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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 />

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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