http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2009/10/04/what-the-trees-in-congos-forests-tell-us-from-one-generation-to-the-next/ Field notes from Dr Terese Hart Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:47:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2009/10/04/what-the-trees-in-congos-forests-tell-us-from-one-generation-to-the-next/comment-page-1/#comment-1512 Erhan uludag Sun, 23 May 2010 09:47:49 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=1241#comment-1512 Dear Terese, I admire the work you have been doing. I have a question for you. Have you ever collected or noted any Amaryllids ? Regards, Erhan (Univ. Witwatersrand, Johannesburg) Dear Terese,
I admire the work you have been doing. I have a question for you. Have you ever collected or noted any Amaryllids ?
Regards,
Erhan (Univ. Witwatersrand, Johannesburg)

]]> http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2009/10/04/what-the-trees-in-congos-forests-tell-us-from-one-generation-to-the-next/comment-page-1/#comment-1255 cleve hicks Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:05:11 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=1241#comment-1255 It's interesting you call them 'mbau' ... in Azande land they call it 'ambalu', which sounds very similar! It’s interesting you call them ‘mbau’ … in Azande land they call it ‘ambalu’, which sounds very similar!

]]> http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2009/10/04/what-the-trees-in-congos-forests-tell-us-from-one-generation-to-the-next/comment-page-1/#comment-1254 cleve hicks Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:04:11 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=1241#comment-1254 I didn't know that about Stanley! He was lucky he was there during the masting (but I guess many of his Congolese victims weren't!). I remember that chimps and gorillas gnawed on them at Mondika, CAR, but the Bili apes didn't seem to. I have never tried cooking them. I am curious about the taste! I didn’t know that about Stanley! He was lucky he was there during the masting (but I guess many of his Congolese victims weren’t!).
I remember that chimps and gorillas gnawed on them at Mondika, CAR, but the Bili apes didn’t seem to.
I have never tried cooking them. I am curious about the taste!

]]> http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2009/10/04/what-the-trees-in-congos-forests-tell-us-from-one-generation-to-the-next/comment-page-1/#comment-1253 Terese Hart Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:01:00 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=1241#comment-1253 Agreed. The mast is marvelous, with the popping pods and the flat hard seeds that fill the palm of your hand. They are edible too! It is the mbau mast that saved Stanley's expedition from starvation. Soaked to remove tanins and then boiled they are chewy and addictive. They make a good ugali as well. Agreed. The mast is marvelous, with the popping pods and the flat hard seeds that fill the palm of your hand. They are edible too! It is the mbau mast that saved Stanley’s expedition from starvation. Soaked to remove tanins and then boiled they are chewy and addictive. They make a good ugali as well.

]]> http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2009/10/04/what-the-trees-in-congos-forests-tell-us-from-one-generation-to-the-next/comment-page-1/#comment-1252 cleve hicks Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:40:57 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=1241#comment-1252 One of my favorite times in the forest is during the masting season, when the Gilbertiodendron seed pods began exploding over your head and the shiny brown seeds rain down everywhere ... followed soon after by little green mbau shoots poking up in row after row, some of them still wearing their seed house as a 'cap' ... I miss the forest! One of my favorite times in the forest is during the masting season, when the Gilbertiodendron seed pods began exploding over your head and the shiny brown seeds rain down everywhere … followed soon after by little green mbau shoots poking up in row after row, some of them still wearing their seed house as a ‘cap’ … I miss the forest!

]]> http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2009/10/04/what-the-trees-in-congos-forests-tell-us-from-one-generation-to-the-next/comment-page-1/#comment-1251 cleve hicks Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:38:26 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=1241#comment-1251 Great piece, Terese! It brings back some funny memories. There were no longer whites anywhere around Bambesa. The older folks remembered the Belgians, but to the children white people were some kind of mysterious legend that they'd mostly only heard stories about. When I arrived I felt like the Beatles must have, surrounded by dozens of screaming little fans! Kids were hiding in cracks in crumbling walls to peek at me ...'Look, see , the mondele eats food too!' followed by gleeful giggles. One poor little fellow (5 years old?) in the bush began howling with fear when he saw me. His papa explained that the only white person the kid had ever seen was a giant crucified effigy of Jesus, streaming fake blood, pinned on the side of a nearby church. With my beard and long-ish hair, apparently the boy got a bit confused! Great piece, Terese! It brings back some funny memories. There were no longer whites anywhere around Bambesa. The older folks remembered the Belgians, but to the children white people were some kind of mysterious legend that they’d mostly only heard stories about. When I arrived I felt like the Beatles must have, surrounded by dozens of screaming little fans! Kids were hiding in cracks in crumbling walls to peek at me …’Look, see , the mondele eats food too!’ followed by gleeful giggles. One poor little fellow (5 years old?) in the bush began howling with fear when he saw me. His papa explained that the only white person the kid had ever seen was a giant crucified effigy of Jesus, streaming fake blood, pinned on the side of a nearby church. With my beard and long-ish hair, apparently the boy got a bit confused!

]]> http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2009/10/04/what-the-trees-in-congos-forests-tell-us-from-one-generation-to-the-next/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 kim Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:33:34 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=1241#comment-1249 Any pics that could help us imagine what a mbau forest looks like in comparison to others? Any pics that could help us imagine what a mbau forest looks like in comparison to others?

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