Part 29

=laka=, vide under =shalla=.

=lalaki= (Sok.), vide under =shinkafa=.

=lalemo= (Sok.), a grass for thatching.

=lalle=, Lawsonia alba, Lam. (Lythrarieæ). “Egyptian Privet” or “Henna;” a small shrub planted for the sake of the leaves which are used all over the Sudan, in Egypt and the East, to dye the nails, &c.

=lallen jibba= or =lallen suri=, vide =ḳuruḳuru=.

=lallen shamuwa= (Sok.), Gisekia pharnaceoides, Linn. (Ficoideæ); a common spreading weed. (Etym. probably from the ruddy tinge of the plant). Syn. ?=dandami=.

=lalu=, Corchorus tridens, L. and C. trilocularis, L. (Tiliaceæ); common weeds related to jute, used as pot-herbs. Syn. =turgunuwa=; (including also the wild form of C. olitorius, vide under =malafiya=).

=lanya=, vide =limniya=.

=lausur=, vide =labsur=.

=lawashi=, vide under =albasa=.

=lawur=, 1. = Sweet Potato, vide =dankali=. 2. A var. of =gero=, q.v.

=lemu=, Citrus Medica, var. acida, Brandis (Aurantiaceæ). The Lime. A naturalized shrub in Nigeria. babban lemu or lemun Maka, The Orange (Citrus Aurantium, Linn.). lemun yan sariki, lemun magajiya or lemun Masar, The Citron (Citrus Medica, Linn.); rare but half naturalized near Sokoto. namijin lemu, vide =innuwar gada=.

=liḍi=, vide =riḍi=.

=limniya= or =lanya= = green algæ forming a slimy growth in stagnant water. Syn. =dauḍar ruwa=.

=limniyar kwaḍi= or =lanyar kwaḍi=, Kœmpferia æthiopica, Benth. (Scitamineæ); a plant with a conspicuous delicate purple flower growing in shady places (commonly mistaken for an orchid). Etym. = “frog-spawn,” from the slimy juice.

=loda= or =lodar marina=, Vitis pallida, Baker (Ampelideæ). Syn. =dafara=, q.v. A vine. The viscid extract of the root-bark gives a smooth surface to native cement used for dye-pits, &c. N.B. In Sokoto the name loda is also used for the plant with viscid juice, Rogeria adenophylla, J. Gay (Pedaliaceæ), vide =baba rodo=.

=lojiya=, vide =rojiya=.

=loko=, Chlorophora excelsa, Benth. and Hook. fil. (Urticaceæ). Iroko (S. Nigeria), or Odum (Gold Coast); a large timber tree; used for canoes, building, &c.

=lubiya=, vide =rubiya=.

=luddai=, a var. of the bottle-gourd; vide under =duma=.

=lubatu=, a kind of food made from the ground-bean =kwaruru=, q.v.

=M=

=mabakachi=, a large calabash; vide under =duma=.

=machara=, a name for more than one species of grass with hollow stems; chiefly = the tall reed-grass Arundo Donax, Linn. from which flageolets are made. Syn. =gabara=, q.v. Also the smaller Panicum proliferum, Lam. var. longijubatum, Stapf; used by boys to make small whistles.

=maḍachi= or =maḍwachi= (Sok.), Khaya senegalensis, A. Juss. (Meliaceæ). A large timber tree; one of the species of “African Mahogany.” The bark is much used medicinally. (Etym. from the bitter bark).

=maḍachin ḳassa=, Aristolochia albida. Syn. =dumar dutsi=; vide under =gaḍaukuka=.

=maḍaḍafi=, Desmodium lasiocarpum, DC. (Leguminosæ); an undershrub the seeds of which are covered with minute hooked hairs which adhere to the clothing; vide =ḍan kaḍafi=.

=maḍaḍafin kusu=, vide =ḳarangiyar kusu=.