Part 20

=innuwar tufi= (Sok.), a floating plant in pools, &c. (tufi = a sp. of fish). ?Æschynome crassicaulis, Harms. vide =kaiḍajin ruwa=.

=itchen gado=, Fluggea microcarpa, Blume (Euphorbiaceæ); a shrub the stems of which are used for native beds, &c.; more generally called =tsa=, q.v.

=itchen kurḍi=, 1. In Sokoto = Melia Azedarach, Linn. (Meliaceæ). “Pride of India,” “Persian” or “African Lilac.” A tree with twice-pinnate leaves, bunches of lilac flowers and ovoid yellow fruit. (Etym. “taḅa ni ka samu kurḍi,” from a supposed virtue as a charm). Syn. =kurnan nasara= (Kontagora, East Hausa, &c.), q.v. 2. Burkea africana, Hook. (Leguminosæ); a large tree with pale twice-pinnate leaves, spikes of creamy flowers and small flat pods. vide =kurḍi=.

=itchen Masar=, Croton Zambesicus, Müell. Arg. (Euphorbiaceæ); a shrub sometimes planted in native compounds; (name given to several exotic plants).

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=jallo=, a small var. of bottle-gourd; vide under =duma=.

=jan baḳo= (Sok. and Zanf.), a name given to certain thatching grasses which turn red in colour when mature; e.g. Andropogon apricus, var. africanus, Hack. and Andropogon exilis, Hochst. (vide =jan rauno=). Syn. =jan bauje=, =jan datsi=; vide also =laḅanda=.

=jan itache=, vide =jan yaro=.

=janjari= (Sok.), a var. of =dawa=, q.v.

=jan karago=, vide under =goro=.

=jan rauno= (or =jan ramno=, Sok.), Andropogon exilis, Hochst. (Gramineæ). A grass about 1½ to 2 feet high, turning russet-red in autumn; used for thatch, and chopped up to mix with building clay; also a fodder grass. Syn. =jan bauje=; cf. also =jan baḳo=, and vide =ramno=.

=jan saye= (Sok., Zanf., Kontagora), Trichilia emetica, Vahl. (Meliaceæ). A tree common in central Hausaland. The seeds yield a less important oil; root used in native medicine. vide =Gwanja kusa=.

=jan yaro= (or =jan itache=), Hymenocardia acida, Tul. (Euphorbiaceæ). A shrub or small tree with a reddish bark.

=jaudari= (East Hausa), Solanum sp. Syn. =gorgo=, q.v.

=jawul= = Myrrh, the gum-resin of Balsamodendron myrrha, Nees. (Burseraceæ); brought by Arabs; (possibly also that of Odina Wodier, Roxb. called jewul or jiyal in India).

=jema=, Vetiveria zizanioides, Stapf. (Gramineæ). “Vetiver” or “Cus Cus,” a tall clump-grass of marshy places; used for zana, and for plaiting straw armlets called darambuwa, q.v. In some districts the large swamp-grass with red-purple flowering heads—Rhytachne gigantea, Stapf.—is included.

=jemo=, a short club-shaped var. of the bottle-gourd; vide under =duma=.

=jibda ḳassa=, Cissampelos Pareira, Linn. (Menispermaceæ). “Velvet-leaf” of “False Pareira Brava.” An ivy-like twiner with greyish velvety leaves; the bitter root is sold as a medicine for many purposes, and is considered sarikin ḍachi as zuma is sarikin zaḳi. (The name is sometimes corrupted into =judar ḳas=). Also called =fiyaka= or =piyaka=. vide also under =gaḍaukuka=.

=jigari= (Ful.), a var. of =dawa=, q.v.

=jimbiri=, “haricots verts,” uncooked bean pods used for food, vide under =wake=.

=jimfa=, vide =majimfa=.

=jimfi= or =jimpa jimpa= (Kats. Sok. and Zanf.), vide =gajiri=.

=jimshi=, vide =dussa=.

=jina jina= (Sok. and Zanf.), vide =bajini=.

=jinin mutum=, Arnebia Hispidissima, DC. (Boragineæ); a rough-leaved weed with small yellow flowers and a red root capable of use as a dye.

=jirga= (Sok. and Kats.), Bauhinia rufescens, Lam. (Leguminosæ). A shrub with small bifid leaves and black twisted pods; used medicinally and as a charm. Syn. =tsatsagi= (Sok. Zaria, Kano, &c.) or =matsagi=.

=jiri=, Stereospermum Kunthianum, Cham. (Bignoniaceæ). A tree with beautiful pink flowers, smooth bark and slender pendulous pods; more commonly called =sansami=, q.v.

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