seringa

• “I saw myself as a child, playing in the garden and I could literally smell the grass, ivy and seringa.”

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• “The savanna surrounding the Waterberg Mountains is characterized by African beachwood (Faurea saligna), common hookthorn (Acacia caffra), red seringa (Burkea africana), Terminalia sericea, and Peltophorum africanum.”

  Southern Africa bushveld

• “The rugged, rocky slopes of these mountains are dominated by white seringa (Kirkia acuminata), stemfruit (Englerophytum magalismontarum), Combretum apiculatum, C. molle, and common sugerbush (Protea caffra).”

  Southern Africa bushveld

• ““When you see seringa growing alongside juansoco, the river will be close.””

  Simon & Schuster: One River

• “So far he had found at least five species of hevea that Barrera distinguished as seringa blanca and seringa amarilla, based on the white or yellow color of the latex.”

  Simon & Schuster: One River

• “The rubber trees in that part of the world, the product of which is known as cauchouc (Spanish) grow on the non-inundated lands, unlike the seringa which grows on the lowlands of the Lower Amazon.”

  Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure

• “The seringa (hevea) is the variety cultivated in Ceylon, Java and the Far East, being more susceptible to tapping and producing a better grade of rubber.”

  Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure

• “In cases of tumours and ulcers take a young seringa, lay it for half an hour over the stomach of the afflicted person, then plant it with the mumia, _i. e._ either the hair, blood, or spittle of the sick person, at midnight.”

  The Sorcery Club

• “As soon as the seringa begins to rot, the ulcer will heal.”

  The Sorcery Club

• “The _seringa preta_ exuded latex all the year round, even during the rainy season.”

  Across Unknown South America

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