Hausa Names FOR Plants and Trees: (Draft - Prepared For Comment Only) 2 Edition

HAUSA NAMES
FOR
PLANTS AND TREES
[DRAFT -PREPARED FOR COMMENT ONLY]

2nd EDITION
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IMPORTANT
THIS DOCUMENT REPRESENTS WORK IN PROGRESS AND IS
DISTRIBUTED TO INTERESTED RESEARCHERS IN THAT STATE. IT
REPRESENTS A SYNTHESIS OF NUMEROUS DOCUMENTS ON HAUSA
WITH OFTEN HIGHLY INCONSISTENT ORTHOGRAPHIC
REPRESENTATIONS AND SOMETMES INCONSISTENT
IDENTIFICATIONS. I HAVE INCLUDED MY OWN FIELD DATA BUT
MUCH REMAINS TO BE CHECKED. CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM ON
ORTHOGRAPHY, SUGGESTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................... ii
TABLES........................................................................................................................................................... ii
1. Introduction................................................................................................................................................ iv
2. Transcription.............................................................................................................................................. iv
Vowels ...........................................................................................................................................................v
Consonants ...................................................................................................................................................v
Tones ........................................................................................................................................................... vi
Plurals and other forms............................................................................................................................. vi
Variability in Hausa forms........................................................................................................................ vi
3. Queries ........................................................................................................................................................ vi
4. Terminology ............................................................................................................................................... vi
5. Uses and cultural importance of plants .................................................................................................. vii
6. Choice of entries........................................................................................................................................ vii
7. Sources of Hausa plant names ................................................................................................................. vii
8. Further work ............................................................................................................................................ viii
References..................................................................................................................................................... viii
TABLES
Table 1. Acronyms
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Hausa is divided into numerous rather poorly defined dialects. However, apart from those recognised by
linguists, where plants have been collected in a particular place we only have the name of the location with
no idea how widespread the term is within the Hausa world as a whole. Table 1 shows the acronyms used in
the tables for particular sites.
Table 1. Acronyms
Ad
Ader
Arg
Argungu
B
Bauchi
cv.
cultivar
D
Damaturu
Dgm
Damagaram
Dr
Daura
E
East
G
Gobir
Gl
Gumel
H
Hadejia
K
Kano
Knt
Kontagora
Kt
Katsina
Ktg
Katagum
N
North
Ng
Niger
S
Sokoto
W
West
Z
Zaria
Zm
Zamfara
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1. Introduction
This is a guide to the Hausa names of plants, both wild and cultivated. The Hausa language, apart from being
the first language of many people in Nigeria and Niger, is an important second language to many
communities in surrounding areas. Despite this, there is no reliable guide to the scientific names of Hausa
plants using a modern system of transcription. Ethnobotanical information is essential to the work of
scientists and others concerned more practically with the environment. In addition, linguists and
anthropologists often find it useful to identify trees and plants. Local people have extensive knowledge both
about the trees and plants in their region, their uses and distribution. In order to work effectively with
communities it is necessary to discuss individual plant species. This can only be done if there is an effective
identification base for the local language. Moreover, increasing environmental damage throughout the
region is causing a significant loss of this type of local knowledge partly because the trees and plants are no
longer available to be shown to the next generation.
The earliest and still valuable source for Hausa plant names in Nigeria is Dalziel (1916) reprised in Dalziel
(1937). Much of this information and subsequent ethnobotanical material is in Burkill (1985, 1994, 1995,
1997, 2000, 2004) although the synoptic nature of these publications makes them hard to search. Mention
should also be made of Gbile (1980), a useful compilation but marred by inconsistent and multiple
transcriptions of the same term.
For the Republic of Niger, there are numerous ethnobotanical publications reflecting a greater interest in
Francophone countries in topics such as ethnomedicine. Unfortunately, none of these are transcribed
according to linguistic standards, and none are comparable to Levy-Luxereau (1972) for animal names.
Nonetheless, they contain important information about arid-zone plants not available in Nigeria-oriented
texts. The most important of these sources is ACCT (1985) although this draws heavily on Aubrville (1950)
and Peyre de Fabrgues (1972). An important study that has often been neglected is Adam et al. (1972)
which gives a great deal of information about useful plants in Ader.
A variety of other sources give Hausa names for outlying regions. For example, Irvine (1961) gives Hausa
names recorded in Northern Ghana. It is hard to determine the status of such terms since Hausa in Northern
Ghana is not a native language but only used as a lingua franca and thus by speakers of very different levels
of competence. Trade connections with northern Nigeria mean that it is constantly relexified from multiple
sources. As a consequence these are excluded. Colombel (1995, 1997) transcribes Hausa plant names from
northern Cameroun, but some do not look like Hausa and the system of transcription is not explained.
This guide is intended to provide Hausa plant names in as accurate a transcription as possible, with up-todate scientific names. Where the plant has been identified, the Latin name and the common English name, if
one exists, is given. Singulars and plurals are also given of as many plants as possible. In addition, whatever
is known about the use of the plant is added to the definition. However, there are numerous terms recorded
only by collectors for herbaria which it has not yet proven possible to confirm in the field. Such
transcriptions and identifications should thus be regarded as highly provisional. In order to move towards
standardisation, I have eliminated forms that I confused are either confused transcriptions or false
identifications, or citations that are actually in languages other than Hausa (notably Tamashek and Kanuri).
2. Transcription
The Hausa language has been written in a wide variety of ways and although different but official
orthographies exist for both Nigeria and Niger, publications do not always adhered to them. The
transcriptions used here are intended to represent Hausa as fully as possible, in terms of both tone and vowel
length, and may therefore differ from locally published materials. The vowels, consonants and tones are first
described and then the orthography used is indicated below.
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Vowels
Hausa has five vowels;
Front
Central
Back
Close
u
e
Close-Mid
o
a
Open
All vowels can be long or short: long vowels are marked by doubling. Macrons , etc. are used in many
reference publications (e.g. Abraham 1949; Newman 1997) but these are sometimes hard to read in
conjunction with tone marks. On the length of final vowels, I have adopted the transcriptions proposed by
Joe McIntyre, which sometimes differ from published forms.
Sequences of vowel plus approximant (Vy and Vw spelt Vi and Vu in Hausa orthography, are marked with
tones over the first vowel.
Consonants
Hausa consonants are as follows;
Bilabial
Plosive
Alveolar
Alveopa Palatal Velar

latal
t
tS
k
d
d
g
s
h
z
n
l
r
r
y
p
b
Fricative
Glottalised
Nasal
Lateral
Roll
Tap/trill
Approximant
Labiodental
f
v
Syllable-final nasals are homorganic with the following consonant. In Abraham (1962), three alternative
forms are written [n], [m] and [N]; in practical orthographies these are usually reduced to [n] and [m] and this
solution is followed here. Botanical sources do not generally distinguish the two types of /r/ in Hausa but
these can generally be reconstructed by linguistic rules.
Orthography of consonants:
t = c
d = j
= ts
The glottalised y, is often written y in standard publications. /f/ has a wide variety of dialectal and
positional allophones, [f], [p], [h], [hw]. [p] is developing as a distinct phoneme through the introduction of
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Tones
Hausa has two level tones and a falling tone, marked as follows;
High
Falling
Low
@
^
All tones are marked, to distinguish words where the tones are known from words that have been only
partially transcribed. In many sources, low tone is marked and high tone is left unmarked.
Plurals and other forms

