IV.4. WORDS IN THEIR CONTEXT (PART 4/7): Vegetal kingdom.
Note: The “/” sign in the word definition separates two definitions of the same word depending on how it is pronounced.
PLANTS AND FRUITS (mayinza, minti ye zimbutu).
– baka-nlele : species of thorny plant (clerodendron spinescens)
– banga (mabanga) : tall grass / coconut palm / palm nut
– banga : climbing plant that forms thickets where porcupines like to take refuge
– bangu-bangu : tree species (Symphonia globulifera)
– bidiadia : large jungle of tall grass
– bikoza : species of very long palm tree with a smooth trunk
– bimbi : kind of a big banana
– bondo (mabondo) : a species of palm tree whose leaves are used for roofing
– bu / bubu (mabu / mabubu) : papyrus / reed
– buaka-buaka : chanterelle / mushroom of the genus Cortinarius
– bubu (mabubu) : species of fig tree whose fruits are loved by birds (Ficus bubu)
– bukakala / bukalaka : species of edible mushroom (Rhizina)
– bulebi-lebi : species of muchroom
– bulemba-nzawu : species of mushroom
– buloko / luloko / loko (maloko) : palm mushroom, palm disease
– bulukutu (mabulukutu) : lemon tree / shrub plant with aromatic leaves, basil
– bumbombo : species of edible mushroom
– bunda (mabunda) : black grain / potato species
– bunganza-ngutu : species of edible mushroom that grows on tree trunks
– bunsiele : species of marsh shrub
– bunsiesie / bunsuansua : species of edible mushroom
– bunsumbi-nsumbi : species of edible mushroom
– bunsusu : species of edible mushroom
– buntalukisa : species of edible mushroom
– buteti-teti : species of muchroom
– diamba : hemp
– diata-ngo (madiata-ngo) : species of plant with flowers with acute prickles
– (di)ba : oil palm tree
– dibondo : species of palm tree with broad leaves used to make roofs
– dibubu (mabubu) : wild fig tree, ficus
– dibulukutu (mabulukutu) : species of plant with aromatic leaves / lemon tree
– didame : species of palm tree otherwise called almond tree, fruit of this tree
– (di)dezo (madezo) : bean plant, bean
– didioko : manioc
– dieza (meza) : species of climbing plant whose leaves are edible / leaves in general
– (di)fiolongo (mafiolongo) : species of hard wood tree
– digompompo : unripe safou fruit
– (di)gungu (magungu) : species of raffia palm
– dikasu / dikazu : kola tree, kola nut
– dikomokomo : species of plant whose seeds are used to make a rattle
– (di)konki (makonki) : species of plant, fruit of that plant
– (di)kunda : adventitious plant, spontaneous plant, weed
– dingenge (mangenge) : species of plum fruit from the tree mungenge
– dingi-dingi : species of large and beautiful tree with shiny leaves (mammea africana)
– dinkondo : banana, banana tree
– dinkundia (mankundia) : climbing plant whose pods are provided with stinging hairs
– dinsiya-nsiya : species of tropical plant
– dinsusu : species of tropical plant
– dinto : species of climbing plant whose fruit reminds the potato
– disa (masa / madisa) : corn cob
– (di)soko : species of plant / species of wild plant with inedible yams
– diyinza (mayinza) : plant
– dungi (madungi) : clod of grass / coppice, brushwood
– fiolongo (mafiolongo) : species of hardwood tree (Vitex Gilletii)
– fu (mafu) : pineapple
– fuda / fuku (mafuda / mafuku) : cotton
– fueba (mafueba) : unripe fruit, unripe cucurbit / greenery
– fulu (mafulu) : bushy shrub with edible fruits
– fumu : tobacco
– gala (magala) : bad palm nut remaining on a cluster
– kaka (makaka) : species of grass that porcupines feed on
– kakala : grass species / weed in general
– kalanga (makalanga) : species of rubber liana
– kanda (makanda) : lower part of a palm branch
– kangi : red potato
– kanu (makanu) : branch with several ramifications
– kazuwa : fruit tree giving yellowish-white fruits
– kianga : shrub species (Sarcocephalus esculentus)
– kianzuna : species of yellow bean
