HAUSA NAMES FOR PLANTS AND TREES - Roger Blench
HAUSA NAMES FOR PLANTS AND TREES - Roger Blench
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 />
Sàkàtáá Dioscorea alata water-yam<br />
Sakera<br />
Echinochloa stagnina<br />
Sàmààrín dángáá Moringa oleifera horseradish tree fence sticks<br />
Sàmáátsíí<br />
Tephrosia linearis<br />
Sàmbèèrúú<br />
Erythrophleum africanum<br />
Sàmbèèrúú<br />
Lasiosiphon kraussiana<br />
Samo Ziziphus mauritiana jujube leaves<br />
Sán gàuráákà Chloris breviseta footstep of the<br />
crowned crane<br />
Sán tsúntsúú grass with edible leaf footstep of the<br />
bird<br />
Sàndàlíí Cola nitida cola<br />
Sàndàlúú Cola nitida cola<br />
Sàndán bírí Tacca involucrata arrowroot monkey stick<br />
Sàndán dutsee Tacca involucrata arrowroot hill stick<br />
Sàndán maya<br />
Amblygonocarpus andogensis;<br />
Cassia arereh; Holarrhena<br />
floribunda<br />
Sàndán ƴán bòòríí Tacca involucrata flowering stem Bori stick<br />
of arrowroot<br />
Sàngáásàngàà Senna occidentalis coffee senna<br />
Sankalwa Trapa natans water chestnut<br />
Sànƙè wà kínkà sensitive plant sp. tuck in your<br />
loincloth<br />
Sansabaraye Arg Parkinsonia aculeata<br />
Sánsámíí Stereospermum kunthianum tulip tree<br />
Sánsámín táábàà Kt Nicotiana tabacum; N. rustica tobacco leaves<br />
SánsàN<br />
Dyschoriste perrotteti<br />
Sansari<br />
Chasmopodium caudatum;<br />
Saccharum spontaneum;<br />
Sesbania pachycarpa<br />
Sansoni Mucuna pruriens; M. sloanei cow-itch<br />
Sányáá Securidaca longepedunculata violet tree<br />
Sányár ƙasà<br />
Vernonia pumila<br />
Sàràkúúwáá<br />
Leucas martinicensis; Hyptis<br />
spicigera; Ocimum canum<br />
Sàràkúúwáá<br />
Leucas martinicensis; Hyptis<br />
spicigera; Ocimum canum<br />
Sàràkúúwáá Hyptis spicigera mosquito<br />
guardian<br />
Sárƙà<br />
Aparagus sp.<br />
Sárkín jíbjíí 13 Boerhavia spp. hogweed lord of the<br />
dungheap<br />
Sárkín jíbjíí Datura spp. lord of the<br />
dungheap<br />
Sárkín jíbjíí Portulaca spp. lord of the<br />
dungheap<br />
Sárƙákƙíyáá<br />
Dichrostachys cinerea; Acacia<br />
ataxacantha<br />
Sasami Stereospermum kunthianum tulip tree<br />
Sashe Ziziphus mauritiana jujube leaves<br />
13 'Loosely applied to ruderals' (Burkill 2000:258)<br />
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