu
(1) Diospyros zombensis (B.L.Burtt) F.White,
Ebenaceae
Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). According to Rodgers and Mwasumbi this is a common name for smallish trees, referring to the dark background colour of the tree. –titu means ‘black’, or ‘dark’ in Hehe. Also recorded as nyakatitu (q.v.). Cf. the cognate mutitu.
(2) Turraea floribunda Hochst.
Meliaceae
Udzungwa and Chita area by Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.).
mbwembwe
nyakatitu
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
(3) Psychotria tanganyikensis Verdc.
Rubiaceae
Udzungwa and Chita area by Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lwegunda (q.v.).
nyakolowoga
Commelina latifolia A.Rich.
Commelinaceae
Leaves used as a vegetable and animal feed, nyolowoga in Gogo (Mallango et al. in prep.). Also recorded as nyakolowoga (q.v.). Cf. ngiholawoga [check authority]
nyaloma
*Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach ssp. nyassae (Oliv.) Brummitt
Bignoniaceae
= Tecomaria nyassae Baill. ex Schum., Hehe and ‘Zungwa’ (Watt and BreyerBrandwijk 1962). Also recorded with the possibly related names kinyalomo (q.v.) and nyalulume (q.v.), as well as leluni (q.v.), kipahoji (q.v.), lifipahosi (q.v.), mufipahosi (q.v.), and mununu (q.v.). This is a cultivated ornamental called Cape Honeysuckle in English. [check botanical name]
nyalubano
Monodora sp.
Annonaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998).
nyaludilo
Hypoestes forskalei [authority?]
Acanthaceae
= H.verticillaris R.Br., E.A. 13237 (Redmayne n.d.). [check botanical name]
nyalulume
*Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach ssp. nyassae (Oliv.) Brummitt
Bignoniaceae
= Tecomaria nyassae, Mafinga: grown as an ornamental and provides fuelwood (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded with the possibly related names nyaloma (q.v.) and kinyalomo (q.v.), as well as leluni (q.v.), kipahoji (q.v.), lifipahosi (q.v.), mufipahosi (q.v.), and mununu (q.v.). This is a cultivated ornamental called Cape Honeysuckle in English. [check botanical name]
nyalumbwembwe
Chlorophytum filipendulum Berk.
Anthericaeae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mulelevati (q.v.). Cf. lukumbwembwe.
nyamsitu
Tarenna pavettoides (Harv.) Sim.
Rubiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides firewood and withies (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mukumbangobi (q.v.) and mupilipili (q.v.).
nyamtita
Secamone sp.
Asclepiadaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a climber that provides ropes (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as lwamtita, class 11 (q.v.).
nyamului
Gloriosa simplex L.
Liliaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as lwida (q.v.), lwisa (q.v.), mugobogobo (q.v.), and vitosambili (q.v.). Known as Glory Lily in English. [check botanical name]
nyasalasala
Momordica foetida Schum. & Thonn.
Cucurbitaceae
According to Mallango et al. (in prep.), the leaves of this plant are used as a vegetable, and also to prepare a medicine for degedege. Although glossed in the text as ‘beriberi’ (a disease caused by vitamin deficiency) degedege is a widely used Swahili term for any illness which causes small children to have fits. The equivalent Hehe term for the disease presumed to cause these symptoms is nyavana, which ‘often refers to the convulsions associated with the onset of measles in small children or with particularly severe bouts of malaria’ (Redmayne
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES 1969: 35). As Redmayne notes, there are ‘very many different Hehe medicines which are supposed to cure nyavana’ (1969: 35). Mallango et al. (in prep.) also report that juice made from the fruit of this plant is used as a medicine for long-lasting fevers (Hehe: lugandaganda) and for treating ankylostomiasis, hookworm infection (Swahili safura, translated in the text as ‘marasmus’, dry malnutrition). This plant is also recorded with the name lisonyi (q.v.). In Gogo it is called by the cognate term kisalasala. [check botanical name]
nyasungwa
Aloe nuttii Bak.
Aloeaceae
= inyasungwa (with preprefix), Aloe sp., Kiwele area and Kitapilimwa Forest Reserve: roots used to prepare a medicine ‘to hasten delivery in women’ (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Identified as A.nuttii by Mallango et al. (in prep.), who give nyasungwa as a Dzungwa dialect name and provide the following information on uses. The flowers of this are used as a vegetable. Liquid squeezed from the leaves is used to treat Newcastle Disease (kideri) in poultry [check if this has a wider reference – including fowl typhoid]. The roots are used as a medicine for stomach pains in small babies, up to three months old. nyasungwa literally means ‘the elephant’s (plant)’, and is from the same nominal root as the name Udzungwa (i.e. Usungwa) itself. See also the related names kitembwetembwe, litembwetembwe, and litembo.
nyatoma
Pentas bussei K.Krause
Rubiaceae
= natoma (assumed to be a mistranscription), nyatoma, Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded as lipembe-duma (q.v.) and sungasunga (q.v.). Redmayne (who did not identify this shrub) recorded ‘food which has been cooked on a fire of wood of the nyatoma tree’ (1964: 78) as one of the three food avoidances (musilo, plural misilo) of all of the descendants and agnates of Muyinga, i.e. members of the Hehe royal family (1964: 79, 87).
nyaudeke
[undetermined sp.]
Labiatae
= Labiatae sp., E.A. 13280 (Redmayne n.d.).
nyautilili
Acalypha fruticosa Forssk.
