Part 5

=baushe=, Terminalia sp. nr. T. macroptera, G. et P. (Combretaceæ); a large tree with flat winged fruits. Bows and walking-sticks are made from the roots. (More than one species is included, e.g. T. Elliotii, Engl. and Diels. T. Baumannii, Engl. and Diels. T. avicennioides, Guill. et Per.).

=bawu=, vide under =shinkafa=.

=baya= (Katag. and East), =baina= (Kano), Panicum albidulum, Kunth. (Gramineæ); a wild grass with an edible grain used as food, common in East Hausa. Syn. =saḅe=, and ?=garaji=, q.v.

=bayama= (Kontagora, &c.), Swartzia madagascariensis, Oliv. (Leguminosæ); a tree of the Cassia tribe, with white flowers and cylindrical pods; (probably including other species, cf. =bogo zage=, =gamma faḍa=, &c.).

=bayan mariya=, Andropogon ceresiæformis, Nees. (Gramineæ); a common bush grass much used for thatch. (Etym. “cob’s back,” from its russet colour when mature).

=bazaḳa= (Gobir). Syn. =zaḳo=, a var. of bean; vide under =wake=.

=Ba-Zanfare= (Katagum, &c.), Cassia occidentalis, L. (Leguminosæ). Syn. =rai ḍore=, q.v.

=bazana= (Zaria and Kano), Commiphora Kerstingii, Engl. (Burseraceæ). Syn. =dali=, q.v. a tree with green smooth bark, planted around native compounds.

=bazaume= or =bazarme= (a corruption of =Ba-Zabarme=); a var. of =gero=, q.v.

=bidi=, 1. a var. of earth-nut; vide under =gujiya=. 2. A speckled var. of bean; vide under =wake=.

=bijaje= (Ful.), Ficus sp. nr. F. populifolia, Vahl. (Urticaceæ); a fig-tree with pale bark and drooping branches, found on rocky hills in Yola province, &c., said to be an ingredient in arrow-poison.

=bi ni da zugu=, or =chi ni da zugu=, Jatropha Curcas, L. (Euphorbiaceæ). “Purging Nut;” “Physic Nut,” &c. A soft-wooded shrub with broad leaves, commonly planted as a hedge; one of the less important oil-seeds; seeds used in native medicine (vide =kufi=). (Etym. from the purging property and the suggested necessity of being prepared with grave-cloth).

=bi ni zwei zwei= (=bi ta zei zei=); a native medicine used by youths as a love-charm, &c., hard shining seeds of a plant—Nat. Ord. Acanthaceæ. (Etym. haste or eagerness in following the object of desire.)

=bishiya=, pl. =bishiyoyi=, generic for tree.

=bi ta ka tsira=, Vangueria Dalzielii, Hutch. (Rubiaceae); a shrub with globular berries; used medicinally. (The name is probably applied to several plants supposed to act as antidotes to arrow-poison—makarin dafi, q.v.).

=biya rana= or =bi rana=, Crotalaria obovata, Don. (Leguminosæ); a yellow-flowered undershrub with inflated pods. (Etym. similar to “heliotrope,” from the expanding of the leaf-surfaces towards the sun). b. awaki, or geḍar awaki, gujiyar awaki, hudar awaki, are names given to various species of Crotalaria, used as fodder; vide =geḍar awaki=.

=bogo zage= (Zanfara), Swartzia madagascariensis, Oliv. and other species (Leguminosæ); a tree with long cylindrical pods used to stupefy fish. vide =ago=. Syn. =gwazkiya=, and cf. =gamma faḍa=, and =bayama=.

=bubuchi= (Sok.), Panicum interruptum, Willd. (Gramineæ); a grass of marshes and rivers, 2 or more feet high, with long narrow green flowering spike.

=bubukuwa= or =sabko bubukuwa=, Tripogon minimus, Hochst. a small tufted grass. (Etym. from its habitat where the pelican is supposed to alight, and supposed to be the earliest grass of spring).

=buḍa yau=, the same as =ayana= or =yakuwar fatake=, q.v. and perhaps other plants with acid leaves which are used to relieve thirst; (yau = saliva).

=buddari=, Eragrostis major, Hochst. (Gramineæ); a grass about 1 to 2 feet high, with an unpleasant smell. Syn. =amai mussa=, q.v. and =bunsurun fadama=. (Etym. buddari, a malodorous animal).

=bugundare= (a corruption of Ba-Gwandare), a var. of cotton and a var. of Guinea Corn.

=bundin kurege=, vide =wutsiyar kurege=.

=bununi=, the exserted stamens of any grass; most commonly applied to =gero= and =dawa=.

=bunsuru=, a synonym for =burtuntuna=, q.v.

=bunsurun daji=, a name applied to more than one species of rough grass, e.g. Heteropogon contortus, R. and S. (“Wild oats”), and others.

=buran jaki=, vide under =gwazar giwa=.

=buran kare=, vide under =ḳwododon kwaḍo=. (The name is also used for certain fungi).