Chapter IV: Part 4

=zindi= (Katagum, Kanuri?), Combretum sp. nr. C. Hartmannianum, Schweinf. (Combretaceæ); a tree with shining foliage and 4-winged fruit; probably the same as =chiriri= (C. Kerstingii, Engl. and Diels.), _q.v._

=zoḅarado=, the calyces of the “Red Sorrel” or =yakuwa= (Hibiscus Sabdariffa Linn.), _q.v._ used as food, medicine, and a beverage.

=zogalagandi=, Moringa pterygosperma, Gaertn. (Moringaceæ). “Horse-radish Tree.” A tree with graceful foliage white flowers and long pendulous pods, frequently planted around houses, and therefore also called =samarin danga=. The winged seeds yield an oil (“Oil of Ben”). Syn. =bagaruwar Makka= (Sok.), =barambo= (Gobir), also sometimes called =taḅa ni ka samu=, _q.v._ (_cf._ =kurnan nasara=). The roots can be used as horse-radish and the young leaves as a vegetable.

=zugu=, _vide_ under =abduga=.

=zunguru=, a var. of the bottle-gourd; _vide_ under =duma=.

=zunzuna=, _vide_ =rawaya=.

=zurma=, Ricinus communis, Linn. (Euphorbiaceæ). “Castor Oil Plant.” A tall shrub with large broad leaves and erect racemes of spiny capsules containing the seed from which castor oil is made; commonly planted in compounds or growing in waste places. The oil is chiefly used externally by Hausas, for sores on camels, &c. _kufi_ = a dark oily extract from the mixed seeds of =zurma=, =bi ni da zugu=, and =aduwa=, _q.v._

=zuru=, a var. of the bottle-gourd; _vide_ under =duma=.

=zuwo=, Celtis integrifolia, Lam. (Urticaceæ). A large tree. “Nettle-tree.” Syn. =dukki=, _q.v._ _cf._ also =dinkin=.

INDEX TO GENERA AND POPULAR NAMES

REFERENCE

=A=

=Abrus= _idon zakara_.

=Acacia= _bagaruwa_,

_ḍakwora_,

_dushe_,

_fara ḳaya_,

_farichin shafo_,

_gaba chara_,

_gardayi_,

_gawo_,

_ḳarḳara_,

_ḳwandariya_,

_yawa_.

=Achryanthes= _haḳorin machiji_.

=Adansonia= _kuka_.

=Adenium= _ḳariya_.

=Adenodolichos= _ḳwiwa_.

=Adenopus= _gojin jima_.

=Adina= _kaḍanyar rafi_.

=Æolanthus= _ḍeiḍoya_.

=Ærua= _alhaji_.

=Æschynome= _falfoli_,

_ḳaidajin ruwa_.

=Afrormosia= _ba-jini_,

_maḳarfo_.

=Afzelia= _kawo_.

=Agaricus= _naman kaza_.

=Albizzia= _katsari_.

=Alchornea= _bambami_.

=Algæ= _limniya_.

=Allium= _albasa_,

_tafarnuwa_.

=Aloe= _zabo_.

=Alternanthera= _mai-kain dubu_.

=Alysicarpus= _gadagi_.

=Amaranthus= _alayafu_,

_zaḳi banza_.

=Amblygonocarpus= _kolo_.

=Ambrosia= _babar more_.

=Amomum= _chitta_.

=Amorphophallus= _gwazar giwa_,

_ḳwododon kwaḍo_.

=Ampelocissus= _tsibiri kinkini_.

=Anacardium= _kanju_.

=Anaphrenium= _hawayen zaki_,

_shiwakar jan garigari_.

=Anchomanes= _tsakara_.

=Andropogon= _bayan mariya_,

_damba_,

_gamba_,

_laḅanda_,

_jan baḳo, &c._

=Aneilema= _tsidaun kare_.

=Anogeissus= _marike_.

=Anona= _gwandar daji_.

=Ansellia= _manta uwa_.

=Anthericum= _tamraro_.

=Anthocleista= _kwari_.

APPLE—

AKEE _alale_.

BALSAM _garafuni_.

CUSTARD WILD _gwandar daji_.

HAIRY THORN _zaḳami_.