The plurals of Hausa words are unpredictable for practical purposes, and it is also difficult to know whether
a word will have a plural at all, especially in the case of plant names. Where the plurals are known they are
given directly after the singular. In some cases, the plural is dialectal; for example Kano and Sokoto may
often have a different plural despite the singular being common to both lects.
Variability in Hausa forms

Hausa words have considerable variation, some dialectal and some free variation within a single lect. i/u
variation is particularly common. In the example below, it is likely that the /i/ is the original vowel and the
/u/ introduced to create harmony with C1 of the second word.
Ipomoea aitonii
bt wt
bt wt
Other variations, especially of the initial consonant, are more puzzling. For the moment, these are all
recorded, since they may be encountered in the field.
3. Queries
The sources provide some names that cannot so far be identified by present-day Hausa speakers. There may
be several reasons for this;
a) the transcription is so garbled that speakers simply cannot recognise it as a word they know.
b) the word was recorded in a remote area where the plant exists but it is no longer present in the more
densely farmed areas
c) the word is in another language and is thus not recognised.
4. Terminology
Latin names are given for all the plants identified. The practice of botanists of constantly changing their
minds on the names of even quite common and well established economic plants makes this necessary. In
recent years, even the name of the shea tree, probably the single most important tree for farmers in northern
Nigeria, has been changed from Butyrospermum paradoxum to Vitellaria paradoxa. The authorities identify
the name given at a particular period so that in future, if the name changes again, or the taxonomists
reclassify it, the correct identification can be traced. The scientific names used here are adopted from Burkill
(1985 ff.) as the most recent authoritative source.
English names are those given in various sources. Some names, such as shea and locust are widely known
and used. Others are considerably more obscure but are anyway given here because it is valuable to have a
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common name. Some of these names are used in Nigerian English, others are part of international currency
known to plant scientists but would not be useful in the field. Some common names in West African French
are also given.
5. Uses and cultural importance of plants

Ethnobotany has two major uses; naming plants accurately allows professionals such as foresters to talk with
communities effectively about vegetation. But beyond identification, the real value of this is to determine the
role particular plants play in the economic and cultural life of communities. For many plants, no use is yet
recorded, but almost certainly the plant plays a part either in the extensive medical herbarium or for more
practical economic purposes.
In the past, many more wild plants were used as additional sources of food. Before international fruits such
as oranges and mangoes became readily available in the market, wild fruits were much more appreciated.
Many of these trees have now retreated to remote areas, to be replaced by planted trees close to villages. In
the same way, a large number of plants are noted in earlier sources as famine foods i.e. plants that can be
eaten after processing in cases of severe food shortage. The development of food relief has meant that much
of the knowledge about such wild plants is in danger of being lost. So when such information is recorded, it
does not mean that it is current practice, but reminds people of the former potential of such plants.
6. Choice of entries
The richness of Hausa terminology in respect of cultivated plants is such that the entries have had to be
selective. The general principle guiding the choice has been to include;
a) generic names for plants in all regional forms
a) specific terms for parts of a plant, both wild and cultivated
But to exclude;
a) words that refer principally to the quality of a plant rather than its botanical variety. For example,
btr ht is applied to poor quality guinea-corn rather than signifying a particular cultivar and
so is excluded.
b) words that refer to the state of a plant. For example, dmb refers to locust-pods beginning to ripen
and is excluded
7. Sources of Hausa plant names

Hausa plant names are also a source of rich cultural information if correctly understood. Although many
plants have no obvious etymologies, where these can be decoded, the principal sources are as follows;
a) Borrowings from other languages (Arabic, Fulfulde, English)
b) Geographical names (names of towns or regions or peoples conceived to be the source of the plant,
like turkey in English
c) Epithets, composite names or phrases describing the plant or its properties in some ways (similar
love-lies-bleeding in English)
Early records of plant names often run together all the words of a name, especially in the case of epithets, so
that the exact meaning cannot be seen. Dalziel (1916) actually includes false etymologies, which he seems to
have constructed as a result of not clearly understanding the importance of vowel length and tone. In some
cases, important distinctions are homographic in early sources. Thus baba can refer to bb father,
bb indigo and bbb big, all of which are legitimate elements in plant names. McIntyre (2007) is an
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important study of this type of verbal compound and a number of plant names are transcribed in the
examples.
8. Further work
The present document consists of a preliminary synthesis of existing field materials on Hausa. It needs
substantial checking in the field both in terms of content, transcription and expansion of the ethnobotanical
aspects.
References
Abraham, R.C. 1962. Dictionary of the Hausa language. London: University of London Press.
ACCT 1985. Contribution aux tudes ethnobotaniques et floristiques au Niger. Paris: ACCT.
Adam, J.G., N. Echard & M. Lescot 1972. Plantes mdicinales Hausa de L'Ader. Paris: Musum National
d'Histoire Naturelle.
Ag Sidiyene, E. 1966. Des arbres et des arbustes spontans de l'Adrar des Iforas (Mali). Paris:
ORSTOM/CIRAD.
Aubrville, A. 1950. Flore soudano-guinene. Paris: Socit d'ditions Gographiques, maritimes et
coloniales.
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa, Families A-D, Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.
Burkill, H.M. 1994. The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa, Families E-I, Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.
Burkill, H.M. 1995. The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa, Families J-L, Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens.
Burkill, H.M. 1997. The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa, Families M-R, Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.
Burkill, H.M. 2000. The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa, Families S-Z, Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.
Burkill, H.M. 2004. The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa, General Index. Kew: Royal Botanic
Gardens.
Colombel, V. de 1995. Noms de plantes: classification, reconstruction et histoire partir des noms de six
cents plantes en dix langues tchadiques des monts du Mandara. In: Studia Chadica et Hamitosemitica.
Ibriszimow, D. & R. Leger eds. 229-251. Kln: Rdiger Kppe.
Colombel, V. de 1997. Noms et usages des plantes: tude comparative en dix langues tchadiques du groupe
central. Mthodologie pour une remonte dans le temps. In: L'homme et le milieu vgtal dans le bassin
du Lac Tchad. D. Barreteau, R. Dognin & C. von Graffenried eds. 289-310. Paris : ORSTOM.
Dalziel, J.M. 1916. A Hausa botanical vocabulary. London: T. Fisher Unwin.
Dalziel, J.M. 1937. The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. London: Crown Agents.
Dieterlen, Germaine 1952. Classification des vgtaux chez les Dogon. Journal de la Socit des
Africanistes, 22(1-2):115-158.
Gbile, Z.O. 1980. Vernacular names of Nigerian plants (Hausa). Lagos: Federal Department of Forestry.
Irvine, F.R. 1961. Woody Plants of Ghana with special reference to their uses. London: Oxford University
Press.
Jinju, M.H. 1990. African traditional medicine: a case study of Hausa medicinal plants and therapy. Zaria:
Gaskiya Corporation.
Keay, R.W. 1989. Trees of Nigeria. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Keay, R.W., Onochie, C.F.A. & Stanfield, D.P. 1964. Nigerian trees. (2 vols.) Federal Department of Forest
Research, Ibadan.
Levy-Luxereau, A. 1972. tude Ethno-Zoologique du Pays Hausa. Socit dtudes Ethno-zoologiques et
Ethno-Botaniques, Paris.
McIntyre, J.A. 2007. Hausa verbal compounds. Ph.D. thesis. University of Leiden. URL:
https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/1887/4861/7/Thesis.pdf
Migeod, Frederick W.H. 1913. A Mende natural history vocabulary. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner.
Newman, Paul. 2000. The Hausa Language: An Encyclopedic Reference Grammar. New Haven: Yale
University Press.
Newman, Paul. 2007. Hausa dictionary. xx
Newman, R.M. 1997. An English-Hausa dictionary. Lagos: Longman.
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Okezie Akobundu, I. & C.W. Agyakwa 1998. A handbook of West African weeds. 2nd ed. Ibadan:
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture.
Peyre de Fabregues, B. 1972. Lexique de noms vernaculaires de plantes de Niger. Paris: IEMVT.
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HAUSA-SCIENTIFIC-ENGLISH PLANT NAMES

