Part 8

=ḍan kwoloje=, a variety of bean; vide under =wake=.

=ḍan marike= (Katagum, &c.), Indigofera secundiflora, Poir. (Leguminosæ). vide under =marike=.

=ḍan Tunuga= or =kajiji ḍan Tunuga=; the fragrant tuber of a sedge, Cyperus sp. (Tunuga = a town in French Borgu). Probably Cyperus rotundus, cf. =aya aya= and =kajiji=.

=ḍan Uda= or =Ba-Ude=, a variety of bean, half white half black; (cf. a variety of sheep of the same name. Udawa a section of Fulani); vide under =wake=.

=danya=, Spondias sp. (Anacardiaceæ); a tree with pinnate leaves and yellow plum-like fruit of pleasant flavour. The fruit is called nunu. cf. also =tsadar Masar=.

=ḍanyen gumi= = husked but unboiled rice; vide =gumi= and =shinkafa=.

=danyi= (Sok.), vide =dayi=.

=ḍan zago=, a kind of bean, vide under =ḅarankachi=.

=darambuwa= = armlets made of plaited grass, hence applied to several species of grass; vide =karani=, =gaji=, =jema=, &c.

=dargăza=, Grewia mollis, Juss. (Tiliaceæ); a shrub with small yellow flowers; the bark is mucilaginous and used in soup, and occasionally to harden mud floors.

=dashi=, Balsamodendron africanum, A. Rich. (Burseraceæ). “African Myrrh.” “African Bdellium.” A shrub with the habit of the Blackthorn, yielding a fragrant gum-resin used medicinally and as a scent for clothing. namijin dashi, Balsamodendron pedunculatum, Kotschy. et Peyr. A shrub somewhat similar to the above but less fragrant.

=dashishi=, vide under =alkama=.

=ḍata= or =ḍwata=, a small bitter native tomato; vide under =gauta=.

=ḍataniya= or =ḍwatana=, Thelepogon elegans, Roth. (Gramineæ); a bitter grass given to horses as a tonic. Syn. =gishirin ḍawaki= and =ḍan ḍata=. (Etym. from the bitter taste).

=datsi=, Aristida Sieberiana, Trin. (Gramineæ); a long-awned grass, common in the north. =jan datsi= vide =jan bako=.

=dauḍa= or =kwardauḍa=, Dicoma tomentosa, Cass. (Compositæ); a small thistle-like weed. Syn. =farin dayi=. (Etym. perhaps from use as a local application to putrescent wounds).

=dauḍar Maguzawa=, ?Blepharis linearifolia, Pers. (Acanthaceæ); a prickly plant with blue flowers. Syn. =faskara toyi=, and ?=gigi=, q.v.

=dauḍar ruwa=, vide =limniya=.

=daudawa= (Sok.), vide =daddawa= and =ḍorowa=; vide also under =kiriya=. daudawa beso, seeds of yakuwa (Hibiscus Sabdariffa, Linn.), q.v. boiled and prepared either for food or as a medicinal vehicle, daudawar kuka, seeds of kuka (Adansonia digitata), made into cakes, &c.

=dauro=, vide =damro=.

=dawa=, Sorghum vulgare, Pers. (Gramineæ). “Guinea Corn.” “Great Millet.” “Durra.”

The following are some of the numerous varieties:—abantoko (Illo); a chi da gero—grows rapidly and is ripe with the gero;

a chi da kara, matures at the same season as sugar-cane (takanḍa);

a chi da nono (like farafara), a soft grain only used for kunu and not for tuwo;

akwuya, a yellow grain used for horses;

bakin kada, a variety with a long head;

bakin raḳumi (from the slender quivering habit), the same as ḳerama;

bugundare or Ba-Gwandare, a variety with a compact head; (cf. a variety of cotton; vide abduga);