Part 36

=farin sansami=, vide =shunin biri=, and =halshen sa=.

=sansami= (Sok. and Kats.) = foliage.

=sansari=, vide under =kyamro=.

=sarakuwar sauro= (Katsina, &c.), Leucas martinicensis, R. Br. (Labiatæ); an odorous weed with whorls of small white flowers. (Etym. because supposed to be incompatible with mosquitoes). Syn. =ḍeiḍoyar gona=.

=saran waga=, vide under =goro=.

=sarawan goro=, cf. proverb sarawan goro a zanche ni—2 calabashes of kola nuts being bought by two persons are divided for fairness into equal halves, either buyer taking one-half of each.

=sare gwiwa=, Hygrophila spinosa, T. Anders. (Acanthaceæ); an erect hard plant of damp places with blue flowers and long spines. (Etym. “prick the knee”). Syn. =zazar giwa=, and =dayin giwa=.

=sarikin jibji= (=s. juji=), vide under =fasa ḳabba= and =babba juji=. (Species of Boerhaavia, Trianthema, and Portulaca are all somewhat succulent weeds of waste places and rubbish heaps, and their names are often interchangeable).

=sarḳaḳiya=, Dichrostachys platycarpa, Welw. (Leguminosæ); a very thorny scrambling shrub in the bush forming dense thickets; a sort of “wait a bit thorn.” Sometimes loosely called =dufuwa=, =baḳin gumbi= and =ḳumchi=, q.v.

=sarri=? (Bauchi), a plant used as a neutralizing bath in tanning leather. (? = =katsari=).

=sasabani= (Hadeija, &c.), Parkinsonia aculeata, L. (Leguminosæ). “Jerusalem Thorn.” (Arab. sasaban, Sesbania ægyptica, Poir.). An exotic tree with yellow flowers and narrow pinnate leaves, planted in towns. In Sokoto called by the Ful. name sharan labbi. cf. =alambo=.

=sawaye=, vide under =abduga=.

=sawu dubu=, Ipomœa dissecta, Willd. (Convolvulaceæ). A small ground trailer with white flowers and deeply divided leaves. (Etym. “1000 foot-prints,” from the numerous dissect leaves).

=sawun gauraka=, vide =ḳafar fakara=.

=sawun gwanki=, a flat-leaved stemless herb, used as a medicine for hunters.

=shafa= (Kano), or =safa= (Sok.). A variety of onion; vide =albasa=.

=shair= (Arab.), Hordeum sativum, Pers. Barley; rarely grown in N. Nigeria.

=sha ka sani=, vide =sa hankaki dako=.

=shalla= (Kano and East), or =salla= (Sok.). A tall reed with light stems growing in marshes in the north; stems used for screens called feḍḍa, &c. A bulrush. Typha australis, Sch. and Thonn. bambana = the flowering or fruiting head, called also geron tsuntsaye (Kano), or tumun shalla. laka = the soft edible core of the immature flowering head.

=shamrayi=, vide =karan kabau=.

=shanshera=, unhusked rice; vide under =shinkafa=.

=shantu=, a long narrow var. of the bottle-gourd; vide under =duma=.

=sharan labbi= (Sok. Ful.), vide =sasabani=.

=sha shatau=, a malam’s charm to secure favour, hence applied to some plants with a similar use, e.g. Jussiæa villosa, Lam. (Onagraceæ), an erect weed of wet places with yellow flowers, used as a medicine or charm by wrong-doing slaves and others. (Etym. shashasha = simpleton or irresponsible person who is treated with lenient ridicule rather than seriously).

=shedari=, a mat made from the unexpanded fronds of the Fan Palm, vide =giginya= and =murli=.

=shege=, a term similar to =sabani=, q.v. applied to several leguminous weeds with leaves which tear in an irregular manner.

=sheḳani= or =sheḳar zomo=, Vernonia sp. near V. pumila, (Compositæ); a low herb with thistle-like flower and broad flat leaves; the root-tubers are bitter and used medicinally for venereal and other diseases. (Syn. =ba gashi=? Kontagora—from the bristly pappus).

=sheme=, vide =kyamro=.