gonda

Passing through the market-place, they entered the quarters of the ruling race -- the Fulbe or Fellani, where conical huts of thatched work and the gonda-tree are prevalent.

Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

(_dankali_), the palm (_geginya_), -- bearing a large fruit (_gonda_), like the mealy melon, -- gourds, rogo, and gwaza; which last are two species of potatoes.

Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government James Richardson 1828