Nickernut → Portuguese. Nickernuts are the seeds of the Gray Nickernut (Caesalpinia bonduc) and related species such as Brown Nickernut (Caesalpinia major) and the Msolo (Caesalpinia cristata). They are the most popular counters for playing mancala games in Africa and the Caribbean. The shrub is called "Gray Nickernut" or "Gray Nicker Bean" in English, "Molukkenbohne" in German, "canique gris" in French, "komwe" in Swahili and "matojo de Playa" in Spanish. The gray nickernuts are used to play Oware in Ghana, the brown nickernuts for Warri on Antigua and the grey ones for Bao on Zanzibar.