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HAUSA NAMES FOR PLANTS AND TREES - Roger Blench

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<strong>Roger</strong> <strong>Blench</strong> Hausa plant names – Hausa-Latin Circulation version<br />

Mádóóbììyár rààfíí Albizia zygia stream henna<br />

Maga Phoenix dactylifera date without<br />

stone<br />

Magaga Borassus aethiopum fan-palm<br />

Mágáryáá pl.<br />

Ziziphus abyssinica<br />

catch thorn<br />

mágààréé<br />

Mágáryáá pl.<br />

Ziziphus mauritiana<br />

jujube<br />

mágààréé<br />

Mágáryár kúúráá Ziziphus mucronata buffalo thorn<br />

Màgímfáá<br />

Tephrosia densiflora; T. vogelii<br />

Magina Curcuma domestica turmeric dye<br />

Mágòòrí Mitracarpus hirtus button grass vendor of lovepotions<br />

Mágúúdìyáá Polycarpea corymbosa; P.<br />

linearifolia<br />

Magyamfa<br />

Tephrosia vogelli; T. densiflora<br />

Mài Arachis hypogaea groundnut<br />

Mái fárín ƙài<br />

Rhynchelytrum repens<br />

Mài gyàà Arachis hypogaea groundnut<br />

Mài jínníí Pterocarpus erinaceus African<br />

rosewood<br />

Mài kái dúbúú (?) Alternanthera sessilis; A.<br />

nodiflora<br />

Mài kúmààtuu Oryza sativa rice<br />

Mài ƙàfóó Sida cordifolia lord of the horn<br />

Mài lààlíítàà Physalis angulata angular winter<br />

cherry<br />

Mài laúshíí K Gossypium hirsutum cotton<br />

Mài rààwáyàà Datura metel hairy thorn<br />

apple<br />

lord of the small<br />

bag<br />

lord of<br />

Cochlospermum<br />

tinctorium<br />

Mài yààdóó Arachis hypogaea groundnut<br />

Máiwáá or màiwáá Pennisetum glaucum millet<br />

Màjàmfàríí Senna occidentalis coffee senna<br />

Majigege<br />

Amblygonocarpus andongensis<br />

Májínáácììyáá pl.<br />

Ostryoderris stuhlmanii<br />

màjìnààtái<br />

Májírìyáá S/Kt Erythrina senegalensis<br />

Májírìyár kúrmìì<br />

Phyllanthus muellerianus;<br />

Erythrina sp.<br />

Makaahoo da<br />

Sorghum membranaceum<br />

waayoo<br />

Makari S/Kt Dalbergia sp.<br />

Makari S/Kt Digitaria iburua iburu<br />

Mákárín dáfì 11 Fadogia erythrophloea antidote to poison<br />

Mákárín fako<br />

Brachiaria jubata<br />

Makasha Striga hermontheca witchweed<br />

Makashan dááwàà Striga hermontheca witchweed killer of guineacorn<br />

Mákkà Moringa oleifera horseradish tree<br />

Mákòòríí<br />

Amorphophallus abyssinicus;<br />

11 Probably a generic for antidotes to arrow-poison<br />

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