Part 19

=hanjin rago=, Oxystelma bornouense, R. Br. (Asclepiadeæ); a slender twiner with milky juice and white and purple flowers, commonly growing on bushes by streams.

=hankufa=, Waltheria americana, Linn. (Buettneriaceæ); a common erect weed or undershrub with soft leaves and small yellow flowers; used medicinally.

=hannu biat= or =yatsa biat=, a plant with 5-digitate leaves; used medicinally.

=hannun giwa=, a var. of =dawa=, q.v.

=hannun kuturu=, vide under =gwabsa=.

=hannun marini=, a var. of bean, vide under =wake=.

=hannu ruwa=, a var. of kola nut; vide under =goro=.

=hano= (Sok. and Kats., &c.), Boswellia Dalzielii, Hutch. sp. nov. and Boswellia odorata, Hutch. sp. nov. (Burseraceæ). Two closely similar species of “Frankincense Tree” (the former more in Sokoto, Kontagora, Zaria, &c., the latter in Yola province, &c.). Syn. =ararabi= (Katsina, &c.), =basamu= (Sok. and Zanf.). The fragrant gum-resin is used medicinally and as a fumigation for clothing, houses, &c. (Etym. from hana, to prevent, from a prejudice some have against it, believing that it prevents success in trade, &c.; a form of deceit is to adulterate or substitute it for other resins such as ḳaron maje, &c. cf. the name ba samu indicating the same idea).

=hansar gada=, =hansar giwa=, names given to several Aroid plants; vide =tsakara=, =gwazar giwa=, &c.; (hansa = the breast).

=hanza=, vide =anza=.

=harawa=, stem and leaf of bean and ground-nut plants, used as fodder, =harawan wake=, =harawan geḍa=. =harawan ḍorowa=, vide under =ḍorowa=.

=harḳiya=, Digitaria debilis, Willd. (Gramineæ); a common fodder grass, 1½ to 2 feet high, with several slender flower rays. “Finger Grass.”

=harwatsi= (Sok.), Mitracarpum scabrum, Zucc. (Rubiaceæ); a common weed. Syn. =goga masu=, q.v.

=hatsin manoma= (Sok.), Pancratium trianthum, Herb. (Amaryllideæ); a bulbous herb with beautiful white lily-like flowers appearing with the early rains; (sometimes called “Spider Lily”).

=haujeri= (Katagum, &c.), =haujerin mutane=, Capparis corymbosa, Lam. (Capparideæ). A climbing thorny shrub, with white flowers and yellow fruit like a small orange, sometimes eaten. The leaves are sometimes used as food. haujerin raḳumi, Capparis tomentosa, Lam. A thorny woody climber similar to the last, more common and with larger fruit, not eaten. Generally called ḳabdodo (Sok. Kats., &c.); ?chauchaka (Zanfara).

=haukat yaro=, Datura Metel, Linn. (Solanaceæ). “Hairy Thorn Apple.” vide =zaḳami=, and =babba juji=. A large weed of waste places, with long trumpet-shaped white flowers. (Etym. from its deliriant property).

=hawayen zaki=, Anaphrenium abyssinicum, Hochst. (= Rhus insignis, Del.) (Anacardiaceæ). A tree with milky juice; the stems are commonly used as sticks to apply kwolli.

=huda=, vide =fuda=; =hudar awaki=, vide under =geḍa= and =biya rana=.

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=ibi=, a var. of kola nut; vide under =goro=.

=iburu= (or =aburu=), a common cereal much planted in Zaria and other districts.

=idon saniya= (Kano and East), Solanum incanum, Linn. and other species of Solanum; (the equivalent of the Ful. name giti nai or “ox-eye”). vide =gautan kura=.

=idon zakara=, Abrus precatorius, Linn. (Leguminosæ). “Prayer Beads,” “Jequirity,” “Bird’s Eye” (S. Leone). A twiner with pinnate leaves and clustered pods containing small scarlet seeds with a black spot; used chiefly as a medicinal charm. Syn. =tandara= (Kano and Kats.), =taga rana= (Kano market), (idon zakara is also used for the scarlet seeds of minjiriya, q.v. Erythrina senegalensis).

=ingidido=, Cratæva Adansonii, G. et P. (Capparideæ); a tree with 3 fol. leaves, white flowers and a yellow-shelled fruit.

=ingirichi= = chopped-up hay as fodder.

=intaya=, vide =acha=, a small grass cultivated as a cereal.

=innuwar ḅauna=, Morelia senegalensis, A. Rich. (Rubiaceae); an evergreen shrub with white flowers, common on the banks of streams.

=innuwar gada=, Opilia celtidifolia, Endl. (Olacineæ); a climbing shrub with fragrant whitish flowers; used medicinally for horses, &c.; sometimes called =namijin lemu=.