yonga

The yonga is usually a large tree with a spreading crown, although in the Marianas it is usually stunted by typhoons and reaches heights of only about 15 meters (m).

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More reports came to us about Suwarora, all of the most inviting nature; but nothing else worth mentioning occurred until we reached the border of Msalala, where an officer of M'yonga's, who said he was a bigger man than his chief, demanded a tax, which I refused, and the dispute ended in his snatching Nasib's gun out of his hands.

The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

Baraka, in the same way as I did at M'yonga's, directing that it should be limited to the small sum of one barsati and four yards kiniki.

The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

All the Wanguana had been either killed or driven away by M'yonga's men, who all turned out and fell upon the caravan, shooting, spearing, and plundering, until nothing was left.

The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

Some of M'yonga's men who had plundered Grant now "caught a Tartar."

The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

In the evening another messenger arrived from Grant, giving a list of his losses and expenses at M'yonga's.

The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

I had proposed to Grant that, as Lumeresi's territories extended to within eight miles of M'yonga's, he should try to move over the Msalala border by relays, when I would send some Bogue men to meet him; for though Lumeresi would not risk sending his men into the clutches of M'yonga, he was most anxious to have another white visitor.

The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

M'yonga's establishment; and I was at the same time informed that the husbands who were out in search of them would return, as M'yonga was likely to demand a price for them if they were claimed, in virtue of their being his rightful property under the acknowledged law of buni, or findings-keepings.

The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

"My dear Speke, -- The caravan was attacked, plundered, and the men driven to the winds, while marching this morning into M'yonga's country.

The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

Two key species in this forest type are the mapunyao (Aglaia mariannensis), an understory tree endemic to the Mariana Islands, and the yonga (Elaeocarpus joga) which is endemic to Micronesia.

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