Note 200 — THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF ANDREW BATTELL OF LEIGH IN ESSEX, SENT BY THE PORTUGALS PRISONER TO ANGOLA, WHO LIVED THERE, AND IN THE ADJOINING REGIONS, NEAR EIGHTEEN YEARS.

This is the ground-nut (Arachis hypogaea), or underground kidney bean. Its native name is nguba or mpinda. According to Ficalho, p. 142, it was introduced from America, while Voandzeia subterranea, called vielo in Angola, is certainly indigenous. The seeds of the latter are smaller and less oleaginous than those of Arachis, and hence its commercial value is less.