DEAD SEA or SODOM _tumfafiya_.

=Arachis= _geḍa_,

_gujiya_.

=Argemone= _kwarko_.

=Aristida= _datsi_,

_kasmakaru_,

_katsaimu_.

=Aristolochia= _gaḍakuka_.

=Arnebia= _jinin mutum_.

ARROW-POISON _kwankwani_.

ARROWROOT, SOUTH SEA _amara_.

=Artemisia= _tazargadi_.

=Artocarpus= _barabutu_.

=Arundo= _gabara_.

=Asclepias= _risgar kurege_.

=Asparagus= _tsatsarar ḅera_.

=Aspilia= _nanake_.

AUBERGINE _gauta_.

=B=

=Balanites= _aduwa_.

=Balsamodendron= _dashi_,

_jawul_.

BAMBOO _gora_.

BANANA _ayaba_.

BAOBAB _kuka_.

=Baphia= _majigi_.

BARLEY _shair_.

BASIL, SWEET _ḍeiḍoya_.

=Bauhinia= _jirga_,

_kargo_.

BDELLIUM, AFRICAN _dashi_.

BEAD TREE _kurnan nasara_.

BEAN _wake_.

MAHOGANY _kawo_.

“OVERLOOK” _ḅarankachi_.

SWORD _ḅarankachi_,

_waken Ankwai_.

YAM _giri giri_.

BENISEED _riḍi_.

=Bergia= _bushi_.

BETU, OIL OF _aduwa_.

=Biophytum= _tsuku_.

BIRD’S EYE _idon zakara_.

=Blepharis= _faskara toyi_.

=Blighia= _alale_,

_Gwanja kusa_.

BLOODFLOWER _albasar kwaḍi_.

BLOOD PLUM _tursuje_.

BLOODWOOD _madobia_.

=Boerhaavia= _babba juji_.

=Bombax= _gurjiya_.

=Borassus= _giginya_.

=Boscia= _anza_,

_zayi_.

=Boswellia= _hano_.

BREAD-FRUIT _barabutu_.

BREAK-AXE _kariye gatari_.

BREAK-HOE _kariye galma_.

=Briedelia= _kirni_.

BRINJAL _gauta_.

BROOM-WEED, SWEET _roma fada_.

BRYONY _gautan zomo_.

BUFFALO-HORN _magariyar kura_.

BULRUSH _shalla_.

=Burkea= _kurḍi_.

=Butyrospermum= _kaḍanya_.

=C=

CABBAGE TREE _kwari_.

=Cadaba= _bagayi_.

=Cadalvena= _takalmin zomo_.

=Cæsalpinia= _yayan dara_.

=Cajanus= _waken Turawa_.

CALTROP _tsaido_,

_dayi_.

WATER _geḍar ruwa_.

CAMWOOD _majigi_.

=Canavalia= _ḅarankachi_,

_ḳodagaya_,

_waken Ankwai_.

=Capparis= _haujeri_,

_ḳabdodo_.

=Capsicum= _barkono_.

=Caralluma= _karan masallachi_.

=Cardiospermum= _gautan kwaḍo_.

=Carica= _gwanda_.

=Carissa= _gizaḳi_.

=Carpodinus= _alubada_.

CASSAVA _rogo_.

=Cassia= _bagaruwar ḳassa_,

_fideli_,

_filasko_,

_gamma faḍa_,

_rai ḍore_,

_runhu_,

_tafasa_.

=Cassytha= _rumfar gada_.

CASTOR OIL _zurma_.

=Celosia= _alayafu (farin)_,

_nanafo_.

=Celtis= _zuwo_.

=Centaurea= _dayi_.

=Cenchrus= _ḳarangiya_.

=Cephalandra= _barkonon biri_,

_gurjin daji_.

=Ceratotheca= _karkashi_.

CHESTNUT, WATER _geḍar ruwa_.

CHEW-STICK TREE _marike_,

_tafashia_.

CHILLIES _barkono_.

=Chloris= _ḳafar fakara_,

_kasara_.

=Chlorophora= _loko_.

=Chrozophora= _damaigi_.

=Chrysanthellum= _rariyar ḳassa_.