– kiba (makiba) : species of inedible root
– kibamba : manioc species
– (ki)bimbika (bibimbika) : banana tree trunk, palm tree trunk
– (ki)boto/bota (biboto/bota) : species of tropical tree with black wood (Milletia Demeusei)
– (ki)bozi : species of tree similar to acacia
– (ki)buakubu / (ki)diakuku : mushroom that grows on dry roots (Polyporus sp)
– (ki)buita (bibuita) : small palm tree that has stopped growing
– kibuku : reed plant
– kibulukutu : edible yam species
– (ki)daku (bidaku) : species of manioc
– (ki)dinga (bidinga) : kernel, palm nut
– (ki)disa/diza (bidisa/bidiza) : euphorbia, cactus
– kidoka-doka : climbing plant with large pods containing black beans
– kienga : elephant apple tree / red mushroom that grows on this tree
– (ki)filu : bush (Vitex camporum)
– (ki)fuda (bifuda) : peanut with a single seed in the shell
– (ki)fula/fulu (bifula/bifulu) : flower, fruit
– (ki)fuma (bifuma) : kapok tree, baobab
– kifundi : species of climbing plant
– kifusa / kifusi : tree with leaves similar to those of acacia, easily worm-eaten tree
– kigala : bush, species of bushy shrub of the Rubiaceae family
– kigamu : species of large tree whose leaves are pale underneath
– kigeti : tropical plant of the phyllanthaceae family (hymenocardia acida)
– kigompa / kigompo (bigompa / kigompo) : unripe safou fruit, fruit close to maturity
– (ki)kalala : species of plant (Smilax Krausriana)
– (ki)kanda (bikanda) : species of large banana tree
– kikazuwa : species of fruit tree that produces yellowish white fruit
– (ki)kianda : potato species
– (ki)kokoto : banana species
– kikolokoto / kikolukuta : old palm tree from which wine is still extracted / old dry palm nut
– kikota : greenish cassava, small and bad cassava that is not eaten in general
– (ki)kuaka / (ki)kangani / (ki)kangaya / (ki)kangenia : plant with broad and furrowed leaves
– kikukusunu : a climbing plant whose leaves are used to clean children’s buttocks
– kikunda : species of climbing plant whose seeds are used in the small bells
– kikunusu : plant
– (ki)langu : species of lily
– (ki)langwa : bulbous and poisonous plant which is used to poison fish in ponds
– kilemba-lemba : species of small tree whose fruits are sucked
– kilemba-nzawu : species of tree whose branched roots go deep underground
– (ki)lenge (bilenge) : variety of sweet potatoes
– kilengi / nlengi : cassava root
– (ki)lengo (bilengo) : potato
– (ki)lengo-lengo : species of shrub that produces glu and which is used to heal
– (ki)lengua : species of plant whose leaves are used to wrap the chikwangues
– kilungu : species of tree of the genus Solanum
– (ki)mangunu : papaya
– kimbiolongo : plant whose root possesses an aphrodisiac virtue
– kimbula-mbungu : a type of mushroom
– kimbulu : a grass good for livestock, a grass that can be used as thatch
– kimbulumukina : grass species
– kimbulungu : plant species
– kimbumba : species of climbing plant whose seeds have a strong smell
– kimeni (bimeni) : plant
– kimenina (bimenina) : plant that grows alone, perennial plant, weed
– kimpangala : kind of long corn
– kimpembo : species of potato
– kimpese : species of manioc (Manihot ususima)
– kimpudi : wild yam
– (ki)muindu : tree species with black berries (Bridelia scleroneura)
– (ki)mungu : papaya
– kindimbudi : tomato species
– kindokila : species of liana with edible fruits
– kinguela : potato or wild yam
– kiniamina : species of creeper (Oncinotis hirta)
– kinkadi : species of climbing plant with white flowers / climbing fern
– kinkanda : species of tropical tree / inner part of a palm branch
– kinkoki : climbing plant species that emits a strong smell and from which a powder is extracted
– kinkokubi : species of thorny and climbing plant
– kinsende : species of large tree
– kinsendi : potato
– kinsiabala : kind of small banana
– kinsimba-nkuedi (binsimba-nkuedi) : cassava root
