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[1] The lyonno is a climbing plant which belongs to the lily plant type but has very bitter roots which are sometimes harvested, washed and boiled and the juice mixed with other herbs as medicine.
[2] Kalang is a small black insect that moves in groups in a military formation but once the head is killed, the rest scatter in disarray. The kalang stings mostly the bare buttocks of people who sit on bare earth or those walking barefooted either in the compound, along the footpaths or in the garden where there is competition for space or way. It is a very painful sting.
[3] Odonga in Lwo –English Dictionary (2012 ed.) defines Akuku as, ‘a black sand (iron ore with mica) used for smearing the head and female loin dresses (cip ki ceno).
[4] Acuga are small black wild fruits/berries that grow on shrubs. They are sweet and edible.
[5] Odure is the name of a small boy who was fond of sitting by the fireside in the ‘cooking hut’ of his mother. One day a spark of fire burnt his testicles. This incident became known throughout the village and a composer-singer turned it into a song. The song warns those who frequent the cooking hut that they might suffer the same fate like Odure.
[6] Omwombye — a creeping plant on an ant hill, the bark of its roots taste a bit like pepper, it is used as medicine for many conditions, such as stomach and eye diseases, etc. It is similar to lurono plant which has a root but mint like in taste (Odonga 2012).
[7] malakwang-— sour-tasty green vegetables cooked and enjoyed by the Acoli people.
[8] labikka—spike plants that grow wild and produce thorn-like seeds used to open up wounds or remove scales from the eye-balls.