list of figures - Terry Sunderland

Vernacular names
NIGERIA: eghounka (Ekit): CAMEROON: cane basket (Pidgin); mua-e-chié
(Denya); nkonlo lo’o (Badjué): EQUATORIAL GUINEA: akot (Fang): GABON:
égoo (Tsogo); ngundju (Punu); ngundju (Vumbu): CONGO: ma-bulu (Téké)
Uses
This species is not of much value commercially and is rarely traded. However, in the
Cross River area of Nigeria, the split stems are used to tie bamboo and stick-framed
houses prior to plastering with clay (Morakinyo, herb K!). The stem epidermis is also
used for tying yams (ibid.). In Cameroon, the split stems are also used for coarse
basketry, particularly for temporary market baskets used to transport produce to
market which are then discarded. The Balundu-Bima also used the base of the leaf
sheath as a chewing stick (Sunderland unpubl. notes). In the Congo, the Téké use the
inner stem for basketry and furniture construction and also consume the apex of the
young emerging stems (Profizi and Makita-Madzou, 1996).
References: NIGERIA: Morakinyo 1001 (herb. K!): CAMEROON: Sunderland (unpubl. notes);
Sylvanus s.n. (herb. K!): EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Sunderland, 1998: GABON: Raponda-Walker and
Sillans (1961): CONGO: Profizi and Makita-Madzou (1996).
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Laccosperma acutiflorum (Becc.) J. Dransf.
Vernacular names
NIGERIA: ukpekpe (Ekit): CAMEROON: giant cane (Pidgin): EQUATORIAL
GUINEA: ekwass (Fang)
Uses
Despite its size, this species is reported to possess very poor quality cane and hence it
is rarely used.
References: CAMEROON: Sunderland (unpubl. notes): EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Sunderland (1998).
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