– kinsukula / kinsukulu : species of tomato / small tree of the genus Solanum
– kinsukulu : aubergine, eggplant
– kinsumba : species of plant whose leaves are eaten like spinach
– kintu : pineapple, pineapple plant
– kinzenze : species of large tree (Holarrhena congolensis)
– kinzonzi : species of climbing plant
– kinzukulu : kind of tomato
– kisamba-samba : species of plant
– kisamfi : species of large tree of the genus Vitex
– kisania : species of small thorny shrub (Oncoba Welwitschii)
– (ki)sansa : species of plant (Amomum) which grows along a watercourse
– (ki)seka : species of tree
– kisela / kisele / kiseluka : kind of banana
– (ki)sele : species of tree
– (ki)sieku (bisieku) : damaged peanuts
– kisoko : species of mahogany tree
– kisu : species of wild tropical plant (Butidia Smithii)
– (ki)tala (bitala) : bough, branch, twig
– kitamba : species of small shrub (Dorstenia Gilletii)
– kitanti / ntanti : palm tree that produces a lot of palm wine
– (ki)tayi / (ki)tazi : bough, twig, branch
– (ki)tiba / (ki)tika (bitiba / bitika) : banana tree, banana
– (ki)tidila (bitidila) : species of tree
– (ki)tika : young palm tree
– (ki)tiolo : species of banana tree, banana
– (ki)tuba : rubber tree, rubber plant
– (ki)vinsu : species of large tree with tall and straight trunk
– (ki)vodi : unripe fruit
– kiwaya : shrub
– kiwenze : species of manioc
– kiyiza : species of yam with toxic tubers
– kizombe : species of climbing plant
– ko (mako) : banana tree, banana
– koka (makoka) : peanut that has grown poorly
– kokoti : coconut palm, coconut
– kokoto (makokoto) : plant species
– koto (makoto) : knot grass species
– lama-lama (malama-lama) : vanilla tree (Vanilla grandifolia)
– lambazi (malambazi) : species of plant
– langa : potato plant with edible leaves and knots / cabbage species
– lazi / lazia : species of plant whose leaves are used to treat headaches
– lelele (malelele) : species of mushroom
– lemba-lemba / lelemba : species of small tree whose leaves are used to heal
– lenge (malenge) : species of squash / grass in general
– lengi (malengi) : grass that has grown very high and that hinders / species of field lily
– lengo (malengo) : oily sap with a strong odor used as a medicine
– lentile : flax
– lewa (malewa) : species of palm tree that bears green and then red nuts when ripe
– lima (zilima / malima) : fruit of the lime tree, lime
– limawu (malimawu) : wild lemon
– lombo (malombo) : species of climbing plant and its fruit (berry) / rubber
– lubanzi (mbanzi) : species of small-sized tree with prickles
– lubata / lubata-bata : species of plant with flat leaves that creeps on the ground
– lubata / lubata-bata : wood moss
– lubese : species of big tropical tree (maerolobium coerulecides)
– lubika (mbika) : squash seed
– lubinzu (mbinzu) : creeping bean
– lubota : species of tree with very hard wood (Milletia Demeusel, Milletia Versicolor)
– luboya (mboya) : species of vegetable plant with edible leaves
– ludubi : rush plant of the papyrus family
– lufundi (mfundi) : plant with prickles, thorny plant
– lufuti (mafuti) : liana, vigorous climbing plant
– lugandabala : species of tree
– luhe (mahe) : herb
– lukamu : species of weed
– lukandi (nkandi) : palm nut
– lukanga : tree species (Xylopia Brieyi)
– lukasa (nkasa) : bean / kind of fruit whose seeds are eaten
– lukasu (nkasu) : edible fruit of a climbing plant species
– lukaya (makaya / tukaya) : leaf / leaf plant / ornamental plant (Clerodendron)
– lukengisi : species of very sharp grass
– lukondo (tukondo/nkondo) : bark of the tree called nkondo
– lukungu : species of tree (Pterocarpus crinacius)
– lulukulu (malulu / malulukulu) : kind of bush with bitter leaves used to heal
– lumantu : tomato plant, tomato fruit
– lumba-lumba : species of medicinal plant
– lumungu : species of climbing plant