Conventions
* Recorded in Bargery without tone and vowel length
Recorded in a botanical source but not confirmed in a linguistic source
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Scientific name
English
Etymology
A.
gg
Xylopia aethiopica; X.
parviflora
Sida linifolia
kai ka ft
Abantoko
brb
bd
bn kn yk
bkn kby
br
br
cc
Acibi
Aduru
drk
dw pl.
dwy
dw
Afoyes
ft
ft
gd
Agaji(ni)
Agibii
gg
gm
gsh
Illo
gw
gwd
Ahaji
jur
j bcnk
S/Ad
Ajenana
ksks
Akiye
kkr
Akuku
kr
Ad
Sorghum bicolor
Ananas comosus
Cola verticillata
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Saccharum spontaneum
Digitaria iburua
Digitaria iburua
Digitaria exilis
Raphia sp.
Dioscorea sp
Newbouldia laevis
Balanites aegyptiaca
Cajanus cajan
Cleome brachycarpa
Pandanus aggregate
Phoenix reclinata
Musa paradisiaca
Boscia angustifolia
Raphia sp.
Dryopterix filis-mas
Colocynthis citrullus
kwl
Akwari
kwt
kyr
Euphorbia balsamifera
Zea mays
Aerva javanica
Cola nitida
Sorghum bicolor
Trema orientalis
Phoenix dactylifera
Prosopis africana
tree found S of Benue
Dracaena sp.
Ziziphus mauritiana
Trochomeria dalzielii; T.
macroura
Stylochiton lancifolius
Cucurbita maxima
Nicotiana rustica; N. tabacum
one will bring you

whistling
guinea-corn
pineapple
cola nut
roselle
<Yoruba
<Yoruba
friend of the arrow
iburu
iburu
fonio
palm-wine
yam
desert date
pigeon-pea
screw-pine
wild date-palm
plantain
desert date
< Tamachek?
< Igbo ?
palm-wine
fern ? generic
bark
egusi melon
seeds
maize
<Yoruba
cola
early-ripening
guinea-corn
charcoal tree
date: small cv.
seeds of ~
<Arabic
jujube pulpcake
gourd
tobacco plant
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lkkn
ll
lllm
lmb
lmb
lmb na tubi
Alas
lyyd
lyyf
lbrk
lbrk kumbe
lbs
lbs mi go
lbs mi gdj
lbs mi kr
lbs mi wy
lbsr gz
lbsr gdj
lbsr kr
lbsr kw
lbsr kw
Algarif
Alhaji
lbd
lllb
lllbr rf
Alizindir
lkm
lkmr kw
lkmr trrw
Alkangao
lkwr
Alubada
lyr
mm mss
Amankete
Amaru
Amazo
Ambru
m
Amureju
nb
Anaya
Anaya
ngry
ng
Ankwai narba
Antusko
K
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Phoenix dactylifera
Phoenix dactylifera
Blighia sapida
henna substitute
Sesbania dalzielii
Sesbania sesban
Phyllanthus reticulata
Digitaria iburua
Elaeis guineensis
Amaranthus caudatus
Senna occidentalis
Oryza sativa
Allium cepa
Allium ascalonicum
Allium cepa
Allium porrum
Allium ascalonicum
Urginea sp.
Allium cepa
Urginea sp.
Haemanthus rupestris
Crinum ornatum
Lepidium sativum
Aerva javanica
Landolphia hirsuta
Cordia africana
Harungana madasascariensis
Leptadenia hastata
Triticum aestivum
Eragrostis turgida
Borreria stachydea
Datura metel
good flowers
date: large cv.
date-palm
ackee
<Arabic
iburu
palm-oil
waterleaf
senna
rice
onion
garlic
onion
leek
garlic
onion
lily
cress
wheat
<Yoruba
<Yoruba
<Arabic
< Arabic
onion of x
round onion
onion with a stalk
onion with a neck
spiders onion
round onion
hyenas onion
toads onion
toads onion
<Arabic
< Arabic
< Arabic
toads wheat
ants wheat
hairy thorn
apple
Bauhinia rufescens
Landolphia hirsuta
Eragrostis ciliensis
Caralluma retrospiciens
Dioscorea sp.
Mitragyna inermis
Abutilon mauritianum
Sesbania sp.
Vitis sp.
yam
Cyphostemma adenocaule
Cayratia gracilis
Gossypium sp.
Dioscorea sp.
Mollugo nudicaulis
Nicotiana rustica/ tabacum
cotton seed
yam cv.
? <Arabic
vomiting of a cat
< Shuwa Arabic?

sound, loudness
grape
tobacco
<Arabic. Learned
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nz
nzn dts
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rgng
rgz
Aru
Boscia senegalensis
Cadaba farinosa
Gardenia sokotensis
Cassia sieberana
Saccharum officinarum
Commiphora kerstingii;
Boswellia dalzielii; B.odorata
Solanum incanum
Cyperus esculentus
Hyphaene thebaica
Arujere
Arukafuka
Asara
swk
Harrisonia abyssinica
Dioscorea sp.
Salvadora persica
Ashake shaku
tf
trs
tl
tls
ttgr
tmtr
udg
udgr trw
wrwr
wy
wy
y
y y
y rigiza
yb
ybr dj
ybr trw
Dioscorea sp.
Gossypium sp.
Cola acuminata; C. nitida;
Canarium schweinfurthii
Canarium schweinfurthii
Cocos nucifera
Lycopersicum esculentum
Gossypium sp.
Gossypium sp.
Ipomoea aquatica
Ficus lutea
Ficus saussureana
Cyperus esculentus
Cyperus rotundus; Kyllinga sp.
Cyperus esculentus
Musa sapientum
Ensete gilletii
Musa sapientium
Dam
yn
yNg
Cyphostemma adenocaule,
Cayratia gracilis
Sorghum bicolor
yNgw
Sorghum bicolor
yy
Arachis hypogaea
yyr
zbr
Kt
S
Joe Macintyre (p.c.) relates this to Arabic al-godon.
Boscia of the rock

cassia pods
sugar-cane
garden egg cv.

