[198] This is luku, or Eleusine coracana, introduced from Asia. It is extensively grown in Abyssinia and among the Niamniam (Schweinfurth, The Heart of Africa, vol. i, p. 248; Ficalho, Plantas uteis, p. 41).
[199] Massa-mamputo, or Grão de Portugal, is Zea mayz, introduced from America (Ficalho). See note, p. [7.]
[200] This is the ground-nut (Arachis hypogaea), or underground kidney bean. Its native name is nguba or mpinda. According to Ficalho, p. 142, it was introduced from America, while Voandzeia subterranea, called vielo in Angola, is certainly indigenous. The seeds of the latter are smaller and less oleaginous than those of Arachis, and hence its commercial value is less.
[201] Wandu (of Congo) is the mbarazi of the Swahili, the Cajanus indicus of botanists. It is grown all over Africa, and Welwitsch considers it indigenous. In Angola a variety is known as nsonje (Ficalho, p. 143; Burton, Two Trips to Gorilla Island, vol. ii, p. 119).
[202] In a marginal note to his reprint of Pigafetta’s book (p. 1005), Purchas quotes Battell as confirming Lopez when he states, with regard to the Cola (c. acuminata, R. Br.), that “the liver of a hen, or of any other like bird, which putrified and stinketh, being sprinkled over with the juice of this fruit (the Cola), returneth into its former estate, and becometh fresh and sound again.”
[203] See note, p. [24.] Monteiro (vol. ii, 165) confirms that hives are securely placed in the branches of a tree, the Baobab being chosen in preference.
[204] A misprint from Inganda, i.e., Nsanda, banyan.
[205] The three kinds of palm are, the wine-palm (Raphia); the oil-palm (Elaeis); and the date-palm (Phœnix).
[206] Lubámbu (in Kimbundu); luvambu (in Congoese) means a chain. Dr. Lacerda says that a Libambo was made of sufficient length to hold twelve slaves (The Lands of Cazembe, ed. by Burton, London; 1873, p. 18).
[207] For his Relations, see Purchas, lib. VI. ch. viii.