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  2. Vigna subterranea - Wikipedia

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    Vigna subterranea (common names: Bambara groundnut, Bambara nut, [2] Bambara bean, [3] manicongo, [4] Congo goober, [2] earth pea, [5] ground-bean, [2] or hog-peanut [2]) is a member of the family Fabaceae. Its name is derived from the Bambara ethnic group. [6] The plant originated in West Africa.

  3. Securidaca longipedunculata - Wikipedia

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    Securidaca longipedunculata (violet tree, Afrikaans: krinkhout, Bambara: satene, Tswana: mmaba, Venda: mpesu, Yoruba: ìpẹ̀ta) [1] is a species of tree in the genus Securidaca. It is most commonly found in the tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, and it was given protected status in South Africa . [ 2 ]

  4. Shea butter - Wikipedia

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    The common name is shísu ߛ߭ߌ߭ߛߎ (lit. "shea tree") in the Bambara language of Mali. This is the origin of the English word, one pronunciation of which rhymes with "tea" / ʃ iː /, although the pronunciation / ʃ eɪ / (rhyming with "day") is common, and is listed second in major dictionaries. The tree is called ghariti in the Wolof ...

  5. Okpa - Wikipedia

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    Okpa (pronounced Ọkpa) is a dish prepared by the Igbo people with a type of beans known as bambara nuts. [1] It is common in Enugu state and Niger state and classified as a traditional Nigerian delicacy. Other ethnic groups also eat it (with pap or alone). [2] Other Igbo names for okpa include ịgba and ntucha. In Hausa, it is known as ...

  6. Groundnut - Wikipedia

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    Vigna subterranea, the Bambara groundnut; Macrotyloma geocarpum, the Hausa groundnut; Roots and tubers: Apios americana, the American groundnut or potato-bean; Conopodium majus, called the kippernut among many other names; Panax trifolius, or dwarf ginseng

  7. Sclerocarya birrea - Wikipedia

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    Marula trunk Female flowers Green marula fruit Sapling with distinctive emarginate leaflets with toothed margins, features not present in adult plants. Sclerocarya birrea (Ancient Greek: σκληρός sklērós , meaning "hard", and κάρυον káryon , "nut", in reference to the stone inside the fleshy fruit), commonly known as the marula, is a medium-sized deciduous fruit-bearing tree ...

  8. How Nutcrackers Became a Classic Symbol of Christmas

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    There are so many enduring symbols of Christmas: the trimmed tree, stockings hung by the chimney with care, and of course, jolly Ol' Saint Nick. But for Ree Drummond, there's one Christmas ...

  9. Bambara groundnut - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 1 August 2015, at 20:59 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may ...