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The Albert N'yanza : great basin of the Nile, and explorations of the Nile sources (1866)

Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893, author · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 360

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310 NATIVES OF OBBO. [CHAP, VITI. very perceptible inclination. The vegetation of Obbo, and the whole of the west side of the mountain range, is different from that upon the east side; the soil is exceedingly rich, producing an abundance of Guinea erass, with which the plains are covered. This… … wild in the forests. There is one most peculiar species, called by the natives “ Collolollo,” that I had not met with in other countries. This variety produces several tubers at the root, and also upon the stalk; it does not spread upon the ground, like most of the vines that characterise the yams,…

Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893 -- Travel -- Nile River Valley · Nile River Valley -- Discovery and exploration · Sudan -- Description and travel · Albert, Lake (Congo and Uganda) -- Description and travel

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