Iroko (Yoruba: Ìrókò) nyɛla ti titali din dari kpema ka yina yaɣi shɛli din yuli booni west coast of tropical Africa la, ka lala tia ŋɔ nyɛ din ni tooi niŋ yuun kɔbisinu tingbani yaangizuɣu.[1] Ŋa nyɛla yu shɛli din yɔli ka bɛ mali li n tiri genus Milicia, ka di niŋ ka tihi balibu buyi nyɛ din ŋmani tabi pam , kamani Milicia excelsa mini Milicia regia.[2]

Iroko tree

Di yuya bali shɛŋa ni

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A specimen of Iroko wood

Lala tia ŋɔ taabɔ nyɛla din mali tuma pam nti dundɔŋni mini sambanni zaa n ti pahi ŋarima malibu, duri pilibu, kuɣusi malibu, n ti pahi punti malibu zaa.[6] Binshɛɣu din gbai yuma 1990s polo, di daa nyɛla bɛ ni zaŋdi shɛli n niŋdi bɛ ni boli shɛli ni txalaparta la, ni Basque yila yilibu nɛima din daa yirina dari puuni la ka di nyɛla di kukoli maa nyaɣisim zuɣu.[7] Iroko nyɛla kali puuni tia zaɣi yini. Iroko dari daa nyɛla dashɛli bɛ ni daa piigi nti bɛ ni mi shɛbi ni pews la din be Our Lady of Peace Basilica[8]la.Di dari nyɛla din yuuri pam, ka dii bi bɔri tibbu saha kam .

Zuliya nim dihitabili

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Tia maa nyɛla zuliya nim pam ni zɔra dibahi bahindi di ni pili yaɣishɛŋa ni, ka di lala ŋɔ zuɣu, di shɛŋa min zani hali n ti namdi zuliya.[9] Yoruba nim nyɛla ban dihi tabili ni tia maa nyɛla din mali dabara, ni ka ninsali kam ŋun nya Iroko doo ŋɔ o ninaayi nyɛla ŋun yan kpe yinyari bee n kuli kpi yɔnyɔm.[10] Yoruba nim zuliya ni, daadam kam ŋun ŋma Iroko tia ŋɔ nyɛla ŋun bɔ tuuta kara nti o maŋ mini o daŋ zaa,[10] hali diyi ti niŋ ka bɛ bɔri ni bɛ ŋmaai Iroko tia, ti tumi ni bɛ suhi adua poi n gu bɛ maŋa.[11]

Bɛ lan malila dihi tabili ni tia maa shii bee o dabara maa nyɛla bin shɛɣu niribi ban mali Iroko dari n kuri bukaata bɛ yinsi ni wumdi shɛli ni bɛ tibaayi di ni niŋ ka o lala dabara ŋɔ nyɛ din ni tooi be dari maani maa. [12] Nigeria tingbanni, Iroko tia ŋɔ dari nyɛla din dii ka yaa ka ŋa daliri nyɛla tingbani maa tam maa sani ka di yi .[13][14][15] Salo ban be Western tingbanni nyɛla ban mi Iroko tia ŋɔ dari ni "poor man's teak".[16]

Kundivihira

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  2. D.A. Ofori; M.D. Swaine; C. Leifert; J.R. Cobbinah; A.H. Price (December 2001), "Population genetic structure of Milicia species characterised by using RAPD and nucleotide sequencing L.", Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 48 (6): 637–647, doi:10.1023/A:1013805807957, S2CID 43985297
  3. Thompson, Robert Farris (26 May 2010). Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy (in English). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-307-87433-7. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  4. Blench, Roger (2006). Archaeology, language, and the African past. Altamira Press. ISBN 9780759104655.
  5. Quattrocchi, Umberto (3 February 2023). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Nmaes: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology (in English). CRC Press. p. 1692. ISBN 978-1-000-89773-9. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  6. Wood Species Database: Iroko. Timber Research And Development Association (TRADA).
  7. La txalaparta, el sonido ancestral de Euskadi por Pol Ducable Rogés.
  8. Elleh, Nnamdi (2002-01-01). Architecture and Power in Africa (in English). Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780275976798.
  9. Twilight Tales3. CUP Archive. 1953. p. 26. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Ogumefu, M. I. (1929). Yoruba legends. Forgotten Books. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-60506-017-0.
  11. The Church Missionary Juvenile Instructor (in English). Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday. 1880-01-01.
  12. Ogumefu, M. I. (1929). Yoruba legends. Forgotten Books. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-60506-017-0.
  13. Bulletin of the Imperial Institute (in English). The Institute. 1914-01-01. p. 366.
  14. Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1914-01-01). House of Commons Papers (in English). H.M. Stationery Office.
  15. Documentation and Information: Ecology : Catalogue of Documents and Publications on MAB in Africa (in English). UNESCO's Regional Office. 1990-01-01.
  16. Hamon, Lindsay (2012-11-07). When God Takes Over: Stories of hope on the streets (in English). AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781477238844.
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