– lundu : mushroom of the genus Pleutolus / species of potato, red-fleshed potato
– lunguba : groundnut, peanut
– lunungu (nungu / ndungu) : pimento, pimento grain, fruit of the pepper tree
– lunungu / nnungu : pimento plant
– lusabi / lusabu (nsabi / nsabu) : papaya seed
– lusolo (nsolo) : medicinal fruit, medicinal grain
– lusuki / lusuku : rubber plant
– lutembo (tutembo / ntembo) : species of climbing plant whose leaves are eaten
– lutete (ntete) : species of climbing plant of which we make links
– lutete (ntete) : seed, calabash seed, squash seed / species of squash
– luvanga (mpanga) : thorn, thorny hedge, thorny brushwood
– luvete : species of tree that grows on the moor, fruit of this tree
– luwa (buwa) : mushroom
– luyangu-yangu : herb with very fragrant leaves
– luzamba (nzamba) / nzanzama : kind of herb
– luzangi (tuzangi / nzangi / bizangi) : kind of bean / pea
– luziele (nziele) : species of plant whose leaves are eaten
– luzi-luzi (muzi-muzi) : species of climbing plant
– luzolo (nzolo) : root-plant with small edible protuberances
– luzombe (nzombe) : reed plant
– mafuku : cotton
– mafulu : bush with edible fruits (Chrysobalamus Icaco)
– magala : the worst palm nuts that remain on a bunch
– makasa-kasa : a tree species highly appreciated by drilling insects
– makila : red maize, red corn
– malanda : kind of potato
– malonga : aquatic plant, water lily
– malulu / nlulu : species of very bitter medicinal plant
– mambuyu : mahogany
– mambuzu / nzanzabala : species of bitter climbing plant
– mandadini : mandarin tree, mandarin, tangerine
– manga : mango
– manga (mamanga) : plant with wide leaves that are used to cover the roofs / lemon
– mangala-ngala : incomplete cluster, cluster with spaced grains or which has not fruited well
– manga-nsende : fruit of the Kythera apple tree
– mangungu : species of herb whose stem is used for making mats
– mangunza : cassava leaves
– mankundia : wild tree fruits reputed to be urticating
– mansansa : nettle
– mansasu : species of large woodland tree (Cassia Manii)
– mansaya : name of a kind of cassava
– mansiasia : species of plant with fragrant leaves, its leaves used for steam baths
– manta-mboka : species of climbing plant
– mapoka : bamboo (Raphia Laurentii)
– masa : maize, corn, millet
– masonia : climbing plant whose leaves are used to clean babies’ buttocks
– matembila : a creeping plant that produces sweet potatoes and edible leaves
– matiti : herbs, grass
– maza : fern species (cyathea tree)
– mbadi : dwarf banana
– mbaka : shrub species in the bush (Strychnos Gilletii) / grain from the calabash
– mbakala : peanuts with three seeds in a shell
– mbala : sweet potato plant, potato plant
– mbamba : rattan palm / evergreen tropical shrub bordered with red
– mbanga : palm nut kernel, almond
– mbanga / mbanga-ntela : species of tree with hard wood
– mbanga-tieba : species of climbing plant
– mbangu : species of large tree with bitter bark used for therapeutic purposes
– mbekua / mbika : squash seed that is eaten
– mbemba : mushroom of the genus Lentinus
– mbende : species of tree with striped bark / shrub with striped leaves
– mbienga / mbionga : species of dark banana
– mbika : vegetable plant that produces squashes with edible seeds
– mbobo : viscous decomposition fluid at the root of the banana tree / pith of the trees
– mbobo : petiole or central rib of the banana leaf / banana leaf wreath
– mbobo : potato species
– mbolongo : tomato plant / tree species
– mbolunga : tomato plant
– mboma : potato, long potato
– mbondi : bean plant whose leaves can be eaten / very strong liana with edible leaves
– mbondi : species of small tree whose leaves are used in medicine
– mbondi : species of climbing plant with edible leaves
– mbosila : green banana
– mbota / lubota : species of tree with very hard wood
– mbota : species of tree otherwise called milletia versicolor
