molompi

The Makalaka, who are most expert in the management of their small, thin, light canoes, come gently toward them; the men stand upright in the canoe, though it is not more than fifteen or eighteen inches wide and about fifteen feet long; their paddles, ten feet in height, are of a kind of wood called molompi, very light, yet as elastic as ash.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

The bark of a fine tree found in abundance here, and called “motuia”, is used by the Barotse for making fish-lines and nets, and the “molompi”, so well adapted for paddles by its lightness and flexibility, was abundant.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

Beyond it we came among the upland vegetation — rhododendrons, proteas, the masuko, and molompi.

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

Beyond it we came among the upland vegetation -- rhododendrons, proteas, the masuko, and molompi.

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 David Livingstone 1843