matingola, noun

/ˌmɑːtɪŋˈɡəʊlə/, /mætɪŋˈɡəʊlə/, /ˌmɑːtɪŋˈɡuːluː/
Forms:
Also martingola, matingula.
Origin:
IsiZulu
amatungulu.
1851 R.J. Garden Diary. I. (Killie Campbell Africana Library MS29081) 2 JuneOf fruits besides the Matingola, there is a tree called Ummaki.
1852 R.J. Garden Diary. I. (Killie Campbell Africana Library MS29081) 24 Apr.His garden contained..Sweet Potatoes, Amadumbis, Sugar Cane, Matingolas, and Pineapples.
1855 G.H. Mason Life with Zulus 70Growing, in wild profusion, the huge cactus, the deep crimson martingola, starch and castor-oil plants.
1960 J. Cope Tame Ox 11At some distance from the back of the building was a straggling row of thorny matingula shrubs, once a hedge, and behind them the tin roof of a privy.
1994 M. Roberts tr. of J.A. Wahlberg’s Trav. Jrnls 1838–56 36Matingola or Numnum, the flesh red, when bitten a white milk runs out.
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