tiger-nut
dum palm; bark
of the unripe
kernel
yam
tobacco
toothbrush tree
yam
cotton
cola nut cv.
bush-candle
bush-candle
coconut
tomato
cotton
cotton
tiger-nut
nutgrass
tiger-nut
banana
wild banana
banana
guinea-corn
(red cv.)
guinea-corn
(red cv.)
small
groundnut
fruits
desert-date
fruit-shell
< Argungu town
< Azawak region

of Niger
<English
? < Arabic1
< Nupe?
banana of bush
banana of white
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B.
B dmy
B g
B fdm
B Fltn
Arachis hypogaea
Arachis hypogaea
Ipomoea batatas
Heliotropium bacciferum
groundnut
groundnut
sweet potato
B Fltn
Sorghum sp.
guinea-corn
B Fltn
Vigna subterranea
Bambara
groundnut red
cultivar
B grdy
B go z
Cienfuegosia heteroclada
Carissa edulis
B Gwr
B Gwr
B Gwry
Sorghum bicolor
Zea mays
Arachis hypogaea
guinea-corn cv.
maize cv.
groundnut
B Gwry
Vigna subteranea
B Gwry
Zea mays
Bambara
groundnut
maize
B Gwndr
Gossypium barbadense
cotton
B Gwndr
Sorghum bicolor
guinea-corn cv.
B Jr
B Jmfr
B Knw
B Knw
B Zmfr
B Zmfr
B ksk
B m t
Arachis hypogaea
Senna occidentalis
Cucurbita maxima-C. pepo
Gossypium sp.
Arachis hypogaea
Senna occidentalis
Commelina forskalaei-C. erecta
Merremia aegyptiaca
groundnut cv.
senna
pumpkin
cotton cv.
groundnut
senna
B rsh
B ruwn
B jn
B jn
B sm
B tk
B zn
Bb kb
Bb
Bb ambalee
Bb bb
A
K
Knt
Newbouldia laevis
Salix ledermannii and other
Salix spp.
Ostryoderris stuhlmannii
Afrormosia laxiflora
Boswellia dalzielii-B. odorata
Commiphora kerstingii
Indigofera sp.
willow
indigo
indigo
Sodom apple
wild indigo
Bb jbj
Indigofera sp.
Calotropis procera
Ambrosia maritima; Indigofera
prieurea; Tephrosia purpurea
Boerhavia diffusa
Bb jbj
Datura metel
hairy thorn
5
one of the marshes

one of the Fulani
woman
one of the Fulani
woman
one of the Fulani
woman
one of obstinacy
one that x
sweetness
one of the Gbari
one of the Gbari
one of the Gbari
woman
one of the Gbari
woman
one of the Gbari
woman
one of the
Gwandara
one of the
Gwandara
one of Zar [?]
one of Zamfara
one of Kano
one of Kano
one of Zamfara
one of Zamfara
we are not in the
mud
no branch
no business of
mine
cause blood
cause blood
cause receiving
cause plaiting
give fence mat
father of dumpalm fronds
indigo of the
rubbish-heap
indigo of the
Roger Blench
Bb jbj
Bb jj
Portulaca oleracea; P.
quadrifida
Datura metel
Bb mr
Ambrosia maritima
Bb mr
Tephrosia purpurea
Bb rd
Bbn dms
Bbn gw
Bbn mri
Rogeria adenophylla
Indigofera conjugata
Bergia suffruticosa
Indigofera astragalina
Circulation version
Bbn rf
Bbn tlk
Indigofera prieureana
Lonchocarpus cyanescens
Bbr rn
Bfr
Bfr
Bfr
Bll
Brr
Bkn crk
Indigofera sp.
Detarium senegalense
Polygonum senegalense
Pulicaria crispa
Canna indica
Canna indica
Nicotiana tabacum
S
S
B
Bkn dny
Cucumis pustulatus
Bkn kd
Bkn my
Bkn mtm
Bkn sd
Sorghum bicolor
Holarrhena floribunda
Holarrhena floribundapleoceras sp.
Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum margaritiferum; S.
vulgare
Polycarpa corymbosa
Bkn sd
Polycarpaea linearifolia
Bs mr
Clitandra cymulosa
Bkn rm
Bkn rm
Btny
Byn mry
Bbc
Bbc
Bbrbr
Babbagi
Bbbn br
Bbbn lm
Bbbn lm
Bacakura
Z
S
S
Cucumis melo
Monocymbium ceresiiforme
Sacciolepis africana
Setaria sphacelata
Arachis hypogaea
Ziziphus mauritiana
Lannea schimperi
apple
purslane
hairy thorn
apple
indigo
exudate
Indian shot
Indian shot
tobacco flower
guinea-corn cv.
guinea-corn cv.
beak of the
oxpecker
mouth of the
world
crocodiles mouth
sorcerers mouth
persons mouth
camel's mouth
bush shrike's
mouth
bush shrike's
mouth
arrow-poison of
the slanderer
thatching grass
back of cob
antelope
groundnut cv.
jujube leaves
Kanuri
lime
orange
Citrus aurantium
Citrus sinensis
Panicum laetum
rubbish-heap
indigo of the
rubbish-heap
indigo of the
rubbish-heap
indigo of
enjoyment
indigo of
enjoyment
indigo of x
leopards indigo
elephants indigo
indigo of the
spotted
weaverbird
stream indigo
indigo of Yoruba
type
dyeing indigo
<Arabic
big one of last

year
big lemon
big lemon
Roger Blench
Bshr
Circulation version
Arachis hypogaea
Bdy
Bd
Bdsy
Bgrw pl.
bgr
Bgrwr gw
Bgrwr Mkk
Bgrwr Mkk
Bgrwr Msr
Bgy
Bgjm
Bagashi?
Bglm
Bhr
Bin
Bkny
Br y
Br b rn
Knt
Grass sp.
Nymphaea lotus
Cyperus esculentus
Acacia nilotica
Gnidia schweinfurthii
Moringa oleifera
Parkinsonia aculeata
Moringa oleifera
Cadaba farinosa
Hyphaene thebaica
Vernonia pumila and spp.
Oryza sativa
Lonchocarpus sericeus
Panicum laetum
Sorghum bicolor
Cyperus esculentus
Crotalaria sp
Br ky
Br trmny
Acacia hebecladoides; A. hockii

Combretum ghasalense
Zea mays
B
Br dk
Bn alambu
Bn bn
Dr
Vigna subterranea
Ktg
Isoberlinia doka
Phyllanthus reticulatus
Indigofera pulchra
Bn dbn
Bn ng
Phoenix dactylifera
Clitandra sp
Bn ggi
Bn ggi
Bn grmn
Fadogia agrestis
Fadogia ancylantha
Urena lobata
Bn gmb
Bn kkkk
Ad
Bn mrf
Bls(y)
Bls
horseradish tree
horseradish tree
Commelina erecta; C.
forskalaei; C. lagosensis;
7
elephant mimosa
mimosa of Mecca
mimosa of Mecca
Egyptian mimosa
forked stem of
dum palm
rice cv.
guinea-corn cv.
tiger-nut
black tiger-nut
black follow the
sun
black thorn
black Combretum
glutinosum
maize black
cv.
Bambara
groundnut cv.
date
Acacia macrostachya
Lannea schimperi
Commelina nudiflora
Commelina erecta; C. diffusa;
C. forskalaei; C. lagosensis;
Murdannia nudiflora
Commelina nudiflora
useless person
water-lily
tiger-nut
Egyptian
mimosa
Burkea africana
Blsn
Blsr dwk
groundnut pods
without kernel
black doka
black x
person who is a
black sheep
black date
black newlyhatched locust
black aphrodisiac
black aphrodisiac
black Sida
cordifolia
black thorny plant
black Sterculia
setigera
black Afrormosia
laxiflora
spiderwort
spiderwort
female Commelina
erecta
horses bls
Roger Blench
Bly
Blgnd,
Blgnd
Blbl
Blg
Bll
Ballakani
Balsanda
Bmll
Bmbm
Bambambele
Bmbm
Bambamko*
Bambamko*
Bambamko*
Bmbn

