In the 1880s Martti Rautanen, nicknamed Nakambale, became missionary at Olukonda and initiated the building of a church in 1889, and a missionary house in 1893.
Olukonda |
It was during this expedition that he made the acquaintance of the Finnish missionary Martti Rautanen (1845-1926) at Olukonda, and named the tree Ricinodendron rautanenii after him.