– mbozi : tree of the safoo tree family, fruit of this tree
– mbudidika : species of liana
– mbuenge : species of tree with very hard wood
– mbukulu : felled palm tree
– mbumba : species of herb / species of vegetable growing in the forest
– mbumi : species of small tree with hard-shelled fruits resembling oranges
– mbundi : large and red palm nut with a large hard kernel
– mbundu : tree species from which a substance is extracted which is used to reveal the truth
– mbungu : liana species / kind of herb
– mbunzi / mbunzila : tree species (Pentadesma butyracea), fruit of this tree
– mbunzu : yam species
– mbutu : fruit, seed
– mfiebete : unripe banana
– mfiebita : undeveloped banana
– mfiela : species of tree resembling the safoo tree, fruit of this tree / variety of banana trees
– mfielete : kind of banana
– mfilu : tree of the safoo tree family / fruit of the safoo family which turns black when ripe
– mfingi-mfingi : climbing plant used as a purgative
– mfingu : species of tree with juicy and edible fruits
– mfingwa : species of small climbing plant
– mfiolongo / mfiolongongo : species of full-grown tree
– mfomfoto : species of tree with edible fruits
– mfuba : peanut or fruit that has not reached maturity / poorly ripe palm nuts
– mfuba : edible yam whose juice is used to treat skin scabs
– mfudi : cotton plant
– mfuenta : tree species / wood mushroom species
– mfuku : cotton tree
– mfula-mbua : species of rubber liana
– mfulangani : medicinal fruit of the mbende tree
– mfuluta / mfulutu (mafuluta) : guava tree / guava
– mfuma : tree, foliage / faux-cotton tree
– mfumbua : species of wild plant whose edible leaves are crumbled and dried
– mfunda : fern
– mfungua : species of small climbing plant
– miosa / miose / miosi / mioso : maize beards, female maize flowers, female corn flowers
– mipori : green tobacco, undried tobacco leaves
– mmanga : mango tree
– mmanga-nsende : Kythera apple tree
– mmangunu : papaya tree
– mmolo / mmombo : tree species
– mmolowa : creeping plant
– mpangu / muhangu : species of large tree with very hard wood
– mpata : yam, potato
– mpenga : species of climbing plant
– mpese : palm nut bract, fan palm leaf
– mpese-mpese : African poplar
– mpila : species of large forest tree
– mpimbi / mpimbidi : banana flower, end of the banana bunch
– mpinda : peanut
– mpiwa / mvibua : tree species
– mpoko / mumpoko : species of plant whose leaves are used to heal
– mpuele / mpuele-mpuele : small peanuts
– mpunga : tree whose fibers are used to make ropes
– mpusu : raffia palm tree producing fibers from which fabrics are made / branch of this palm
– muandi : species of hard wood tree
– muhangi / muhanzi / mvanza / mvanzi : very large tree producing oily pods
– muingidi / muingini : stone of a fruit, safou grain / corn cob stripped of its grains
– muinzu : species of tree
– mukuku : sugar cane
– mukungi : species of climbing plant
– mukusu : plant species
– mulolo : species of lowland tree
– mumpese-mpese : species of plant
– mundanda-nzila : species of creeping plant
– mundombe : tree species / mushroom species
– mundondia : aphrodisiac root of a creeping wild plant with edible leaves
– mundudi-ndudi : plant species with white leaves also used for healing / wormwood
– mundundudi : species of very bitter medicinal plant
– mungenge : species of plum tree
– mungiendanga : kind of potato
– mungongo : species of large tree / species of climbing plant
– munkombo : species of wild plant, fruit of this plant
– munsangula : a tree whose leaves are used against diarrhea and raging toothache
– munsie / muinsi / muinsie : sugar cane
– musoso : tomato plant
– mutakisi : plant
– mutende / ntende : young palm plant, small palm tree, young shoot, young plant
– mvala : species of small savannah tree
– mvanga : thorny bush
