moabi
English
moabi
Etymology
Borrowed from certain Gabonese or Congolese Bantu (cf. Sira moabi, Barama moabi, Vumbu moabi, Punu moabi, Lumbu moabi, Loango moabi, Sangu (Gabon) moabi, Ngubi moabi, Duma muyabi, Ibhili muyavi, Njebi muyèbi, moyabi, muyabi, Vili moabi, Yombe moabi, Yaa moyabi, muyabi, Teke-Laali moyabi, muyabi).[1][2]
Noun
moabi
- Baillonella toxisperma, a species of tree found throughout subtropical forests of Africa, used for its oil.
- 2009, January 29, “Daniel J. Wakin”, in Musicians Hear Heaven in Tully Hall’s New Sound:
- The inside walls are sheathed in an amber-colored veneer about the thickness of two sheets of paper, cut from a single log of an African moabi tree.
- Synonyms: African pearwood, djave nut
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Translations
Baillonella toxisperma
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References
- Raponda-Walker, André; Sillans, Roger (1961) Les plantes utiles du Gabon (in French), Paris: Paul Lechevalier, page 395
- Bouquet, Armand (1969) Féticheurs et médecines traditionnelles du Congo (Brazzaville) (Mémoires O.R.S.T.O.M. ; 36) (in French), Paris: O.R.S.T.O.M., page 224
Further reading
Baillonella toxisperma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Baillonella toxisperma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Baillonella toxisperma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Lumbu
Noun
moabi
- moabi (Baillonella toxisperma, syn. Mimusops djave)
Further reading
- Raponda-Walker, André; Sillans, Roger (1961) Les plantes utiles du Gabon (in French), Paris: Paul Lechevalier, page 395
- Bouquet, Armand (1969) Féticheurs et médecines traditionnelles du Congo (Brazzaville) (Mémoires O.R.S.T.O.M. ; 36) (in French), Paris: O.R.S.T.O.M., page 224
Punu
Noun
moabi
- moabi (Baillonella toxisperma, syn. Mimusops djave)
Further reading
- Raponda-Walker, André; Sillans, Roger (1961) Les plantes utiles du Gabon (in French), Paris: Paul Lechevalier, page 395
- Bouquet, Armand (1969) Féticheurs et médecines traditionnelles du Congo (Brazzaville) (Mémoires O.R.S.T.O.M. ; 36) (in French), Paris: O.R.S.T.O.M., page 224
Vili
Noun
moabi
- moabi (Baillonella toxisperma)
Further reading
- Bouquet, Armand (1969) Féticheurs et médecines traditionnelles du Congo (Brazzaville) (Mémoires O.R.S.T.O.M. ; 36) (in French), Paris: O.R.S.T.O.M., page 224
Yombe
Noun
moabi
- Alternative form of mwabi