Part 45

=yazawa= or =zazawa=, an undershrub, wild or planted in compounds; the root is an acrid poison and is used for making tribal marks, and as an ingredient in some recipes for arrow-poison.

=yoḍo=, vide =yauḍo=.

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=zabgai=, arrow-poison; syn. =yaḅi=; vide =kwankwani=.

=zabibi=, a plant with a tuberous rhizome yielding a yellow dye. Curcuma sp. (Scitamineæ). cf. =gangamau=.

=zabiya=, a variety of date; vide under =dabino=.

=zabo= (Sok.), Aloe sp.—probably A. Barteri, Baker (Liliaceæ). An aloe with stiff speckled and hard pointed leaves; two varieties occur; 1. a bush variety with orange-yellow flowers. 2. zabon dafi, a cultivated variety planted near houses, having bright red flowers and becoming very succulent; used as an ingredient of arrow-poison; also called zabo ko. Syn. =kabar giwa= (Kano, Zaria, &c.).

=zago=, a var. of =dawa=, q.v.

=zaḳami=, Datura Metel, Linn. (Solanaceæ). “Metel” or “Hairy Thorn Apple.” A coarse branched annual with broad leaves and long white trumpet-shaped flowers, common in waste places about towns, &c. The seeds, in globular prickly capsules, are a deliriant poison. Syn. =haukat yaro= (from its use as an excitant to youths at sharo contests). In Sokoto and Katsina called =babba jibji=, q.v. The epithet sutura (East Hausa) is applied to this plant (from the folding of the unopened corolla).

=zaḳi banza=, Amaranthus viridis, Linn. (Amaranthaceæ). A common weed with spikes of inconspicuous greenish flowers; a form of native spinage used as a vegetable and sometimes cultivated. (Etym. from the insipid taste). Syn. =ruḳuḅu= (Sok. and Kats.), and =malamkochi= (Katsina).

=zaḳi birri=, vide under =goriba=.

=zaḳo=, a var. of bean; vide under =wake=.

=zamarke=, Sesbania punctata, DC. (Leguminosæ). A tall slender leguminous shrub of wet places, with pinnate leaves and yellow flowers; a sooty pigment got by scorching the stems is used to decorate huts; the stems are used for arrow-shafts. Syn. =checheko= (East Hausa) cf. also =alambo=.

=zamfaruwa=, a var. of =gero=, q.v.

=zango=, a var. of =gero=, q.v.

=zayi=? (Katagum, &c.), Boscia senegalensis, Lam. (Capparideæ); a low shrub with bunches of small whitish flowers and berry fruit; leaves and berries used as food. cf. =anza=.

=zazar giwa= or =zazar gwiwa=, vide =sare gwiwa=.

=zazawa=, vide =yazawa=.

=zindi= (Katagum, Kanuri?), Combretum sp. nr. C. Hartmannianum, Schweinf. (Combretaceæ); a tree with shining foliage and 4-winged fruit; probably the same as =chiriri= (C. Kerstingii, Engl. and Diels.), q.v.

=zoḅarado=, the calyces of the “Red Sorrel” or =yakuwa= (Hibiscus Sabdariffa Linn.), q.v. used as food, medicine, and a beverage.

=zogalagandi=, Moringa pterygosperma, Gaertn. (Moringaceæ). “Horse-radish Tree.” A tree with graceful foliage white flowers and long pendulous pods, frequently planted around houses, and therefore also called =samarin danga=. The winged seeds yield an oil (“Oil of Ben”). Syn. =bagaruwar Makka= (Sok.), =barambo= (Gobir), also sometimes called =taḅa ni ka samu=, q.v. (cf. =kurnan nasara=). The roots can be used as horse-radish and the young leaves as a vegetable.

=zugu=, vide under =abduga=.

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

=zunzuna=, vide =rawaya=.

=zurma=, Ricinus communis, Linn. (Euphorbiaceæ). “Castor Oil Plant.” A tall shrub with large broad leaves and erect racemes of spiny capsules containing the seed from which castor oil is made; commonly planted in compounds or growing in waste places. The oil is chiefly used externally by Hausas, for sores on camels, &c. kufi = a dark oily extract from the mixed seeds of =zurma=, =bi ni da zugu=, and =aduwa=, q.v.

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

=zuwo=, Celtis integrifolia, Lam. (Urticaceæ). A large tree. “Nettle-tree.” Syn. =dukki=, q.v. cf. also =dinkin=.

INDEX TO GENERA AND POPULAR NAMES