=Cienfuegosia= _kaḍa kaḍa_.

=Cissampelos= _jibda ḳassa_.

=Citrullus= _agushi_,

_guna_.

=Citrus= _lemu_.

CLEAVERS _ḍan kaḍafi_.

=Clematis= _rogon daji_.

=Clerodendron= _mashayi_.

=Clinogyne= _fita_.

CLOVES _ḳanumfari_.

=Cochlospermum= _rawaya_.

=Cocos= _kwakwar Attagara_.

=Cola= _goro_.

=Colocasia= _gwaza_.

=Combretum= _chiriri_,

_dalo_,

_geza_,

_goga jiki_,

_kariye galma_,

_taramniya_,

_wuyan damo_,

_zindi_.

=Commelyna= _balasa_.

=Commiphora= _dali_.

CONVOLVULUS, _vide_ =Ipomœa=.

COPAIBA BALSAM, WEST AFRICAN _kadaura_.

CORAL TREE _majiriya_.

=Corchorus= _lalu_,

_malafiya_.

=Cordia= _aliliba_.

CORN, GUINEA _dawa_.

INDIAN _masara_.

=Costus= _ka ḳi zuwa Hausa_.

COTTON _abduga_.

COWHAGE or COWITCH _karara_.

=Cratæva= _ingidido_.

CRESS, COMMON or GARDEN _algarif_,

_labsur_.

=Crinum= _albasar kwaḍi_.

=Crossopteryx= _kasfiya_.

=Crotalaria= _biya rana_,

_geḍar awaki_,

_maganin kunama_,

_manta uwa_,

_sa furfura_,

_yauki_.

=Croton= _itchen Masar_.

=Cryptolepis= _ḳafon baḍi_.

=Ctenium= _shinaka_.

=Ctenolepis= _ḍiyan hanwawa_.

CUCUMBER, AFRICAN _kurzunu_.

=Cucumis= _gurji_,

_kain fakara_,

_nonon kura_,

_tsuwawun zaki_.

=Cucurbita= _kabewa_.

=Curculigo= _doyar kurege_.

=Curcuma= _gangamau_,

_zabibi_.

CUS CUS _jema_.

=Cussonia= _gwabsa_.

=Cyathula= _ḳarangiyar kusu_.

=Cyanotis= _raḅa_,

_tamraro_.

=Cycnium= _Gwanja kusa_.

=Cymbopogon= _gajiri_,

_ḳyara_,

_nobe_,

_tsabre_,

_tsikar daji_,

_yama_.

=Cynodon= _kiri kiri_.

=Cyperus= _aya_,

_aya-aya_,

_ḍan Tunuga_,

_gizgiri_,

_gwaigwaya_,

_kajiji_.

=D=

=Dactyloctenium= _guḍe guḍe_.

“DAL” _waken Turawa_.

=Daniellia= _kadaura_.

DATE _dabino_.

DESERT _aduwa_.

=Datura= _babba juji_,

_zaḳami_.

=Desmodium= _ḍan kaḍafi_.

=Detarium= _taura_.

“DEVIL’S COACH-WHIP” _tsarkiyar kusu_.

=Dichrostachys= _ḍunḍu_,

_sarḳaḳiya_.

=Dicoma= _dauḍa_.

=Digitaria= _acha_,

_harḳiya_,

_karani_,

_makari_.

=Dioscorea= _doya_,

_ḳosain rogo_,

_sakata_.

=Diospyros= _kanya_.

=Dolichos= _waken baibayi_.

=Donax= _fita_.

DRAGON’S BLOOD _madobia_.

DUB _kiri kiri_.

DURRA _dawa_.

=Dyschoriste= _fidda hakukuwa_.

=E=

EBONY, AFRICAN _kanya_.

EGG-PLANT _gauta_.

=Elais= _kwakwa_.

ELEMI, AFRICAN _atillis_.

=Eleusine= _tamba_,

_tuji_.

=Entada= _tawatsa_.

=Eragrostis= _buddari_,

_burburwa_,

_tsintsiya_.

=Eriodendron= _rimi_.

=Erythrina= _majiriya_.

=Erythrophlœum= _gwaska_.

=Eugenia= _ḳanumfari_,

_malmo_.