G
Sk/Ad
W
Kt
Ad
Knt
Dr
Dr
Dr
Bmbr
Bmb
Bmbs
Bmbsh
Bmm
Banje
Banji
Br m t
Br n k c
Barabutu
Barafutu
Barambo
BrNkc
Brbj
Brbt
Brkt
Bargomi*
Brknn
hwiniyaa
Brknn br
Brkn
Brkn
Brkws
Circulation version
Murdannia nudiflora
Cucurbita maxima
Cochlospermum planchoni
Pulicaria crispa
Cochlospermum tinctorium
Vitellaria paradoxa
Boscia angustifolia
Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum bicolor
Borassus aethiopum
Calotropis procera
Alchornea cordifolia
Aeschynomene afraspera
Aeschynomene indica
Aeschynomene sensitiva
Typha domingensis
Clerodendrum capitatum
Adansonia digitata
Elaeis guineensis
Acacia sieberana
Acacia sieberana
Merremia aegyptiaca
Ad
Kt
Cleome scaposa
Artocarpus altilis
Artocarpus altilis
Moringa oleifera
Canavalia ensiformis
Catunaregam nilotica
Guiera senegalensis, Acacia
nilotica
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Ficus vallis-choudae
Ctenolepis cerasiformis
Kedrostis foetidissima
Capsicum annuum
Capsicum frutescens
Capsicum annuum
Br
Diospyros mespiliformis
Barugu
Brz
Bsg
Vossia cuspidata
Raphionacme brownii
Trochomeria dalzielii; T.
macroura
Go
S
pumpkin
cattle-egret
shea nut
guinea-corn cv.
guinea-corn cv.
fan-palm
upper part
Sodom apple
bulrush flowerhead
hollow stems
baobab
bitter apple
bitter apple
palm-wine
breadfruit
breadfruit
horseradish tree
horse-bean
leave [it] to the

mud
leave me you said
<English
<English
vide Dal.
Egyptian
mimosa
roselle petals
pepper of
chameleon
pepper of monkey
chilli pepper
chilli pepper
chilli pepper;
name used by
women
dried fruit of
the ebony tree
Roger Blench
Circulation version
Baska*
Btsh
Luffa aegyptiaca
Ceratotheca sesamoides
Buj
Buj
Bauli
Burr
Bush
Bushn gw
Raphionacme brownii
Acacia seyal
Combretum lamprocarpum
Gloriosa superba
Terminalia spp.
Terminalia mollis
Ad
Bushn krg
Manihot esculenta
Bushn krm
By
Bym
Bzyyn
Bn
Pouteria alnifolia
Panicum laetum
Swartzia madagascariensis
Aristida adscensionis
Parkia biglobosa
Bento
Berefut
Byu
Bigiya
B d rw
B d srts
B n d zg
Salvadora persica
Artocarpus communis
Dyschoriste perrottetii
Trapa natans
Polygonum senegalense & P.
spp.
Euphorbia lateriflora
Jatropha curcas
B nn
B(y) rn
B(y) rn
B rnr wk
B rnr zm
B t d zg
B t k tsr
B zn
B z
B (y) gr
B (y) hww
B (y) rn
Bc
Sorghum bicolor
Crotalaria mucronata
Crotalaria obovata
Crotalaria atrorubena; spp.
Crotalaria microcarpa
Jathropha curcas
Fadogia erythrophloea
Commiphora africana
Carissa edulis
Oryza sativa
Crotalaria obovata
Pennisetum glaucum
Bd
Bd
Bd gwolsi
Bl
Bjr
Bndn krg
Brg
Brj
2
Hdj
Dr
Kaz
S
Ad
Sphaeranthus stenocarpa
Vigna subterranea
Vigna subterranea
Boscia senegalensis
Arachis hypogaea
Perotis indica ; Loudetia annua
& L. hordeiformis
Indigofera oblongifolia
Arachis hypogaea
Exact reference unclear. zg also applies to a white cloth.
loofah
false sesame
leaves
climbing lily
cassava
elephant
Terminalia
squirrel
Terminalia
forest Terminalia
type of bead
locust tree with
poor fruit
toothbrush tree
breadfruit
< Kanuri btt ?

< E.
go by water
physic nut
guinea-corn cv.
remove splinter
follow me with a
present2 [?]
follow milk
follow sun
follow sun
follow sun goat
follow sun hare
physic nut
seek and be saved
follow the mat
follow sweetness
follow millet
follow chameleon
follow sun
bulrush millet
without grain
Bambara nut
Bambara nut
groundnut cv.
squirrels tail
groundnut cv.
<Fulfulde
Roger Blench
Bshyy
Bt wt
Boginahi
Boginahi
Bgzg
Bonekouan
Bsrw
S
S
Zm
Bbbc
Bjn kr
Buke
Bk [=bk,
bk, bkk]
Blng
Blblm mss
Bullu
Bulsulum fage [?]
Bulte
Bmb
Bndg
Bnd
Bnsrn dj
Dr
Kt
Brr
Brz
Brzn ny
Bsi
Bshr
Bt wt
Ficus populifolia
Ipomoea aitonii; Vigna luteola;
Merremia aegyptiaca
Argemone mexicana
Echinopsis spp.
Echinochloa stagnina
Nicotiana tabacum; N. rustica
Panicum interruptum;
Sacciolepis africana
Vigna subterranea
Sorghum bicolor
Brbrw
Brbrwr fdm
Brkll
Br
Br()g
Circulation version
Vitellaria paradoxa
Laportea fage
Salvadora persica
Adansonia digitata; Lagenaria
siceraria
Panicum laetum
Typha domingensis
Heteropogon contortus and
similar grasses
Eragrostis tremula
Eragrostis biformis
Chamaecristus absus
Zea mays
Echinochloa stagnina; Vossia
cuspidata
Butun shmw
Vernonia perrottetii
Vitex doniana
Tamarindus indica
Phragmites australis
Ipomoea aitonii; Vigna luteola;
Merremia aegyptiaca
Cynodon dactylon
Btw
Bbw
B yu
B yu
B
Tripogon minimus
Cyphostemma adenocaule
Cayratia gracilis
Brby
Creeper sp. [?] Commelina

10
Sk
Kt
put out the fire

Mexican poppy
<Fulfulde
<Fulfulde
poor quality
tobacco
pointless talk
Bambara nut
harmattan wind
shakes things up
[?]
cotton
poor quality
guinea-corn
shea tree
cats regurgitation
toothbrush tree
bottle gourd
< Kanuri ?
bulrush
he-goat of the
bush
E. tremula of the
marsh
four-leaf senna
maize
< Fulfulde
< Songhay?
poor quality
tobacco
tamarind
common reed
put out the fire
dub-grass,
dogstooth grass
poor quality
tobacco
x of stork
open the spittle

open the spittle
poor quality
tobacco
Roger Blench
Circulation version
Brr kr
Brr zk
Brr zk
Br
Bsh
Bsh
forskalaei; C. erecta
Amorphophallus Barteri
Amorphophallus dracontioides
Cucumis metuliferus
small shrub
Acacia nilotica
Bsh
Bzn mry
Bergia suffruticosa
Alternanthera nodiflora
horned melon
dogs penis
donkeys penis
donkeys penis
common reed
Egyptian
mimosa
undressed skin of
the cob antelope
.
kk
ll
rgwn dk
Adansonia digitata
Phoenix dactylifera
Sorghum bicolor
baobab
date-stone
guinea-corn cv.
ry
Arachis hypogaea
groundnut
fruits
tamarind
blossom
fig
uj
Go
Tamarindus indica
ur
urn kysh
urn kysh
urn kurmi
r
skt
gs
Ficus spp.
Chrozophora senegalensis
Ficus trichopoda
Ficus lutea
Ficus spp.
Commiphora africana
Ziziphus mauritiana
ntn d
Cynodon dactylon
<Fulfulde?
horse bonemarrow
fig of the red ant

