herb or shrub Aeschynome afraspera J. Leonard Also tàbà dúgù nyûrgú. When dry the pithy stems are collected by women to start fires. et. ‘skirt of dawadawa tree’ – leaves resemble this tree. Children use the stems to pretend to smokeAlso given as Chamaecrista mimosoides
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What does “Laŋgir'ndoo” mean in Dagbanli?
herb or shrub Aeschynome afraspera J. Leonard Also tàbà dúgù nyûrgú. When dry the pithy stems are collected by women to start fires. et. ‘skirt of dawadawa tree’ – leaves resemble this tree. Children use the stems to pretend to smokeAlso given as Chamaecrista mimosoides
Also spelled Dagbani — both spellings refer to the same Mabia (Gur) language spoken in northern Ghana.
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herb or shrub Aeschynome afraspera J. Leonard Also tàbà dúgù nyûrgú. When dry the pithy stems are collected by women to start fires. et. ‘skirt of dawadawa tree’ – leaves resemble this tree. Children use the stems to pretend to smokeAlso given as Chamaecrista mimosoides