=Euphorbia= _fidda sartsi_,

_ḳaguwa_,

_kerana_,

_kurar shanu_,

_nonon kurchiya_,

_sutura_,

_tinya_.

=Evolvulus= _ka fi malam_.

=F=

=Fadogia= _gagayi_.

=Feretia= _ḳuruḳuru_.

FERN—

ELK’S HORN _dafaddu_.

HARE SPEAR _mashin zomo_.

MALE _agugu_.

=Ficus= _ḅaure_,

_bijaje_,

_cheḍiya_,

_dulu_,

_durumi_,

_gamji_,

_garicha_,

_ḳawuri_,

_nonon gwanki_,

_rubiya_,

_shirinya_,

_taḅa ni ka samu_.

_uwar yara_,

_wa_,

_yandi_.

=Fimbristylis= _gemen kusu_.

=Fluggea= _tsa_.

FRANKINCENSE TREE _hano_.

=G=

=Garcinia= _goro_.

=Gardenia= _gauḍe_,

_katambiri_.

GINGELLY _riḍi_.

GINGER _chitta Afu_.

=Gisekia= _lallen shamuwa_.

=Gladiolus= _rumana_.

=Gloriosa= _baurairai_.

=Glossonema= _tarin gida_.

=Gossypium= _abduga_.

GOURD—

BOTTLE or CLUB _duma_.

PROPHETS’ _kain fakara_.

SOUR _kuka_.

SQUASH _kabewa_.

GRAINS OF PARADISE _chitta_.

=Grangea= _tambari_.

GRAPES, FOREST _tsibiri kinkini_.

GRASS—

BERMUDA or DUB _kiri kiri_.

BRISTLY FOX-TAIL _duza_.

COMB FRINGE _guḍe guḍe_.

CUS CUS or VETIVER _jema_.

ELEPHANT _yanbama_,

_dawar kada_.

PRICKLY BUR _ḳarangiya_.

SPANISH REED _gabara_.

=Grewia= _dargaza_,

_gurdugu_,

_kurukubi_.

=Guiera= _sabara_.

GUINEA GRAINS _chitta_.

GUM ARABIC _ḍakwora_,

_bagaruwa_.

GUM ACACIA _dushe_,

_fara ḳaya_,

_gardayi_.

GUTTA-PERCHA TREE _gamji_.

=Gymnema= _yaryaḍin kura_.

=Gymnosporia= _ḳunḳushewa_.

=Gynandropsis= _gasaya_.

=Gynura= _baba hun_.

=H=

=Habenaria= _muruchin daji_.

=Hæmanthus= _albasar kwaḍi_.

=Hæmatostaphis= _tursuje_.

=Hannoa= _takanḍar giwa_.

=Heliotropium= _Ba-Fillatani_,

_Gwanja kusa_,

_tumkiyar rafi_.

HEMP—

AFRICAN BOWSTRING _moda_.

INDIAN _rama_.

HENNA _lalle_.

=Heteropogon= _bunsurun daji_.

=Hibiscus= _ḳarama mowa_,

_kuḅewa_,

_yakuwa_,

_rama_.

=Hippocratea= _gwaḍayi_.

=Holarrhena= _bakin mutum_.

=Hordeum= _shair_.

HORSE-RADISH TREE _zogalagandi_.

=Hygrophila= _sare gwiwa_.

=Hymenocardia= _jan yaro_.

=Hyphæna= _goriba_.

=Hyptis= _ḍeiḍoyar kare_,

_kimba kimba_.

=I=

=Imperata= _tofa_.

INDIGO _baba_,

_talaki_.

=Indigofera= _baba_,

_baḳin bunnu_,

_ḍan marike_,

_gujiyar hankaka_,

_ḳaiḳai koma kan mashikiya_,

_karkashin zomo_,

_sagagi_,

_tantaroba_.

=Ipomœa= _awarwaro_,

_barmatabo_,

_dankali_,

_dankon kuyangi_,

_dumar kada_,

_d. kwaḍi_,

_farin gammo_,

_ḳafar kaza_,

_kurḍin machiji_,

_sawu dubu_,

_yako_,

_yamḅururu_,

_yaryaḍi_.

