dete

Scientific Name
Phragmites mauritianus Kunth.
Notes

Family: Gramineae

Notes from Walsh & Moyer: = idete (with preprefix), Mkimbizi area: used for making arrow shafts, doors, and storage vessels (Ruffo and Mtui 1980). Also recorded as ndete 9/10 (q.v.), kidete 7/8 (q.v.) and lidete 5/6 (q.v.).

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