Part 3

=baba hun= (nasal =baba hm=), Gynura cernua, Benth. (Compositæ); a common weed with purple flowers and lyrate leaves; used in soup, &c.

=babar fadama=, Indigofera sp. wild species growing in damp places.

=babar giwa= (Hadeija, &c.), vide =bushi=.

=babar more= (Sok.), Ambrosia maritima, Linn. (Compositæ); an aromatic plant, 1 to 2 feet high, with divided leaves, resembling Wormwood. Syn. =bababa= (from its common occurrence in indigo fields); also called =babar talak= and =tutubidi= (Sok.).

=baba rodo=, Rogeria adenophylla, J. Gay (Pedaliaceæ); an erect plant with broad leaves, purple tubular flowers and viscid sap. Also called =loda= (Sok.), but cf. =dafara=.

=babar talaki=, Lonchocarpus cyanescens, Benth. (Leguminosæ). “Yoruba Wild Indigo.” vide =talaki= and cf. =farin sansami=.

=babar tamau=, Indigofera arrecta, Hochst. and other spp. wild or escaped from cultivation.

=babba juji=, =b. jibji=; 1. In Sokoto and Katsina = Datura Metel, Linn. (Solanaceæ), the “Hairy Thorn Apple.” Syn. =zaḳami=, q.v. 2. Elsewhere usually = Boerhaavia adscendens, Willd. (Nyctagineæ), a common prostrate weed of rubbish heaps &c. with small pink flowers; also called =sarikin juji= q.v.

=bădo=, Nymphæa Lotus, Willd. (Nymphæaceæ). White Water-lily; the starchy rhizome and seeds are edible. (Other species are N. guineensis, Sch. and Thonn. with white flowers; N. Heudelotii, Planch. and N. cœrulea, Sav. with purplish flowers), vide =kwankwarita=.

=Ba-Fillatani=, Heliotropium undulatum, Vahl. (Boragineæ); a small weed with white flowers. (Similar names are however loosely applied to other plants with pale foliage; e.g. the grass =karani=, q.v. and cf. =alhaji=.)

=bafuri=, vide under =balbela=.

=bagaruwa= (Kano, Sok., &c.), or =gabaruwa= (Zaria), Acacia arabica, Willd. (Leguminosæ). “Egyptian Mimosa.” Indian “Babool.” An acacia with yellow flower-balls and jointed pods—“Sant pods” or “Gambia pods”—used all over the Sudan for tanning; also used in making a black dye for leather, called kuloko, q.v. The original source of true gum arabic. (Etym. the first name is a metathetic form of the synonym =gaba ruwa=.)

=bagaruwar ḳassa=, Cassia mimosoides, L. (Leguminosæ); a common weed with yellow flowers and pinnate leaves.

=bagaruwar Makka=, vide =zogalagandi=.

=ba gashi=? (Kontagora), vide under =sheḳani=.

=bagayi=, Cadaba farinosa, Forsk. (Capparideæ); a small-leaved hoary shrub of scrambling habit. The leaves and twigs are mixed with cereals to form a sort of pudding or cake common in East Hausa and Bornu, called parsa (Kanuri), baleno, or tsawa. Syn. =balambo=. N.B. This plant is confused with =anza=, q.v. and in some localities (Katagum, &c.) called by the latter name.

=Ba-Gwandare= (or =bugundare=); 1. a var. of cotton, vide under =abduga=. 2. A var. of =dawa=, q.v. (from =Gwandara=, the name of a tribe).

=baina=, 1. A grass with edible seeds. Syn. =baya=, q.v. 2. The fish-poison prepared from Tephrosia Vogelii, vide under =majimfa=.

=ba-jini=, Afrormosia sp. (Leguminosæ); a tree with pale leaves and flat pods. (Etym. from the red resinous bark). Syn. =jina jina=.

=ba ka tuka= or =ba tuka=, a var. of cotton, vide under =abduga=.

=baḳin bunnu= (Katagum), Indigofera pulchra, Vahl. (Leguminosæ); a small undershrub with stiff stems, sometimes mixed with thatching grass. (The name is probably applied to other species so used.)

=bakin kada=, a var. of =dawa=, q.v.

=bakin mutum= (Sok.), Pleioceras sp. (Apocynaceæ); a shrub with milky juice and long slender pods. Syn. =bakin mayu=, =sandan mayu= (these names refer to mystical uses in divination, &c.); also =gamma sanwa= (or =g. sauwa=), from the forked peduncle with 3 or 4 developing carpels resembling the tripod stove for a cooking-pot = sanwa. (? = Holarrhena Wulfsbergii, Stapf).

=bakin raḳumi=, a var. of =dawa=, q.v. Syn. =ḳerama=, and =mallen kabi=.

=bakin suda=, Polycarpæa corymbosa, Lam. (Caryophylleæ); a small wild herb with whitish chaffy flowers; scarcely distinguished from =magudiya=, q.v. (suda is the name of a bird).

=balagandi=, vide under =rawaya=.

=balambo=, vide under =bagayi=.

=balasa=, or =balasaya=, Commelyna nudiflora, Linn. (Commelynaceæ); a “spiderwort,” a weed of pastures and waste places, with delicate azure-blue flowers; gathered as cattle fodder. Syn. =kununguru= (East Hausa).