IROKO _loko_.

=Irvingia= _goron biri_.

=Isoberlinia= _doka_.

=J=

=Jatropha= _bi ni da zugu_.

JEQUIRITY _idon zakara_.

JUJUBE TREE _magariya_.

=Jussiæa= _sha shatau_.

JUTE _lalu_,

_malafiya_.

BASTARD _rama_.

=K=

KAPOK _rimi_.

=Kerstingiella= _kwaruru_.

=Khaya= _maḍachi_.

=Kigelia= _rahaina_.

KINO, AFRICAN _madobia_.

=Kœmpferia= _limniyar kwaḍi_.

KOKO YAM _gwaza_.

=Kola= _goro_.

=L=

=Lactuca= _dayi (namijin)_,

_nonon ḅariya_.

=Lagenaria= _duma_.

=Landolphia= _chiwo_.

=Lantana= _kimbar mahalba_.

=Lasiosyphon= _tururubi_.

=Lawsonia= _lalle_.

=Leonotis= _kain ḅarawo_.

=Lepidium= _algarif_,

_labsur_.

=Leptadenia= _yaḍiya_.

LETTUCE, WATER _kai nuwa_.

=Leucas= _ḍeiḍoyar gona_.

LILAC, AFRICAN or PERSIAN _kurnan nasara_.

LILY—

CLIMBING _baurairai_.

SPIDER _hatsin manoma_.

WATER _bado_.

LIME _lemu_.

=Limonia= _kokuwa_.

LOCUST BEAN, AFRICAN _ḍorowa_.

=Lonchocarpus= _furen yan sariki_,

_shunin biri_,

_talaki_.

=Lophira= _kaḍanya (namijin)_.

=Loranthus= _kauchi_.

LOVE-LIES-BLEEDING _alayafu_.

=Luffa= _soso_.

=M=

=Mærua= _chichiwa_,

_gazari_.

MAHOGANY—

AFRICAN _maḍachi_.

BEAN _kawo_.

MAIZE _masara_.

=Mallotus= _ḳafar mutuwa_.

MALLOW, JEWS’ _malafiya_.

=Mangifera= _mangoro_.

MANGO _mangoro_.

=Manihot=; MANIOC _rogo_.

=Melia= _kurnan nasara_.

=Melochia= _tukurra_.

MELON—

WATER _guna_.

TREE _gwanda_.

MENI OIL TREE _kaḍanya (namijin)_

=Merremia= _barmatabo_,

_yamḅururu_.

METEL _zaḳami_.

MILK-HEDGE _fidda sartsi_,

_ḳaguwa_.

MILKWEEDS _fataka_,

_hanjin rago_,

_ḳafon baḍi_,

_risgar kurege_,

_rojiya_,

_tarin gida_,

_tumfafiya_.

MILLET—

BASTARD _tumbin jaki_.

BULRUSH or PEARL _damro_,

_gero_,

_maiwa_.

GREAT _dawa_.

“MARUA” or “RAGI” _tamba_.

=Mimosa= _ḳaidaji_.

EGYPTIAN _bagaruwa_.

MISTLETOE, WEST INDIAN _kauchi_.

=Mitracarpum= _goga masu_.

=Mitragyne= _giyeya_.

=Momordica= _garafuni_.

=Monechma= _ḍan farkami_.

=Morelia= _innuwar ḅauna_.

=Moringa= _zogalagandi_.

MORNING GLORY _yako_,

_yaryaḍi_.

=Mucuna= _karara_.

=Mukia= _gautan zomo_.

=Musa= _ayaba_.

MUSHROOM _naman kaza_.

MYRRH _jawul_.

AFRICAN _dashi_.

=N=

=Nelsonia= _tsamiyar makiyaya_.

=Nephrodium= _agugu_.

NETTLE TREE _zuwo_.

=Newbouldia= _aduruku_.

=Nicotiana= _taba_.

NIGHTSHADE, BLACK _gautan kaji_.

NUT—

BAMBARRA GROUND _kwaruru_.

GROUND or MONKEY _geḍa_.

KOLA _goro_.

PHYSIC or PURGING _bi ni da zugu_.

SHEA _kaḍanya_.

