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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 />

Gazare Maerua angolensis; M.<br />

crassifolia<br />

Gàzáríí S/Kt Borassus aethiopum shoot of fanpalm<br />

Géémún ɓééráá<br />

Fimbristylis hispidula<br />

Géémùn kwààɗóó<br />

Kyllinga spp.<br />

Géémùn másààráá Zea mays maize<br />

Gèèràgéérà Typha domingensis flowering<br />

spikes of<br />

bulrush<br />

Géérányà Typha domingensis bulrush<br />

Géérón ɗán<br />

Pennisetum fallax<br />

millet of son of x<br />

kwáárùwà<br />

Géérón ítàcéé Phyllanthus pentandrus millet of tree<br />

Géérón kádá Pennisetum ramosum crocodile millet<br />

Géérón tsúntsààyéé Acroceras amplectens birds' millet<br />

Géérón tsúntsààyéé Typha domingensis bulrush birds' millet<br />

Géérón tsúntsúú Polygonum senegalense 6 bird millet<br />

Gééróó Pennisetum glaucum bulrush millet<br />

Gèèwàyà tsáámííyáá Cissus quadrangularis circuit of the<br />

tamarind<br />

Géézà pl. géézóójíí<br />

Combretum micranthum<br />

Gelobai<br />

Ficus trichopoda<br />

Gémùn kúúsùù<br />

Fimbristylis hispidula<br />

Geron darli<br />

Setaria pallide-fusca<br />

Geronu ?<br />

Schizachyrium exile<br />

Gesuma Cucurbita pepo; C. maxima pumpkin<br />

Gigentasa Z Allium cepa onion<br />

Gigi<br />

Gígínyà pl.<br />

gígínyóóyíí or<br />

gìgìyúú<br />

Blepharis linariifolia<br />

Borassus aethiopum<br />

fan, deleb palm<br />

Gígínyàr̃ bírí Tacca leontopetapetaloides arrowroot monkey’s fanpalm<br />

Gima<br />

Elaeis guineensis<br />

Gimi<br />

Ficus sp.<br />

Gírààgíríí S Cyperus rotundus nutgrass<br />

Girar burtuu<br />

Sorghum margarritiferum<br />

Girca Shira Ficus sur fig<br />

Girgita<br />

Strychnos spinosa<br />

Gìrìgírì Sphenostylis stenocarpa yam bean<br />

Gírmán dáréé ɗáyá<br />

Andropogon gayanus<br />

Gíshírín dáwáákíí Thelepogon elegans horses’ salt<br />

Gishishiya Zm Acacia seyal<br />

Gííwár kàmbáá Sorghum bicolor large guineacorn<br />

cv.<br />

elephant’s x<br />

Gííyyàyáá<br />

Mitragyna inermis<br />

Gííyàyyáá tá máátáá Crossopteryx febrifuga ordeal tree female Mitragyna<br />

inermis<br />

Gizaki Kt Carissa edulis<br />

Gìzgírì Borassus aethiopum edible base of<br />

6 Probably a generic for small-seeded plants<br />

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