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E. cuspidata (G. Mann & H. Wendl.) H. Wendl.
Vernacular names
EQUATORIAL GUINEA: ndera (Fang)
Uses
The split stems are used for light basketry and weaving, particularly in the absence of
other species.
References: EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Guinea-Lopez (1946); Sunderland (1998)
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E. haullevilleana De Wild.
Vernacular names
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: pongbo (Ngombe): CONGO: mbaama (Téké):
DR CONGO: li-findo (Lombo); mbowe (Zande); lu-popi ((Nandi)); n’kele (Bangala);
m’bio (Bangi); lo-koli (Kele); ke-kele (Lingala); lu-kodi (Luba-Shari); lu-busi
(Tembo); lu-bubi (Lega-Mwenga); yofoko (Mungo-Nkundu); lo-keko (Lusengo); kodi
(Luba-Kasai); tukpuru (Bhele): UGANDA: bibbobbi (Amba); enga (Luganda):
TANZANIA: urugage (Ha)
Uses
The preferred species for basketry, weaving and furniture manufacture throughout its
range, even more so than E. macrocarpa. Profizi and Makita-Madzou (1996) state this
species as being the best for weaving, possessing important qualities of strength,
durability and resistance to insect attack. Because of these qualities, the Téké Tsaaya
of Congo-Brazzaville use this species widely and it is considered second only in
importance to the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) (ibid.). The stems are used whole for a
wide range of products including for use as cables for cane bridges, furniture
framework and building frames. The split stems are used for the fabrication of fish
traps, noose-type snares catch to small terrestrial mammals and for the handrails of
river bridges made from the felled stems of Musanga cecropioides, as well as for a
wide array of baskets. In the Bambama district, the apical bud of this species is widely
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