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How The Owoo Brothers Made Fortunes From Silk Rubber 132 Years Ago

The Owoo brothers, Nee Owoo II, alias George Owoo, Esq. (born in Accra, 1861 to 1934) and Rebert Owoo, Esq. also born in Accra, 1866 were merchants in “Funtumia Elastica” from the 1890s. Funtumia elastic, commonly named ‘silk rubber’, is a medium-sized deciduous tree. Funtumia elastica (Apocynaceae Family) is one of such plants which, apart from […]