TIGER _aya_.

=Nymphæa= _bado_.

=O=

OAK, AFRICAN _kaḍanya (namijin)_.

OATS, WILD _bunsurun daji_.

=Ocimum= _ḍeiḍoya_.

=Odina= _faru_,

_jawul_.

ODUM _loko_.

OKRA _kuḅewa_.

=Olax= _gwano rafi_.

=Oncoba= _kokochiko_.

ONION _albasa_.

=Ophioglossum= _mashin zomo_.

=Opilia= _innuwar gada_.

ORANGE _lemu_.

ORCHID _manta uwa_,

_muruchin bissa_,

_muruchin daji_,

_wutsiyar raḳumi_.

ORDEAL TREE _gwaska_.

=Ormocarpum= _faskara giwa_.

=Oryza= _shinkafa_.

=Oxalis= _tsuku_.

=Oxystelma= _hanjin rago_.

=Oxytenanthera= _gora_.

=P=

=Pachyrhizus= _giri giri_.

PALM—

COCO-NUT _kwakwar Attagara_.

DATE _dabino_ (cf. also _kajinjiri_).

DELEB, FAN or PALMYRA _giginya_.

DUM or GINGER-BREAD _goriba_.

OIL _kwakwa_.

=Pancratium= _hatsin manoma_.

=Panicum= _baya_,

_bubuchi_,

_burugu_,

_haḳorin kare_,

_machara_,

_makarin faḳo_,

_roba_,

_tsintsiya_.

=Pardaniellia= _kadaura_.

PAREIRA BRAVA, FALSE _jibda ḳassa_.

=Parinarium= _gawasa_,

_Gwanja kusa_,

_ḳaiḳai_,

_rura_.

=Parkia= _ḍorowa_.

=Parkinsonia= _sasabani_.

=Paspalum= _tumbin jaki_.

=Paullinia= _kana kana_.

=Pavetta= _gadu_.

=Pavonia= _tsu_.

PAWPAW _gwanda_.

PEA—

EARTH _geḍa_.

HEART _gautan kwaḍo_.

MANIOC _giri giri_.

PIGEON _waken turawa_.

=Pennisetum= _damro_,

_fafewa_,

_gero_,

_ḳyasuwa_,

_maiwa_,

_yanbama_.

PEPPER—

AFRICAN, GUINEA or NEGRO _kimba_.

BENIN, or WEST AFRICAN
BLACK _masoro_.

MELEGUETA _chitta_.

RED or CHILLIE _barkono_.

=Pergularia= _fatakka_.

=Peristrophe= _tubanin dawaki_.

=Perotis= _wutsiyar kurege_.

=Peucedanum= _raken giwa_.

=Phœnix= _dabino_.

=Phyllanthus= _geron tsuntsaye_,

_majiriyar kurumi_.

=Physalis= _matsarmama_.

PHYSIC NUT _bi ni da zugu_.

=Piper= _masoro_.

=Pistia= _kai nuwa_.

PLANTAIN _ayaba_.

=Platycerium= _dafaddu_.

=Platycoryne= _wutsiyar raḳumi_.

=Platystonia= _kimbar rafi_.

=Plectranthus= _risga_.

=Pleioceras= _bakin mutum_.

PLUM—

GINGERBREAD _gawasa_.

HOG, SPANISH or JAMAICA _tsadar Lamarudu_.

=Polycarpæa= _bakin suda_,

_magudiya_.

=Polygala= _sa hankaki dako_,

_yawa_.

POMEGRANATE _rimani_.

POPPY, YELLOW MEXICAN _kwarko_.

=Portulaca= _fasa ḳabba_.

POTATO—

KAFFIR _risga_.

SWEET _dankali_.

=Potaxon= _tumukun suri_.

PRAYER BEADS _idon zakara_.

PRIDE OF INDIA _kurnan nasara_.

PRIVET, EGYPTIAN _lalle_.

=Prosopis= _kiriya_.

=Pseudocedrela= _tuna_.

=Psorospermum= _kaskawami_.

=Pterocarpus= _geḍar kurumi_,

_madobia_.

=Pulicaria= _balbela_.

PUMPKIN—

POMPION _kabewa_.

