Part 44

=yaji= or =yan yaji=, a general name for spice; vide =chitta=, =kubla=, &c.

=ya ḳi ruwan Allah=, vide under =kwarko=.

=yako= (Sok. and Kats.), Ipomœa pilosa, Sweet, and other spp. (Convolvulaceæ). A rough-leaved convolvulus common on fences, &c. in towns; vide under =barmatabo=. The dried leaves form a medicine called dankon kuyangi.

=yakuwa=, Hibiscus Sabdariffa, Linn. (Malvaceæ). “Red Sorrel,” “Rosella.” A cultivated plant with acid leaves and succulent calyx (usually red in colour), used as a vegetable. Syn. =sure= (Sok.). gurguzu = seeds of =yakuwa=; daudawar beso = seeds boiled and crushed and the oil extracted, used for soup and as a medicinal vehicle. zoḅarodo = the fleshy calyces of =yakuwa= used in food, as a beverage, &c.

=yakuwar fatake= or =y. mahalba=, vide =ayana= and =buḍa yau=.

=yakuwar ḳaya=, =y. kwaḍi=, =y. daji=, =y. ḳaimamowa=, &c. = wild varieties of Hibiscus cannabinus, Linn. a very variable plant; vide =ḳarama mowa= and =rama=.

=yalo=, a variety of the native tomato; vide under =gauta=.

=yama=, a common tall grass of meadows, &c. Cymbopogon rufus, Kunth. used for zana and thatch.

=yamḅururu= (Sok.), Merremia angustifolia, Hill. fil. (Convolvulaceæ). A prostrate convolvulus with narrow leaves, wiry stems, and small pale yellowish flowers. In some districts called =gadon machiji=, q.v. Syn. =gammon bawa=, q.v. The name =yamḅururu= in Kontagora and elsewhere = Ipomœa eriocarpa, R. Br. and other spp.; the smaller variety of twining convolvulus common on fences, &c.

=ya manya= (Sok.), vide =kain fakara=.

=yanbama= (Sok.), Pennisetum Benthamii, Steud. var. (Gramineæ), a tall grass, 6 to 8 feet high, with cylindrical flower-spike like a smaller =gero=. “Elephant Grass.” cf. =dawar kada=.

=yandi=, a large tree used in native house-building. Ficus sp.

=yan guriya= = cotton seed; vide under =abduga=.

=yar gari=, a var. of cotton; vide under =abduga=.

=yaro da dariya=, vide under =kwaruru=.

=yaro da manda=, a var. of bean; vide under =wake=.

=yaron kogi=, vide under =ḳaidajin ruwa=.

=yar unguwa=, vide =gasaya=.

=yaryaḍi=, 1. Ipomœa sp. (Convolvulaceæ). A convolvulus or “Morning glory” (probably including several species). 2. =yaryaḍi= or =yaryaḍin gona=, a wild leguminous twiner with hairy leaves and pods in clusters. Vigna luteola, Benth. var. villosa, Baker.

=yaryaḍin kura= (Katagum), Gymnema sylvestre, R. Br. (Asclepiadeæ). A twiner with milky juice.

=ya tabshi=, a var. of the cotton plant; vide under =abduga=.

=yatsa biat=, vide =hannu biat=.

=ya tsauri=, a var. of the cotton plant; vide under =abduga=.

=yauḍo=, =yabḍo=, or =yoḍo= (Sok.), Ceratotheca sesamoides, Endl. (Pedaliaceæ). A herb related to sesame (vide =riḍi=), with mucilaginous juice and pink flowers; used in soup and medicinally; added to cereals and pulses to give cohesion in preparing various comestibles. (Etym. probably from the viscid sap). Syn. =karkashi=.

=yauki= (Kontagora), ?Crotalaria polychotoma, Taub. (Leguminosæ). A low pubescent herb with small yellow flowers; used medicinally. vide =sa furfura=.

=yawa=, fibre from various sources. 1. Chiefly that from a var. of the cultivated bean, Vigna sinensis, Endl. grown for the strong fibrous bark of the flowering peduncles, used for fishing lines, nets, horse-girths, &c. Syn. =waken tumḳa= (Sok.), =waken tuḳa= (Gobir), =waken tuka= (Kano). 2. the root-bark of the acacia =ḍakwora=, q.v. (Acacia Senegal), and other species of acacia, e.g. =ḍunḍu= and =twatsa=, q.v. used for strong ropes, &c. cf. =meḍi=. 3. Applied also to the fibre of Polygala butyracea, Hack. (cheyi of Kabba, enyigi of Nupé), grown by pagans in the south, Munchi, Togo, &c.

=yaya kai ka fito=, vide =ḳaḳa kai ka fito=.

=yayan dara=, seeds of various trees used in the game dara, and hence applied to a leguminous tree in the south, with prickly pods containing two large round seeds—Cæsalpinia Bonducella, Fleming.