fig of the red ant
forest fig
fig
jujube pulpcake
smutty head of
this grass
C.
Cccg
Ckr
Ck
Cncl
Cncl
Cncn kwnk
Canda
Cnks
Cscs
Czbn krg
Ceceko
Cy pl.
ck
Kt
Kt
Gl
Dg
Bauhinia rufescens
Anchomanes difformis
Capsicum frutescens
Piliostigma thonningii
Faidherbia albida
creeper sp.
Nicotiana tabacum & N. rustica
Boscia salicfolia
Boscia salicifolia
Arachis hypogaea
Sesbania pachyderma
Ficus thonningii
11
tuber
chili pepper
seedlings
pods
whitethorn
tobacco
groundnut
rosary of the
squirrel
Roger Blench
Cy pl.
cyy
Crry
Cb
Ccd
Dr
Ccw
Ccd
S/Kt
Gl
Circulation version
Ficus thonningii
C d gr
brown bean
Boswellia dalzielii
Cucumis ficifolius; C.
prophetarum
Maerua angolensis
prophetarum
C n d zg
C z
Ck dw
Jatropha curcas
Carissa edulis
Hyparrhenia subplumosa
Ck dj
Ck fg
Ck gd
Ck sur
Vernonia kotschyana
Ricinus communis
Crotalaria sp.& Leonotis
nepetifolia
Borassus aethiopum
Ckk
Ckw
Ciri
Crr
Cira
Ctt
Kt
G
S
Gossypium hirsutum
Vitellaria paradoxa
Combretum kerstingii
Aframomum melegueta
= tsrrry
prophets
melon
prophets
melon
sugar-cane
sweet cultivar
physic nut
castor
rattlebox
Ctt
Ctt kmf
Capsicum annuum
Aframomum melegueta
Ctt mi wy
Zingiber officinale
Ctt mi ytsa
Cttr h
Zingiber officinale
Zingiber officinale
ginger
ginger
Cttr Jb
Zingiber officinale
ginger
Cw
Landolphia owariensis; Saba

florida
Hyphaene thebaica
Cyperus esculentus
Indigofera nummulariifolia
Landolphia owariensis; Saba
florida
rubber vine
S
D
12
eat sweetness
point of guineacorn seed
fill the bush
fill the open space
fill the house
fill the disused
farm
late, kernelless
fruit of the fanpalm
cotton
shea tree
Malagueta
pepper
chili pepper
Malagueta
pepper cv.
ginger
Cizgiri
Cizo
Ccn kry
Cw
eat the millet
< Arabic
< Arabic
frothy pepper
single tuber
pepper
finger pepper
Malagueta pepper
of Eloyi people
Malagueta pepper
of Hyam people
dum palm
tiger nut
whores disease
rubber vine
Roger Blench
Circulation version
D.
D mshn kry
Da sisi
Drn sny
Drn sny
Dfr
Dkt
Dksh
Dl
Dl
Dl
Dsh
S
K/Z
Dshn jj
Dw pl.
dwy,
dwwk
Dw
Dwr nk rn
Borno
Dwr drn
Dwr kd
Dwdw
Daba
Dbgr
Schwenkia americana
Portuluca oleracea
Trianthema pentandra; T.
portulacastrum
Cissus populnea
Ipomoea batatas
Uraria picta
Balsamodendron africanum;
Commiphora africana
Commiphora pedunculata
Wait!
blunt (s.t.)
C. africana of the
bush
seeds of water
lily
sorghum of your
son out in the sun
hippo sorghum
crocodile sorghum
Sorghum arundinaceum
Rottboellia exaltata
Solanum incanum
Balanities aegyptiaca
Dbnn br
Dbn pl. dbni
Dbnw pl.
dbny
Dddg
Phoenix reclinata
Phoenix dactylifera
Phoenix dactylifera
Daiyo
sweet potato
Nymphaea lotus
Parkia biglobosa
cow's palate
cow's palate
sorghum
Dbn
Dddt
Dddw
Dadoko?
Df kr
purslane
Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum arundinaceum;
Pennisetum purpureum;
Sorghum series spontanea
Pennisetum purpureum
Zea mavs
Sorghum series spontanea
Dwr kd
Dwr Msr
Dwr rf
Dwr dmn
with spear of
drum
Hemizygia bracteosa
Momordica balsamina; M.
charantia
Thelepogon elegans
Steganotaenia araliacea
Hyptis spicigera
Raphionacme brownii
13
elephant grass
maize
crocodile sorghum
sorghum of Egypt
stream sorghum
wet season
sorghum
garden-egg
flowers and
leaves of desert
date
liquid from
locust flower
wild date palm
date
date palm
monkey's date
< Kanuri < Coptic
< Kanuri < Coptic
balsam apple
< Fulfulde ?
mosquito
guardian
treat the dog

harshly
Roger Blench
Dlm
Dmgrm
Dmg
Dmgr
Dmr zy
Dmdm shy
Damdun makiyaya
Dmfrm
Circulation version
Faidherbia albida
K/Kt
Dndm
Dngrz
Abrus precatorius
Boscia senegalensis
Nelsonia canescens
Monechma hispida; Borreria
radiata; Pandia sp.
Gisekia pharnacioides
Tamarindus indica
Dndn
Dngr
Dngr
Dngr
Dngr
Dngr
Dngr
Dngr b ss
Schwenkia americana
Combretum glutinosum
Cyathula prostrata
Desmodium velutinum
Setaria verticillata
Triumfetta spp.
Hibiscus cannabinus
Hibiscus asper
Dny
Danji
Sclerocarya birrea
Centaurea praecox; C.
perrottetii
Ipomoea batatas
Solanum tuberosum
Dnkl
Dnkln trw
Dnkln yr
Dnskk
Dny
Dny
Algae, moss
Sclerocarya birrea
Centaurea praecox & C.
perrottetii
Hygrophila auriculata
Azadirachta indica
Parkia biglobosa
Dnyn gw
Dar bejiya
Dr
Drgj
Drgz
Dts
Knt
K
Hdj
Grewia mollis
Grewia mollis
Aristida siberiana; A.
adscensionis; A. mutabilis
Dicoma tomentosa
Stylosanthes erecta
Centaurea perrottetti; Blepharis
linarifolia; Centaurea praecox
Vernonia kotschyana
Vossia cuspidata; pennisetum
pedicellatum P. polystachion
14
name of a town
flowers and
leaves of desert
date
jumblebeads
bare place
night-blindness
tamarind
blossom
head
H. cannabinus
causes scratching
thistle
sweet potato
Irish potato
Trianthema portulacastrum &.