– mvanza / mvanzi : species of very large tree whose pods contain oily kernels
– mvasa : species of large tree
– mvete / mveti : species of vigorous and hard steppe tree (Hymenocardia acida)
– mvibua : species of tree with black fruits whose taste is harsh
– mvidi : dark banana species / potato species
– mvimbu : tree species, fruit of this tree
– mvinzu : species of tree with very hard wood that termites do not eat
– mvoka : avocado tree
– mvuka : species of climbing plant used as ties
– mvuma : flower
– mvungu : species of banana tree which flowers but does not produce fruit
– mvutu : species of tree whose fruits with the bitter taste of kola are eaten
– ndamba : climbing plant, creeping plant
– ndebila / ndebita : unripe banana
– ndemba / nlemba : thin and green pod of the bean
– ndembe : herb leaves, lobes of palm leaves, sugar cane leaves
– ndembe : leaves of various plants
– ndembo : banana, finger of a bunch of bananas / species of tree
– ndendila : underripe banana
– ndengi-ndengi : species of tender and sweet grass
– ndengo : cassava that is dark, sticky and soft
– ndimbu : species of tree from which glu is extracted
– ndolo : species of tree, fruit of this tree
– ndombo : herbaceous tip of a sugar cane/ plant
– ndondo / londo : species of climbing plant
– ndondia : edible leaves of a certain species of shrub
– ndongila : bunch of bananas / kind of bananas with large clusters
– ndulu : species of climbing plant
– nengene / nengete : strong tree
– ngadiadia : medicinal plant called garcinia kola which produces kola nuts
– ngadiadia / ngadila : bitter stones that are eaten
– ngadidi : species of tree with bitter pits that can be eaten (Garcinia Giadidi)
– ngadila : species of tree with large red fruits whose bitter stone like kola can be eaten
– ngalavua : guava
– ngamba : bitter tuber of a climbing plant used to poison fish
– ngididi : species of climbing plant (Hybophrynium Braunianum)
– ngoma-ngoma : species of mushroom of the genus Polyporus
– ngongo : species of large tree
– ngono : wild castor-oil plant whose seeds are grinded to purge
– nguba : groundnut, peanut
– ngufu / nguvu : yellow-fleshed yam
– ngunza : species of plant whose leaves are used to wrap chikwangues
– niumbu : species of plant with edible leaves and which can be used to treat wounds
– nkadi : species of climbing plant / bush on the moor with large white flowers
– nkadi : variety of trees whose leaves are eaten
– nkafi : coffee tree
– nkaka : species of mushroom / a very strong herb (Sporobolus barbigerus)
– nkakala : tree species / species of liana which is used to climb palm trees
– nkamba : species of mahogany tree / kind of white kola nut / species of weed
– nkamba : species of tree from which planks are made
– nkanga : species of climbing plant
– nkanga / nkangi : part of a bunch of bananas
– nkangala : first safous that mature / rare tree of the forest
– nkangi : tree species
– nkania : grass for grazing
– nkansi : palm from which the wine was drawn and which no longer has room for a new split
– nkansi / nkanzi : cotton plant
– nkasa : beans, broad beans, peas / vegetables / species of large tree with hard wood
– nkasa : poisonous bark from which the anti-sorcerer potion is derived
– nkasa-nkasa : tree species
– nkasu : cola acuminata / species of small tree that bears edible fruit
– nkefua : pepper plant
– nkeka : species of tomato / shrub whose leaves are eaten like spinach
– nkeka : ornamental plant
– nkeke : tree with yellow fruits resembling oranges / tomato species
– nkekuma : rotang palm
– nkelele : species of mushroom
– nkembete : species of mushroom / species of large tree bordering the river
– nkemfu : plant which produces squash used to make sponges (Luffa acutangula)
– nkenge : species of tree with thorns
– nkenkete : species of spotted beans
– nkenzengele : species of juicy climbing plant used to treat swellings