WHITE _duma_.

=Punica= _rimani_.

=Pupalia= _marin kusu_.

PURGING NUT _bi ni da zugu_.

PURSLANE _fasa ḳabba_.

HORSE _gadon machiji_.

=R=

=Randia= _katambiri_,

_tsibra_.

=Raphia= _tukuruwa_.

=Rauwolfia= _wadda_.

REED, SPANISH _gabara_.

=Rhytachne= _ḍiwa_,

_jema_.

RICE _shinkafa_.

HUNGRY _acha_,

_tumbin jaki_.

=Ricinus= _zurma_.

=Rogeria= _baba rodo_.

ROSELLA _yakuwa_.

ROSEWOOD, AFRICAN _madobia_.

=Rottbœllia= _gyazama_.

=S=

=Saccharum= _rake_,

_kyamro_.

=Salix= _rimni_.

=Sansevieria= _moda_.

SANT PODS _bagaruwa_.

=Sarcocephalus= _tafashia_.

SARSAPARILLA _kwaranga_.

SASSWOOD _gwaska_.

SAUSAGE TREE _rahaina_.

=Schizoglossum= _rojiya_,

_tafo ka sha mamarka_.

=Schœnefeldia= _shinaka_.

=Schwenkia= _dandana_.

=Scoparia= _roma fada_.

=Securidaca= _sainya_.

SEDGE _aya_,

_aya aya_,

_ḍan Tunuga_,

_gemen kusu_,

_gizgiri_,

_gwaigwaya_,

_kajiji_.

SENNA _fideli_,

_filasko_.

=Sesamum= _riḍi_,

_riḍin barewa_.

=Sesbania= _alambo_,

_zamarke_.

=Setaria= _duza_.

SHEA BUTTER TREE _kaḍanya_.

=Sida= _garamani_,

_ḳaḳa kai ka fitto_,

_miya tsanya_.

SILK COTTON TREE _rimi_.

RED FLOWERED _gurjiya_.

=Smilax= _kwaranga_.

=Solanum= _gauta &c._,

_gorgo_.

=Sopubia= _rimin agwada_.

=Sorghum= _dawa_,

_dawar kada_,

_takanḍa_.

SORREL, RED _yakuwa_.

=Spermacoce= _alkaman tururuwa_.

SPIDER-WORT _balasa_.

SPIDER LILY _hatsin manoma_.

SPINAGE, NATIVE _alayafu_.

=Spondias= _danya_,

_tsadar Lamarudu_.

=Sporobolus= _hakin furtau_.

=Stachytarpheta= _tsarkiyar kusu_.

=Sterculia= _goro_,

_kukuki_.

=Stereospermum= _sansami_.

=Striga= _ḳuduji_.

=Strophanthus= _kwankwani_.

=Strychnos= _ḳoḳiya_.

=Stylochiton= _gwandayi_.

=Stylosanthes= _tsira faḳo_.

SUGAR-CANE _rake_,

_takanḍa_.

=Swartzia= _bayama_,

_gamma faḍa_.

=Syncolostemon= _tumukun biri_.

=T=

=Tacca= _amara_,

_giginyar biri_.

=Taccazea= _yaḍiyar kada_.

TALH GUM-ACACIA _dushe_.

=Tamarindus= _tsamiya_.

=Tephrosia= _ḳini_,

_majimfa_,

_sabani_.

=Terminalia= _baushe_,

_kandari_.

=Tetrapleura= _dawo_.

=Thelepogon= _ḍataniya_.

=Thonningia= _kubla_.

=Tinnea= _godar zomo_.

TOMATO, NATIVE _gauta_.

=Trapa= _geḍar ruwa_.

=Trianthema= _gadon machiji_.

=Tribulus= _tsaido_.

=Trichilia= _Gwanja kusa_,

_jan saye_.

=Trichodesma= _walkin tsofo_.

=Tricholæna= _mai farin kai_.

=Trichopteryx= _wutsiyar kurege_.

=Tripogon= _bubukuwa_.

=Triticum= _alkama_.

=Triumfetta= _ḍan kaḍafi_,

_suren fadama_.

=Trochomeria= _akwalu_.

=Turmeric= _gangamau_.

