Part 4

=balbela=, Pulicaria crispa, Clarke (Compositæ); a white-leaved weed with yellow flowers. (Etym. the name of the white padi bird.) Syn. =bafuri=, and =fara saura=, q.v.

=baleno=, vide under =bagayi=.

=bambami= (Kontagora, &c.), Alchornea cordata, Benth. (Euphorbiaceæ); a tall woody climber in ravines.

=bambamko= (East Hausa), vide =falfoli=.

=bambana=, the flowering spike of =shalla=, q.v. a tall bulrush of marshes.

=bambus= (East Hausa), a variety of Water-Melon; vide =guna=.

=barabutu=, a corruption of “Bread-fruit” (Artocarpus incisa); a name used by Hausas in Lagos, &c.

=barambo= (Gobir). Syn. =zogalagandi=, q.v.

=ḅarankachi= or =ḅaranchaki=, Canavalia ensiformis, DC. “Sword Bean.” “Overlook Bean” of the West Indies. A large climbing bean common about native houses; not much eaten by Hausas; ripe pods used as a rattle by children. Syn.? =ladiko=, q.v. vide also =waken Ankwa=. =ḍan zago= (Kano), is a red-seeded variety of the same. (Etym. chăki = a rattle).

=barbaji= (East Hausa), Randia nilotica, Stapf (Rubiaceæ); a thorny shrub or small tree found in the north. Syn. =tsibra= or =tsura= (Sok.).

=ḅare=, half a kola nut; vide under =goro=.

=ba reshe=? (Kontagora). Syn. =aduruku=, q.v.

=barkono=, Capsicum frutescens, Bl. (Solanaceæ). “Shrubby Capsicum,” “Spur Pepper,” &c., and C. annum, Linn. “Chillies” or “Red Pepper,” &c. Synonyms and varieties are:—tanka or tankwa (Sok.) = toshshi or twashshi (Sok. Gobir and Zanfara), small red peppers; tsidufu = the smallest and hottest peppers; bunsurun barkono, a small spherical variety; tatasai (Sok. and Kats.) or tugandai (Kano, &c.) = large and less pungent chillies. vide also =filfil=.

=barkonon biri=, Cephalandra sp. (Cucurbitaceæ); a wild twiner with scarlet fruit having a superficial resemblance to capsicum; not edible.

=barmatabo= (Katagum, &c.), Merremia pentaphylla, Hall. f. (Convolvulaceæ); a convolvulus of fences, &c. with digitate leaves and white flowers. =namijin barmatabo=, Ipomœa pilosa, Sweet (Convolvulaceæ). Syn. =yako= (Sok. and Kats.); a coarse-leaved convolvulus or “Morning Glory,” with blue or purple flowers, common on fences. (The native names include several species.)

=ḅarna chiki= or =ḅata wandon Buzu=, a species of edible bean over-indulgence in which causes unpleasant effects.

=bartake=, vide under =abduga=.

=ba ruwana=, Salix sp. (Salicaceæ). Willow; found along the banks of rivers. (Etym. from the treacherous yielding of the branches when grasped by a drowning person). Syn. =rimni= (Sok.).

=ba samu= (Sok. and Zanfara). Syn. =hano= (Sok. and Kats.), and =ararabi=, q.v. Boswellia odorata, Hutch. and Boswellia Dalzielii, Hutch. (Burseraceæ). (The two species are scarcely distinguished under the different native names). Species of “Frankincense Tree,” with pale parchment-like bark and white flowers; yielding a fragrant resin.

=basgo= or =basko=, a tuber, vide under =akwalu=.

=ḅata wandon Buzu=, vide =ḅarna chiki=.

=ba tuka=, a variety of cotton, vide under =abduga=.

=Ba-Ude=, a variety of bean, vide under =wake=, and =ḍan Uda=.

=bauje=, an Asclepiad plant with milky juice and a turnip-like edible tuber; probably Xysmalobium Heudelotianum, Decne. (Asclepiadeæ). Syn.? =rojiya=; cf. also =saniya= and =daiyo=.

=bauji= (East Hausa), Acacia Sieberiana, DC. (Leguminosæ). Syn. =fara ḳaya=, q.v.

=baurairai=, Gloriosa superba, L. (Liliaceæ); a climbing lily with splendid crimson and yellow flowers and a tuberous root. Syn. =gatarin kurege= (Sok.), and =gudumar zomo= (Kano and East), from the shape of the versatile stamens.

=ḅaure=, Ficus gnaphalocarpa, A. Rich. (Urticaceæ). Rough-leaved fig-tree, with edible figs. =ḅauren fadama=, =ḅ. rafi= &c. = various spp. of Ficus, large broad-leaved trees of ravines; farin ḅaure, vide =uwar yara=. lubiya or rubiya = edible figs of ḅaure and other spp. of Ficus (vide =durumi=, =cheḍiya=, =gamji=).

=ḅauren kiyashi=; 1. Chrozophora Senegalensis, A. Juss. (Euphorbiaceæ); a common weed used medicinally. Syn. =damaigi=, q.v. (kiyashi = a species of ant). 2. A species of fig-tree (Ficus sp.).