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 />
U.<br />
Úngúdúúdù Kt/Z Crateva religiosa<br />
Ùngúúwáá Gynandropsis pentaphylla cat's whiskers<br />
Úúwár bánzáá<br />
Carissa edulis<br />
Úúwár mááganiíí Urena lobata mother of<br />
medicine<br />
Úúwár máágúngúnà Securidaca longepedunculata violet tree mother of<br />
medicines<br />
Úúwár yáàráá Hd Euphorbia balsamifera mother of children<br />
Úúwár yáàráá Ficus sur mother of children<br />
W.<br />
Wáá<br />
Ficus abutifolia<br />
Wáákéé pl.<br />
wáákàikái<br />
Any beans, most commonly<br />
cowpeas<br />
Wáákén àwáákíí<br />
Vigna pubigera; V. reticulata;<br />
goat bean<br />
V. vexillata<br />
Wáákén bàibààyíí Sk Lablab niger pagan bean<br />
Wáákén bàrééwáá<br />
Vigna pubigera; V. reticulata;<br />
gazelle bean<br />
V. vexillata<br />
Wáákén bàrèèyíí Sphaeranthus schweinfurthii gazelle bean<br />
Wáákén bísáá Canavalia ensiformis horse bean small ruminant<br />
bean<br />
Wáákén dámóó Vigna vexillata monitor lizard<br />
bean<br />
Wáákén dànfámíí Lablab niger; Cajanus cajan pigeon pea bean of the<br />
temporary fence<br />
Wáákén dàrníí Sk Lablab niger fence bean<br />
Wáákén Gwáárí Sk Lablab niger Gbari bean<br />
Wáákén Másàr Lablab niger Egypt bean<br />
Wáákén Másàr Cajanus cajan pigeon pea Egypt bean<br />
Wáákén Sàntànbûl Lablab niger; Cajanus cajan pigeon pea Istanbul bean<br />
Wáákén tàntábàr̃áá Lablab niger; Cajanus cajan pigeon pea pigeon bean<br />
Wáákén tùùrààwáá Lablab niger; Cajanus cajan pigeon pea foreigner's bean<br />
Wáákén zóómóó Desmodium canum hare bean<br />
Wááwá kaji magoori Mitracarpus hirtus button grass<br />
Wááwá maza<br />
Quassia undulata<br />
Wááwán góónáá Cucurbita maxima; C. pepo pumpkin<br />
Wááwán kúrmìì Ricinodendron heudelotii fool of the forest<br />
Wààyó Sorghum bicolor guinea-corn cv.<br />
Wada<br />
Rauwolfia caffra; R. vomitoria<br />
Wagiri Argemone mexicana. Mexican poppy<br />
Wán kúrmìì 15 Ficus abutilifolia forest fig<br />
Warina Ipomoea batatas sweet potato<br />
Wàrkín maciijii S Chrozophora senegalensis snake's loincloth<br />
Wàrkín tsóófóó Trichodesma africanum old loin-cloth<br />
Wàrkín wááwáá<br />
Trichodesma africanum<br />
15 Probably includes other spp. of forest-growing fig<br />
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