T. pentandra
Ficus sp.
Merremia aegyptiaca
Dn
Dnwn kyng
Du
Dua du
Dudr
mgzw
Dumsh
Dur
sugar-cane
whitethorn
European sweet
potato
girls sweet potato
rubber of female
slaves
thistle
elephants thistle
neem
liquid from
locust flower
thistle
D. tomentosa of
the pagan Hausa
Roger Blench
Durr mhlb
Dur
Dawo ?
Dyyd
Dy
Dyn gw
Dyn gw
Dl
Dnsh
Drg
Dsh
Dgn yr
Dd
Ddn dw
Dgw
Dk
Dk rf
Dmsh
Dmshn mz
K
K
Dy
Dyr bs
Dyr dj
Dyr dts
Dyr gw
Dyr kd
Dyr kd
Dyr krg
Dbgr
Dukama
Dkk pl. dkkk
Ds
Dll
Dllb
Dlnhw
Dm pl.
dmm
Dmn dts
Dmn gurk
Dmn gwz
Dmn kd
Dmn kw
Dmn wry
Dmn ldy
Circulation version
Centaurea praecox; C.
perrottetti
Pennisetum glaucum
Tetrapleura tetraptera
Elaeis guineensis
Centaurea perrottetti; C.
praecox
Argemone mexicana
Boscia augustifolia; B.
senegalensis
Phoenix dactylifera
Bauhinia rufescens
Acacia senegal
Azadirachta indica
Striga spp.
Striga hermonthica
Nicotania rustica; N. tabacum
Isoberlinia doka
Berlinia crabinia; B. auriculata
Vernonia kotschyana
Physalis angulata
Dioscorea spp.
Dioscorea bulbifera
Dioscorea praehensilis
Dioscorea cayenensis
Manihot esculenta
Cucurligo pilosa
G
S
Ipomoea batatas
Celtis integrifolia
Vigna subterranea
Ficus sur
Adenodolichos paniculatus
Boscia senegalensis
Lagenaria siceraria
Aristolochia albida; A.
bracteolata
Lagenaria siceraria
Jacquemontia tanmifolia
Ipomoea repens, I. asarifolia
Ipomoea involucrata
Lagenaria siceraria
Lagenaria siceraria
15
thistle
hunters millet
millet
oil-palm
thistle
Mexican poppy
elephant's thistle
elephant's thistle
date palm
neem
witchweed
witchweed
masquerade
masquerade of
guinea-corn
tobacco
I. doka of the
stream
angular winter
cherry
yam (generic)
aerial yam
red yam
cassava
male V.
kotschyana
monkey-yam
bush yam
rock-yam
elephant-yam
yam of the south
yam of the south
squirrel's yam
flowers and
leaves of desert
date
sweet potato
nettle tree
Bambara nut
fig
berries of ~
bottle gourd
hill gourd
bottle gourd
bottle gourd
bottle gourd
stork gourd
cocoyam gourd
crocodile gourd
calabash gourd
calabash gourd
spoon gourd
Roger Blench
Dmn rf
Dmsh
Dmshsh
Dndsh
Dngj
Dnk
Dnk
Dnk
Dnsh
Dnshn
Durbi*
Durburwa
Duru sairu?
Drm pl. drm
Dsh
Dushiya
Dss
Dl
S/Kt
Dr
Kt
Circulation version
Ipomoea asarifolia
Acacia seyal
Acacia seyal
Acacia seyal
Gossypium sp
Celtis integrifolia
Celtis zenkeri
Adansonia digitata
Acacia seyal
Phoenix dactylifera
Ostryoderris stuhlmannii
Eragrostis gangetica
Ficus polita
Acacia seyal
Bergia suffruticosa
Acacia seyal
stream gourd
cotton
nettle tree
nettle tree
baobab
date palm
C.
t
t t
tnny
tnnyr dc
trny
r
Kt/Z
Ocimum basilicum O.canum; O.

gratissimum
Ocimum gratissimum
y t gd
yr gn
Solanum incanum
Thelepogon elegans
Thelepogon elegans
Thelepogon elegans
Thelepogon elegans
Cissus quadrangularis
bitter T. elegans
edible stemmed
vine
scent-leaf
scent-leaf
yr s
Hyptis spicigera; Leucas

martinicensis
martinicensis
martinicensis
Bergia suffruticosa
mosquito
guardian
mosquito
guardian
mosquito
guardian
yr Msr
Ocimum basilicum; O. canum
scent-leaf
frd
gr
Platycerium stemmaria
Combretum lamprocarpum; C.
nigricans
Hyptis spicigera
elk's horn fern
yr fdm
yr kr
i fdm
ks
kwr
m ll
garden-egg cv.
Tripogon minimus
Acacia senegal; Acacia
dudgeoni
Phoenix dactylifera
16
scent-leaf of the
house
scent-leaf of farm
scent-leaf of
swamp
scent-leaf of dog
scent-leaf of
ground
scent-leaf of
Egypt
mosquito
guardian
the one of the

marsh
date stone
clitoris
Roger Blench
ml gwrj
ml gwrj
amarage
mb
Dn b k sy b
Circulation version
Cissampelos mucronata
Cissampelos owariensis
Hemarthria altissima
Vossia cuspidata
Commiphora africana
n kw
Leptadenia hastata
n brw
n Brn
n cz
n dmn
Leptadenia hastata
Pennisetum sp.
Oryza glaberrima
Phoenix dactylifera
an gariya
n k bga
n kdn
n kanuri
n karuna
n kshn shn
n kms
n kny
n kny
n kurmurya
n kwad
n kwsr
n lm
Pennisetum sp.
Citrus aurantium
Capsicum annuum
Abelmoschus esculentus
Oryza sativa
Ficus polita
Biophytum petersianum
Mimosa pigra
Ficus polita
Oryza sativa
Ricinus communis
Boscia senegalensis
n magakiya
n mai wya
n manu
n mrk
n msllc
n Msr
n musa
n srkn ttw
Kt
Bob
Gumel
S/Kt
n tnk
n tunuga
n zg
n zindiri
anar maguzawo
nk df
andar mahalba
andoyar kasa
w
angafara
askara
Kt
Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa
Indigofera secundiflora
Oryza sativa
Zea mays
Oryza sativa
Parkinsonia aculeata;
Stereospermum ?
Oryza sativa
Cyperus maculatus & C.
tonkinensis
Raphia spp.
Leptadenia hastata
Centaurea perrottetii; C.
praecox
Desmodium velutinum; Setaria
verticillata; Cyathula prostrata;
Triumfetta spp.
Centaurea perrrottetii & C.
praecox
Bergia suffruticosa
Cadaba farinosa
Tripogon minimus;
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velvet leaf
date palm
lime
chili pepper
okra
okra
rice
sensitive plant
rice
castor
rice
rice
rice
rice
maize
rice
rice
produce
thistle
thistle
sugar-cane cv.
son of you didnt

buy
son of lightcoloured earth
son of x
son of Borno
son of biting
son of rainy
season
son of
son of
son of
son of
son of
son of
son of Kumasi
modest one
modest one
son of
son of
son of
son of a small
mouthful of food
son of
son of
son of
son of
son of the mosque
son of Egypt
son of
son of the chief of
the trees
son of
son of
son of
son of Zinder
Roger Blench
ny
nyr br
Raphionacme brownii
Vitex doniana
Vitex simplicifolia
nyr rf
Vitex chrysocarpa
skr
skr
Cooriya
Raphionacme brownii
Tripogon minimus
Cissus aralioides; C.
quadrangularis
Ocimum basilicum
Ocimum basilicum
Parkia biglobosa
y
w
Crw pl.
ry
Crw krm
Crw mahlbi
r ri
Cn
ny
nyr br
Cs
Cwai waiya
Cwtnn
S/Zm
S
Circulation version
Piptadeniastrum
Albizia coriaria
Senna occidentalis
Dichrostachys cinerea;
Dioscorea sp
Vitex doniana
Vitex simplicifolia
Setaria pallide fusca
Ocimum canum
Thelepogon elegans
black plum
V. doniana of the
monkey
V. doniana of the
stream
scent-leaf
scent-leaf
locust tree
coffee senna
enhances life
black plum
scent-leaf
E.
Ekuwa
Erafi
Caralluma retrospiciens
Acacia seyal
F.
Frn br
Frn dy
Frn mkyy
Frn mtn
Fr
Lannea schimperi
Lannea kerstingii & L.
schimperi
Ampelocissus africanus
Ftr gw
Faraurus
Lannea acida; L. microcarpa