=Typha= _shalla_.

=U=

=Uapaca= _ka fafogo_.

=Uraria= _kaskaifi_.

=Urena= _ramaniya_.

=Urginea= _albasar kura_.

=Ustilago= _burtuntuna_.

=V=

=Vangueria= _bi ta ka tsira_.

VEGETABLE MARROW _kabewa_.

VELVET-BEAN _karara_.

VELVET-LEAF _jibda ḳassa_.

=Vernonia= _ḅurzu_,

_domashi_,

_sabulun mata_,

_sheḳani_,

_shiwaka_,

_tozalin barewa_.

=Vetiveria= _jema_.

=Vigna= _wake_,

_waken barewa_,

_waken gizo_,

_yaryaḍi_.

VINE _ayana_,

_tsibiri kinkini_,

_dafara_.

BALLOON _gautan kwaḍo_.

EDIBLE-STEMMED _ḍaḍori_.

RUBBER _alubada_,

_chiwo_.

=Vitex= _ḍinya_.

=Vitis= _ayana_,

_ḍaḍori_,

_dafara_,

_tsuwawun biri_.

=Voacanga= _ḳoḳiyar biri_.

=Voandzeia= _gujiya_,

_kwaruru_.

=W=

=Waltheria= _hankufa_.

WHEAT _alkama_.

WILLOW _rimni_.

WINTER CHERRY _gautan kwaḍo_.

=Wissadula= _kwankwarimi_.

=Withania= _ḳarama anta_.

WOOD-OIL TREE _kadaura_.

=X=

=Ximenia= _tsada_.

=Xylopia= _kimba_.

=Xysmalobium= _bauje_,

_rojiya_.

=Y=

YAM _doya_,

_ḳosain rogo_.

“KOKO” _gwaza_.

=Z=

=Zanthoxylum= _fasa ḳwari_.

=Zea= _masara_.

=Zingiber= _chitta Afu_.

=Zizyphus= _kurna_,

_magariya_,

_magariyar kura_.

=Zornia= _sabulun kuyangi_.

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Transcriber's note:

pg 13 Changed: Ipomæa pilosa to: Ipomœa

pg 15 Changed: F. populifolia, Vahl. (Urticacæ) to: Urticaceæ

pg 24 Changed: Sorghum halapense to: halepense

pg 25 Changed: Vitex Cienkowskii, Kotchy et Peyr. to: Kotschy

pg 34 Changed: Ctenolepsis cerasiformis to: Ctenolepis

pg 41 Changed: species (Steruliaceæ) to: Sterculiaceæ

pg 52 Changed: =haḍanyar rafi= or =kaḍanyar kurumi=, Adina to:
=kaḍanyar rafi=

pg 53 (x2) Changed: Ipomæa to: Ipomœa

pg 55 Changed: =kal nuwa= to: =kai nuwa=

pg 63 Changed: Vocanga to: Voacanga

pg 65 Changed: Ipomæa to: Ipomœa

pg 66 Changed: (Sok. Kats. Katugum, &c.) to: Katagum

pg 78 Changed: Sesamun indicum to: Sesamum

pg 84 Changed: Vernonia primulina, O. Hoffn. to: O. Hoffm.

pg 86 Changed: Ipomæa to: Ipomœa

pg 88 Changed: Schœnfeldia gracilis to: Schœnefeldia

pg 89 =suren fadama= moved out of =sure= and made into its
own entry, right below.

pg 103 Changed: Ipomæa to: Ipomœa

pg 104 (x2) Changed: Ipomæa to: Ipomœa

pg 110 Changed: [=Aristida=] — kasamakaru to: kasmakaru

pg 111 Changed: =Chrysanthella= to: =Chrysanthellum=

pg 113 Changed: [=Grewia=] — gurduzu to: gurdugu

pg 114 Changed: =Lasiosyphon= — _tuturubi_. to: _tururubi_.

pg 117 Changed: =Platycorne= to: =Platycoryne=

pg 118 Changed: =Sesasum= to: =Sesamum=

pg 118 Changed: =Trichelia= to: =Trichilia=

Minor changes in punctuation have been done silently.

Other spelling inconsistencies have been left unchanged.