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tehep
/tɔgɔp/
n.
“breadfruit_tree”
 
n.
Artocarpus_elastica
a type of breadfruit tree
Gitè te tehep ka nakabilu kayi te kumbalè ku, sika ka kenè eg kakuwa ne egpipian.
Sap of a tehep tree stained my clothes - That's why it will not vanishable from washing.
Cult. The sticky sap is used for birdlime to snare small birds. The fruit is eaten cooked.
Eng. breadfruit tree
OCM: Flora (137)
DDP: Tree (1.5.1)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
n.
Artocarpus_odoratissima
marang tree
Cult. The fruit has a spiny shell. The sweet white flesh is clustered around a central fibrous core. Each lobe has a single black seed. It has a very strong motor grease-like smell.
Eng. marang
Ceb. marang
OCM: Flora (137)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: RT

Updated by: RJH,QDL
Last updated: 13/Oct/2009