Part 7

=dadawa= or =dawa dawa=, a grass; vide =gyazama=.

=daddawa= (Kano), or =daudawa= (Sok.), black fermented cakes made from the seeds of the =ḍorowa=, q.v. Syn. =takaluwa=.

=ḍaḍori= or =ḍoḍoriya= (Kano and Sok.), Vitis quadrangularis, Linn. (Ampelideæ); a vine with quadrangular succulent jointed stems, climbing on trees. (Etym. connected with the multiple branching at the joints). Syn. =tsatsarar kura=. “Edible-stemmed Vine.”

=dafaddu=, Elk’s-horn fern; an epiphyte. Platycerium æthiopicum.

=dafara=, Vitis pallida, Baker (Ampelideæ); a vine bearing a kind of wild grapes; the root-bark forms a viscid solution which is mixed with native cement for lining dye-pits, &c. Syn. =loda= or =lodar marina=, cf. also =baba rodo=. The fruit, used in soup, is sometimes called =lubiya=, q.v.

=dagera=, Combretum sp. (Combretaceæ). A gum-yielding tree. Syn. =chiriri=.

=daiyo= (Ful?), vide under =lojiya=, =bauje=, &c.

=dakushe=, vide =kas kaifi=.

=ḍakwora=, Acacia Senegal, Willd. (Leguminosæ); a thorny acacia, with spikes of white flowers and grey bark; the source of the true “gum-arabic.” Ar. hashab. vide also =yawa= and =meḍi=. The name includes the similar Acacia Dudgeoni, Craib.

=dalaka=, a variety of kola nut; vide under =goro=.

=dali= (Kano, Katsina, &c.), also =dala=, Commiphora Kerstingii, Engl. (Burseraceæ). A soft-wooded tree with smooth green bark, planted around native compounds. Syn. =bazana= (Kano and Zaria), =gurzun dali= (Katagum, &c.), =hana gobara= (Zanfara, from the wood and foliage being difficult to ignite). =ka ḳi ganin bula= (Zanfara); also =bar na gada= (because long-lived and inherited).

=dalo=, Combretum glutinosum, Perr. (Combretaceæ); a tree resembling =chiriri= and =taramniya=, q.v.

=damaigi=, Chrozophora senegalensis, A. Juss. (Euphorbiaceæ); a common weed with small red flowers; used medicinally. Syn. =ḅauren kiyashi=, q.v. One of the ingredients in the native prescription =rigya kafi=, q.v.

=damana biyu=, vide =ḍan arbain=, a variety of bean.

=damba= = ?Andropogon tectorum, Sch. et Th. (Gramineæ); a tall grass of marshes, &c., used as fodder when young, and for zana when mature.

=damro= or =dauro=, a variety of millet (Pennisetum spicatum, B. and S.), similar to =maiwa=, q.v. cf. =gero=.

=ḍan arbain=, a variety of bean planted near water and supposed to ripen in 40 days. Syn. =damana biyu= (Sok. and Kano), and =kaka biyu= (Gobir).

=ḍan damana=, a variety of date; vide under =dabino=.

=dandami=, vide under =lallen shamuwa=.

=dandana=, Schwenkia americana, Linn. (Solanaceæ); a herb with narrow tubular flowers; used medicinally. Syn. =parpatse= or =farfatse= (Kano).

=ḍan ḍata= (=ḍan ḍwata=), vide =ḍataniya=, a bitter grass. Thelepogon elegans, Roth.

=ḍan farkami= (Sok.), Monechma hispida, Hochst. (Acanthaceæ); a common weed of pastures, with rough leaves and white flowers. Syn. ?=fiso= (Sok. and Kats.), =fisawa= (Katagum).

=ḍan garraza= = flowers of the tamarind tree—(hudar tsamiya).

=ḍan kaḍafi= or =hankaḍafi=, the name of a crab-louse, hence applied to more than one plant with seeds which adhere to the clothing like burs. (Etym. similar to “Cleavers”). Chiefly = Desmodium lasiocarpum, DC. (Leguminosæ). Syn. =maḍaḍafi=, q.v. Also =Triumfetta pentandra=, A. Rich. (Tiliaceæ), vide =suren fadama=.

=dankali= (Kano, &c.), Ipomœa Batatas, Lam. (Convolvulaceæ). Sweet Potato. Red and white varieties are known. Syn. =dukuma= and =kudaku= (Sok. and Zanfara), generally = the red one; =lawur= = the white one. kugundugu, a name used on the Benue, Yola, &c. = Yor. kukun duku.

=dankon kuyangi=, dried leaves of the convolvulus Ipomœa pilosa, Sweet, and other species; vide =yako= and =barmatabo=; used medicinally.

=danko maiwari=, Ficus sp. a tree in the south, yielding an inferior rubber.

=ḍan kwataho=, a variety of kola nut; vide under =goro=.