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 />
Cééɗííyáá pl.<br />
Ficus thonningii<br />
cééɗííyóóyíí<br />
Cééréérííyáá brown bean = tsárárrííyáá<br />
Cíbɗìì<br />
Boswellia dalzielii<br />
Cìcìdóó Dr Cucumis ficifolius; C.<br />
prophetarum<br />
prophet’s<br />
melon<br />
Cìcìwáá S/Kt Maerua angolensis<br />
Cìcùdíí Gl Cucumis ficifolius; C.<br />
prophetarum<br />
prophet’s<br />
melon<br />
Cíí dà gééró Saccharum officinarum sugar-cane – eat the millet<br />
sweet cultivar<br />
Cìì ní dà zúgúú Jatropha curcas physic nut<br />
Cìì zááƙí Carissa edulis eat sweetness<br />
Cííkà dáwàà Hyparrhenia subplumosa point of guineacorn<br />
seed<br />
Cíkà dáájìì Hyparrhenia subplumosa fill the bush<br />
Cíkà fágéé Vernonia kotschyana fill the open space<br />
Cíkà gídáá S Ricinus communis castor fill the house<br />
Cìkà sàuráá<br />
Crotalaria sp.& Leonotis<br />
nepetifolia<br />
rattlebox<br />
Cíkóókóó Kt Borassus aethiopum late, kernelless<br />
fruit of the fanpalm<br />
Cíkwíí Gossypium hirsutum cotton<br />
Ciriº G Vitellaria paradoxa shea tree<br />
Cììríírìì S Combretum kerstingii<br />
fill the disused<br />
farm<br />
Ciraº<br />
Catunaregam nilotica<br />
Cìttáá Aframomum melegueta Malagueta < Arabic<br />
pepper<br />
Cìttáá Capsicum annuum chili pepper < Arabic<br />
Cìttáá kúmfáá Aframomum melegueta Malagueta frothy pepper<br />
pepper cv.<br />
Cìttáá mài ƙwààyáá Zingiber officinale ginger single tuber<br />
pepper<br />
Cìttáá mài yáátsàa Zingiber officinale ginger finger pepper<br />
Cìttár̃ Àhò Zingiber officinale ginger Malagueta pepper<br />
of Eloyi people<br />
Cìttár̃ Jábà Zingiber officinale ginger Malagueta pepper<br />
of Hyam people<br />
Cììwóó<br />
Landolphia owariensis; Saba rubber vine<br />
florida<br />
Cizgiriº S Hyphaene thebaica dum palm<br />
Cizoº D Cyperus esculentus tiger nut<br />
Cùùcún káryá Indigofera nummulariifolia whore’s disease<br />
Cùùwóó<br />
Landolphia owariensis; Saba<br />
florida<br />
rubber vine<br />
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