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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 />

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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