– nkia : species of large tree (Parinarium excelsum) / banana flower
– nkiadi : plant species
– nkoko : cotton plant
– nkoko-dia : coconut palm
– nkokoto : species of great yam / part of the stone of safoo
– nkokudi : peanut pod containing three seeds
– nkola / nkolo : small appendage of the fruit of the kazuwa tree
– nkola : sugar cane knot
– nkole-nkole : tree whose fibers are transformed into straps for carrying baskets
– nkolokoso : climbing plant occasionally used to climb a palm tree
– nkondo : species of baobab, bark of this tree
– nkonge : hemp / fiber from the banana tree or pineapple leaves
– nkongolo : species of leguminous plant (uraria picta)
– nkonko : bean species
– nkuba : maize species, species of corn / tail of a palm nut bunch
– nkubika : a species of banana
– nkuenina : empty grain
– nkuki : species of tropical tree
– nkukula : a climbing plant used to climb a palm tree
– nkula : coral tree (Pterocarpus Cabrae, Pterocarpus Soyauxii)
– nkumbi : a large tree whose trunk is used to make graters for leaves (lannea welwitschii)
– nkunku : species of aquatic tree whose leaves are eaten
– nlala / nlalanza / nlalanzi : orange tree, lemon tree
– nlalu : species of plant whose leaves are used for small washes
– nlalu-nlalu : bush (Gynura crepidioides)
– nlengi : herb species / cassava root
– nlengi-nlengi : tree species
– nlezi : species of climbing plant
– nlola : banana species (var. viridis)
– nlolo : species of steppe tree
– nlombo : species of plant that produces latex and fruits with large fleshy seeds to suck
– nlongwa : species of tropical tree from which planks are made
– nlulu / malulu : species of very bitter medicinal plant
– nlulukulu : shrub with bitter leaves used to treat stomach aches / mugwort, wormwood
– nlumba : kind of grass for lawn, lawn carpet
– nlundila : medicinal plant
– nniania : frog species / dewworm, earthworm
– nnungu : plant that produces the chili pepper, pepper plant (Capsicum annuum)
– nsa : a shrub species that provides a remedy for coughing or toothache
– nsafi : kind of fruit
– nsafu : safoo tree / safoo
– nsakala : kind of banana
– nsakila : ground-grazing cassava root with a wooden taste / green bean halves above ground
– nsala : tree species (Omphalocarpum Brieyi) / tree crown, tree top
– nsali / nsadi : cotton plant, cotton prepared for weaving
– nsambu : species of large tree (Cassia Manii var, Van Houttei, Pithecolobium altissimum)
– nsamu : tree species
– nsanda : species of large tropical tree of fig tree family (ficus dusenii artocarpée)
– nsanga / nsangi : banana tree cutting, young shoot, sucker
– nsanga : tuber of taro
– nsangu : seed, flower with seeds, small seeds
– nsansi : plant that produces an edible onion
– nsasa : species of tree with red sap used to make drums / banana species
– nsedeli : cedar
– nseka : squash leaf
– nsekene : species of large tree with edible fruits (Bosqueia angolensis)
– nseki : fiber from the palm tree, fiber from the lower part of the palm branch
– nsekinia : tree species (Bosqueia angolensis) / fruit of this tree that looks like kidneys
– nsela : tree species (Albizzia)
– nselele : species of fodder plant with astringent roots used for medical baths
– nsembo : palm nut
– nsimbula : species of very long banana
– nsempe / nsongia : species of tropical tree close to the mangrove
– nsinda-nsinda : species of mountain herb
– nsindi : semi-developed fruit
– nsinsi : papyrus, hard, dry, brown and smooth rush
– nsipelesi : cypress
– nsisi : kind of banana
– nsisia / masisia : species of leafy plant
– nsivu-nsivu : species of large tree (Afzelia Brieyi)
– nsofi : acacia / bamboo palm fruit
– nsoki : young palm tree
– nsokila : species of small tree (leucadendron angolensis)
– nsoko : species of yam
– nsokula : very ripe palm nuts about to fall
– nsokuni / nsokunia : palm nut
