Part 11

=dunki=, vide =dukki=.

=durumi=, Ficus Syringifolia, Werb. (Urticaceæ); a very familiar species of fig-tree with small figs and heart-shaped shining leaves, affording splendid shade.

=dushe= (Kano), =dussa= (East Hausa), Acacia Seyal, Del. (Leguminosæ); the “Talh” gum-acacia; a thorny tree with yellow flower-balls and an ochrey powder on the bark. Syn. =jimshi= (Sok.), and ?=gishishiya= (Zanfara).

=duza= (Sok. and Zanf.), Setaria aurea, Hochst. (Gramineæ). “Bristly Fox-tail Grass;” a grass of damp places, used for thatch. Syn. =ḳyasuwar rafi= or =ḳ. ta fadama=. cf. =ḳyasuwa=.

=ḍwata= or =ḍata=, a small native bitter tomato; vide under =gauta=.

=ḍwatana=, vide =ḍataniya=.

=F=

=fafewa= (Sok. and Zanf.), Pennisetum unisetum, Benth. (Gramineæ); a tall grass with hollow stems and sharp leaf-edges. (Etym. because it rasps the hand—fafe = to scrape.) Syn. =karan kauje= and =korkoro= (Kontagora).

=falfoli= (Sok.), Æschynome sensitiva, Swartz. (Leguminosæ); a tall slender plant of marshes, with spongy pith used for floats (karu), &c. Syn. =gombiliki=, and =bambamko= (East Hausa).

=fankaso= or =punkaso=, vide under =alkama=.

=fara doka=, Isoberlinia Dalzielii, Craib. et Stapf (Leguminosæ); a large tree; vide under =doka=.

=farafara=, a white var. of =dawa=, q.v.

=fara geza=, Combretum aculeatum, Vent. (Combretaceæ); a shrub with white flowers (somewhat resembling hawthorn), and 4-angled fruit.

=fara ḳaya=, Acacia Sieberiana, DC. (Leguminosæ); a gum-yielding acacia with long white thorns, dark foliage, and white flower-balls. Syn. =bauji= (East Hausa).

=fara saura=, Pulicaria crispa, Clarke (Compositæ); a white-leaved weed with yellow flowers, common in fields. (Etym. saura or sabra = fallow fields). Syn. =bafuri=, and =balbela=, q.v.

=farfatse= or =parpatse=, vide =dandana=.

=fari=, vide under =abduga=.

=fari=, a var. of Water Melon; vide under =guna=.

=farichin shafo=, or =ḳumbar shafo= (= “falcon’s claw”); a tall acacia with strong curved thorns, the same as or closely similar to =ḳarḳara=, q.v. Acacia campylacantha, Hochst. or nearly allied species.

=farin gammo=, Ipomœa argentaurata, Hall. f. (Convolvulaceæ); a trailing convolvulus with whitish flowers and silvery-hairy leaves. Syn. =ka fi boka=. (Etym. ganmo, gammo or ganwo = a head-pad).

=farin sansami= (Sok. and Kats.), Lonchocarpus laxiflorus, G. et P. (Leguminosæ); a tree with purple flowers. The leaves are capable of affording a dye like indigo. cf. =talaki=. Syn. =shunin biri=, and cf. =halshen sa=.

=faru=, Odina Barteri, Oliv. (and other spp. Anacardiaceæ); a large tree with pinnate leaves and small berries; the bark yields a resin. Syn. =tuḍi= (Zanfara), or =farun biri= (Sok.). In Sokoto =faru= or =farun mutane= = Odina sp. different from the above, with paler and smoother foliage.

=farun makiyaya=, a wild vine; vide under =tsibiri kinkini=.

=fasa daga=, the seeds of the tree =kawo=, q.v. Afzelia africana, Sm. (Leguminosæ), sold as a medicine or charm in fight, &c. (Etym. from its use as a charm in battle—daga—to put the enemy to flight, suggested by the explosive dehiscence of the pods scattering the seeds). Also called =fasa maza=.

=fasa ḳabba=, or =fasa kumburi=, Portulaca oleracea, L. and other spp. (Portulacaceæ). “Purslane.” A weed with succulent leaves, used as a local application to swellings. (Etym. “disperse swellings”). Syn. =sarikin jibji=, and =harshen saniya= or =dabrin saniya=; cf. =gadon machiji= and vide =rigya kafi=.

=fasa ḳwari=, Zanthoxylum senegalense, DC. (Rutaceæ); a thorny tree with pinnate leaves, found in ravines in the Benué district; the fragrant bark is sold as a medicine and spice.

=faskara giwa=, Ormocarpum bibracteatum, Baker (Leguminosæ); a shrub with tough flexible branches, small pinnate leaves and purple flowers. (Etym. from the tough texture of the wood which the elephant cannot break). In Zanfara this is sometimes called =tsa= q.v.

=faskara toyi=, Blepharis linearifolia, Pers. (Acanthaceæ); a prickly herb with blue flowers and spiny leaves used to trace ornamental lines on earthenware. Syn. =gigi=? =dauḍar Maguzawa=? (Etym. because it often remains unburnt when the grass is fired).