Euphorbiaceae
The leaves of this plant are used as a vegetable (Mallango et al. in prep.). Also recorded as kitegelo (q.v.), lahongole (q.v.), and lusunguluti (q.v.).
nyavibala
Helichrysum odoratissimum (L.) Less.
Compositae
= nyawibala, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
nyavihale
Helichrysum schimperi (Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.) Moeser
Compositae
= nyawihale, Mufindi, described as a common straggling herb to 1.5 m tall (MBG n.d.). Also recorded as libunda (q.v.) and mufufugala (q.v.). [check botanical name]
nyavihongo
(1) Rauvolfia mombasiana
Apocynaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf.
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
Stapf
NOTES nawahongo.
(2) Rauvolfia volkensii (Schum.) Stapf
Apocynaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998).
nyavihongo ndogo
Rauvolfia mannii Stapf
Apocynaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: has medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). This name translates as ‘the small Rauvolfia’: ndogo is Swahili for ‘small’ (class 9). Also recorded with the related name kinawihongo (q.v.), and as mupilipili (q.v.).
nyongole
Ocimum suave Willd.
Labiatae
Mkimbizi area: used medicinally (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as kinung’anung’a (q.v.).
palakanga
(1) Asparagus buchananii Bak.
Liliaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. lipalakanga, lupalakanga, kapalang’anga, likalakanga, madang’anga, and musolang’anga. [check botanical name]
(2) Asparagus sateceus (Kunth.) Jessop
Liliaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a climber (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
segelavahinza
Allophyllus africanus P.Beauv.
Sapindaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as kibegesa (q.v.), kwalevale (q.v.), and nyakisage (q.v.). Cf. kisengelavahinza (q.v.).
suguluti
Acalypha ornata A.Rich.
Euphorbiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as kivaaga (q.v.). Cf. lusunguluti.
sulu
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
Dennstaediaceae
= isulu (with preprefix), Mkimbizi area: a weed (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as lisilu (q.v.). Cf. masululusi, mutsululusi. Bracken Fern in English. [check botanical name]
sunga
(1) Emilia sagitata DC.
Compositae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. the reduplicated form of the name, sungasunga. [check botanical name]
(2) Launaea cornuta (Oliv. & Hiern) C.Jeffrey
Compositae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb used as a vegetable and with medicinal uses (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
(1) Sonchus oleraceus L.
Compositae
E.A. 13257 (Redmayne n.d.). Cf. sunga.
(2) Pentas bussei K.Krause
Rubiaceae
Chita area by Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). Also recorded elsewhere in Udzungwa as nyatoma (q.v.) and lipembe-duma (q.v.).
sungu
Lannea sp.
Anacardiaceae
= isungu (with preprefix), Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998).
swakalaswakala
Setaria megaphylla (Stend) Th.Dur. & Schiz.
Gramineae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a grass used for thatching (Shangali et al. 1998).
sungasunga
HEHE NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME
FAMILY
NOTES
tambulalivyovyo
Solanecio mannii (Hook.f.) C.Jeffrey
Compositae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a herb with used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998).
toganigo
Rhoicissus tridentata (L.f.) Wild & Drum.
Vitaceae
(Verdcourt and Trump 1969). Also recorded as mutonganego (q.v.), mutanganego (q.v.), litenganego (q.v.), lilogonego (q.v.), litogonigo (q.v.), and mukelekete (q.v.).
tugutu
(1) Vernonia amygdalina Del.
Compositae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as baha (q.v.).
(2) Vernonia myriantha Hook.f.
Compositae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a shrub used medicinally, also a good source of pollen for bees and therefore honey (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as mutugutu (q.v.) and ndulusya (q.v.).
tulilafuno
Justicia sp.
Acanthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Cf. kililafuno.
tundawasa
Sorindeia madagascariensis DC.
Anacardiaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: provides fuelwood, poles, and edible fruits (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as muhulo (q.v.) and mupilipili (q.v.).
vesungula
Hoslundia opposita Vahl
Labiatae
(Verdcourt and Trump 1969). Also recorded as kinunganunga (q.v.) and muyoyelandege (q.v.). Cf. musungula.
vitosambili
Gloriosa simplex L.
Liliaceae
(Verdcourt and Trump 1962). Also recorded as lwida (q.v.), lwisa (q.v.), mugobogobo (q.v.) and nyamului (q.v.). Known as Glory Lily in English. [check botanical name]
vivinganyalafi
Justicia interupta (Lindau) C.B.
Acanthaceae
Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Shangali et al. 1998). Compare kihunganyavalafi (q.v.) and linganyalafi (q.v.).
wulimbo
(1) Agelanthus sansibarensis (Engl.) Polh. & Wiens
Loranthaceae
= ulimbo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a parasite which provides birdlime and is also used medicinally (Shangali et al. 1998). Also recorded as ngulukila (q.v.). [check botanical name]
(2) Englerina inaequilatera [authority?]
Loranthaceae
= ulimbo, Mufindi: described as a hemiparasite whose fruits are boiled down to make birdlime (MBG n.d.). [check botanical name]
(3) Englerina woodfordioides Schweinf.
Loranthaceae
= ulimbo, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a parasite which provides birdlime (Shangali et al. 1998). [check botanical name]
(4) Loranthus spp.
Loranthaceae
= ulimbo, Loranthus spp., Udzungwa (Rodgers and Mwasumbi n.d.). = ulimbo, Loranthus sp., Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve: a parasite which provides birdlime (Shangali et al. 1998).