– nsongula : species of edible mushroom
– nsonguti : tree species used to make fetishes
– nsoni : grass, greenery
– nsonia : young herb shoot, green grass
– nsuadi : climbing bean
– nsueka : pumpkin leaf
– nsuensue : fresh corn, fresh maize, unripe corn, unripe maize
– nsumbala / nsumbi-nsumbi : species of thorny liana (Combretum Poggei)
– nsumbi : pair of peanuts in a pod / first ripe palm nuts
– ntanda : hemp flower
– ntazi : small tree
– ntela : species of climbing plant from which strong ties are made / species of large tree
– ntela : species of plant with foaming leaves that can be used as soap
– ntele : species of very large tree with a very slippery trunk
– ntende : palm plant, small palm / sessile palm / pepper bush, pepper tree
– nti : tree
– ntima-ngombe : soursop
– ntoba : cassava leaves, spinach, leafy cabbage
– ntombo : species of big tree
– ntomono / nlulukulu : species of tree with bitter leaves
– ntuala : liana species
– ntumbiki : species of tree
– ntundibila / ntunduba / ntundubulu : tropical plant (Amomum alboviolaceum), maniguette
– ntutu : species of small tree (Phytolacca stricta)
– ntuza : species of banana tree which bears a single bunch
– numbu : species of climbing plant
– nzabungu : papaya seed
– nzadi-nzadi : kind of bush (Glyphaea grewioides)
– nzanza : marshy grass with plume / reed from which arrows are made / kind of herbs
– nzawu : species of big mushroom / species of big yam / species of big banana
– nzebenge : species of edible mushroom of the genus Tremelliné
– nzengalakani / nzenganu : kind of banana
– nziazi : species of weeds
– nzieke : species of plant or bush whose leaves are eaten
– nzila : species of thorny plant
– nzinga : kind of banana
– nziolo / nziolozi : a type of very small potato
– nzombila : species of climbing plant from which we get lianas used to tie
– nzomfi : species of climbing plant providing good ropes
– nzuza : tree species (Pseudospondias microcarpa)
– paka-paka : starfruit
– panza : species of large tree that bears pods / cassava tuber
– papanza : species of large tree that bears pods
– papayi : pawpaw tree, pawpaw, papaya
– pinda : peanut
– pongo-pongo : species of climbing plant (Cissus rubiginosa)
– sakila (masakila) : plant, grass, stem, vegetable, coppice, bocage
– salu (masalu) : sugarcane plant
– sangavela : species of medicinal plant
– sanginina / tsanginina : light red palm nut
– sangu (masangu) : maize, corn plant, corn cob, corn grain
– sansa / sansala (masansala) : forest yam with toxic tubers (Dioscorea macroura)
– sansa / sansala : poisonous plant used to kill fish (Acrospira asphodeloides)
– sasi (masasi) : maize, corn
– savoka : avocado (pear)
– siedi (masiedi) : species of tree otherwise called muhanzi / pip, stone, pit, seed, almond
– sinda (masinda) : species of thick grass with strong odor / lemongrass
– songo (masongo) : sugarcane plant / kind of potato / palm pith
– sonso (masonso) : a kind of grass appreciated by large livestock
– sumba (masumba) : tree species
– tebua (matebua) : species of pepper
– tekua (matekua) : fern
– tende (bitende / matende) : edible pumpkin / pumpkin seed
– tidi : corn cob
– toni (matoni) : species of plant whose leaves are edible
– tutu : bamboo
– vedila (mavedila) : maize species with grains larger at the top than at the bottom of the cob
– vunda (mavunda) : thicket, copse / shrub, brush, leafy branches serving as shelter
– vuni (mavuni) : raffia palm fiber
– vuvuma (mavuvuma) : species of plant
– wakasa (mawakasa) : species of tree
– wamu (mawamu) : wild lemon
– yala-nkuwu : species of large tree that produces a kind of acorn
– yangidi (mayangidi) : species of sweet potato (Ipomaea Batatas)
– yuka-yuka / yuki : small plant whose leaves are used for earaches
– zingano : kind of banana
– zowa (mazowa) : kind of fruit loking like a tomato / tomato
