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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 />

Wasani<br />

Monotes kerstingii<br />

Wasiri Argemone mexicana. Mexican poppy<br />

Wúrúcín dáájìì<br />

Habenaria barrina; Eulophia<br />

adenoglossa<br />

Wùtààwútàà Striga hermontheca witchweed fires<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ bírì<br />

Ctenium elegans; C. newtonii;<br />

monkey-tail<br />

Faurea speciosa; Setaria<br />

sphacelata<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ bírì Pennisetum glaucum millet cv. monkey's tail<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ ɓééráá Ctenium elegans rat's tail<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ ɓééráá Ctenium newtonii rat's tail<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ ɓééráá Sporobolos spicatus rat's tail<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ ɓééráá Stachytarpheta jamaicensis bastard rat's tail<br />

vervaine<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ ɓééráá Uraria picta rat's tail<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ bóódàríí Panicum paucinode zorilla’s tail<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ dámóó Caralluma dalzielii monitor lizard's<br />

tail<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ gííwáá Phragmites australis common reed elephant's tail<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ gííwáá Sorghum nobile elephant's tail<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ gwánkíí Loudetia hordeiformis; L. annua roan antelope’s<br />

tail<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ jààkíí Aristida stipoides donkey's tail<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ káásáá Stachytarpheta cayenensis puff adder’s tail<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ ƙàdángárè<br />

Ctenium elegans;<br />

agama lizard's tail<br />

Stachytarpheta angustifolia; S.<br />

cayenensis;<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ kùréégéé Loudetia hordeiformis; L.<br />

squirrel's tail<br />

annua; Perotis indica<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ kúúsùù<br />

Ctenium elegans;<br />

mouse's tail<br />

Stachytarpheta angustifolia; S.<br />

cayenensis;<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ rààƙúmíí Platycoryne paludosa camel's tail<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ rààƙúmíí Orchidaceae terrestrial camel's tail<br />

orchid<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ shààríndò weed used for medicine skink’s tail<br />

Wútsííyàr̃ zóómóó Loudetia hordeiformis; L. annua hare's tail<br />

Wúyàn bàjíníí Kt Pennisetum glaucum millet cv. x’s neck<br />

Wúyàn dámóó Kt Combretum molle; C.<br />

glutinosum<br />

monitor lizard's<br />

neck<br />

Wúyàn gííwáá Pteleopsis suberosa elephant's neck<br />

Wúyàn mákwárwáá Z Allium cepa onion<br />

Y.<br />

Yáá Kt Ficus sp.<br />

Yààɗà ƙwáryá creeper = fàsà ƙáábáá spread calabash<br />

Yààɗííyáá Leptadenia hastata tears<br />

Yààɗííyár kádàà Tacazzea apiculata crocodile tears<br />

Yáákùùwáá Hibiscus sabdariffa roselle<br />

Yáákùùwár dáájìì Hibiscus asper bush roselle<br />

Yáákùùwár fátààkéé Cyphostemma adenocaule; trader's roselle<br />

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