A large African tree or the wood from it, sometimes used for timber or traditional purposes.
Likely from an African language, possibly Bantu origin. The word entered English through colonial botanical and timber trade documentation.
African tree names in English often carry hidden histories—'abanga' probably traveled into English dictionaries through the colonial timber trade, its original meaning subtly altered along the way.
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