[Native African name.] Hemp, Cannabis sativa. (Cf. bhang, hemp.)
1861. Du Chaillu, Equat. Afr., xxiv. 419. The leaf is used to smoke … and has … narcotic effects…: this liamba is nothing else than the … Cannabis Indica.
1897. Mary Kingsley, W. Africa, 667. The imported gin keeps the African … from his worst intoxicant lhiamba (Cannabis sativa).