Lannea microcarpa; L
schimperi; L. fruticosa; L.
humilis [A. Odina barteri]
Ficus vogelii
Physalis angulata
Frr dk
Frr gz
Frr hnkf
Isoberlina dalzielii; I. tomentosa

Combretum aculeatum
Sida cordifolia
Frr kb
Frr kb
Centaurea praecox
Centaurea perrottetii
18
Lannea spp. of the

herdsman
elephant's hide
angular winter
cherry
white I. doka
white Waltheria
indica
thistle
thistle
Roger Blench
Frr kafula
Frr y
Frr rura
Acacia sieberana
Parinari curatellifolia; Monotes
kerstingii
Pulicaria crispa
Combretum geitonophyllum; C.
lamprocarpum
Combretum micranthum
Crotalaria mucronata
Acacia polyacantha subsp.
campylacantha
Acacia polycantha subsp.
campylcantha
Sorghum bicolor
Schwenkia americana
campylacantha
campylacantha
Salvadora persica
Ficus sur; F. vallae choudae
Terminalia laxiflora
Dicoma tomentosa
Ipomoea argentaurata
Dioscorea sp.
Sida cordifolia
Heliotropium ovalifolium
Frr saura
Frr taramniya
Frr gza
Frr bii raana
Frcn shh
Farcen karnata
Ffr
Frfts
Faricin harmata
Faricin shafo
Frn swk
Frn bur
Frn bush
Frn daya
Frn gm
Frn ganyee
Frn garmani
Frn k f mlm
Frn loko
Frn maarfo
Frn moro
Frn mutum
Frn snsmii
Ad
Ad
Frn shur
Frn shibei
Frn tsu(wu)
Frn tsu(wu)
Fs db
Fs dg
Fs kmbr
Fs kwr
Fs b
Kt
Fs b
Fskr gw
Fskr siw
Fskr ty+
Ftkk
Circulation version
Antiaris africana
Dalbergia saxatilis; Afrormosia
spp.
Boscia angustifolia
Boscia angustifolia
Lonchocarpus laxiflorus &L.
sericeus
Ficus sur
Schizachyrium exile
Pavonia hirsuta
Urena spp.
fruit like a guava
Afzelia africana
quadrifida
Fagara zanthoxyloides
quadrifida
creeper = y wry
Ormocarpum bibracteatum
Sida alba; S. ovata; S.
rhombifolia
Blepharis linearifolia
Pergularia tomentosa
19
guinea-corn cv.
toothbrush tree
fig
false iroko
white Evolvulus
alsiniodes
white iroko
fig
break x
purslane
disperse swellings
spice-bark tree
purslane
break bow
disperse infection
disperse infection
Roger Blench
Fatakko
Feshe
Fd d hkkw
F d srts
Fdl
Fdln knw
Circulation version
Flskwm Mk
Pergularia tomentosa
Borreria stachydea
Dyschoriste perrotteti
Euphorbia lateriflora
Chamaecristus absus
Aeschynomene afraspera; A.
indica
Senna alexandrina
Flskwm Msr
Senna alexandrina
Flsk
Flfl
Fl
Fnfr
Firo
Frts f
Senna italica
Capsicum annum
climber with edible tubers
Ananas comosus
Digitaria exilis
Tribulus terrestris
Ktg
Kt
Sk
Frts f
remove splinter
four-leaf senna
Alexandrian
senna
Alexandrian
senna
Italian senna
chili
pineapple
fonio
puncture vine
Fs
Stylosanthes erecta & S.

fruticosa
Blighia sapida
ackee apple
Fs
Anacardium occidentale
cashew
Fisawa
Ft(t)
Monechma ciliatum
Thalia geniculata;
Megaphrynium macrostachyum;
Marantochloa cuspidata; M.
filispea; M. ramosissima3
bracteolata; Cissampelos
mucronata; C. owariensis
Arachis hypogaea
Crotalaria sp.
Lonchocarpus laxiflorus
Sphaeranthus augustifolius
Paullinia pinnata
Ipomoea aquatica
Fiyaka
Foroma
Fudar awaki
Fr bawa
Frfr
Frn mry
Frn dts
Frn gd
Frn jj
Datura metel
Frn n srk
Lonchocarpus sericeus
Frfrr t gytm
Aerva javanica
Frfrr tsfw
Aerva javanica
Furfuraa
Furu
Fus
Lannea acida
Arachis hypogaea
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senna of Egypt
<Arabic
<English
spring up in a
barren place
spring up in a
barren place
< Southern
language
< Southern
language
groundnut
hairy thorn
apple
Probably any large leaf used to wrap foodstuffs
senna of Mecca
groundnut
flower flower
flower of the bride
flower the hill
flower of the
warthog
flower of the
rubbish heap
flower of the child
of a chief
old man's grey
hair
old man's grey
hair
Roger Blench
Circulation version
G.
Gajr
Gr
Grj
Gaarin tb
Gsy
Cymbopogon hirtus
Uraria picta
Panicum laetum; Brachiaria
jubata; B. distichophylla; B.
xantholeuca; Urochloa lata4
Panicum laetum; Brachiaria
jubata; B. distichophylla; B.
xantholeuca; Urochloa lata5
Nicotania rustica
Gynandropsis gynandra
Gsy
Gynandropsis pentaphylla
Gsyr brw
Croton lobatus
Gtrn krg
Gtrn krg
Gtrn krg
Gtrn zm
Eulophia cristata
Haemanthus rupestris
Gloriosa superba
Tacca leontopetalodes; Gloriosa
sp.; Haemanthus sp.
Adansonia digitata
Faidherbia albida
Acacia macrothyrsa
Cissus araliodes
Acacia macrothyrsa
Andropogon tectorum; A.
gayanus
Acacia nilotica
Grj
Gtsk
Gw
Gaba cara
Gaba gaba
Gaba tora
Gb
tobacco
cats whiskers,
African
spiderflower
cats whiskers,
African
spiderflower
climbing lily
young baobab
winter thorn
Gbrw pl.
gbr
Gbrwr s
Gbrwr Mk
Chamaecrista mimosoides
edible mimosa
Gbrwr Msr
Jerusalem thorn
Vigna subterranea
Vigna subterranea
Sorghum bicolor
Bambara nut
Bambara nut
common reed
large-grained
guinea-corn cv.
Gaban hankaakaa
Gaban kara
Gabara
Gbjn
Gdg
Gadina
Gkk
Gdn mcj
4
5
Dr
Sk
Alysicarpus vaginalis
Azadirachta indica
bracteolata
Boerhavia diffusa
Probably a generic for fodder grasses with edible grains

Probably a generic for fodder grasses with edible grains
21
thiefs cats
whiskers
squirrel's axe
squirrel's axe
squirrel's axe
hare's axe
Egyptian
mimosa
Egyptian mimosa
of Mecca
Egyptian mimosa
of Egypt
neem
hogweed
serpent's bed
Roger Blench
Circulation version
Gdn mcj
Gdn mcj
Gdn mcj
Gd
Gw
Boerhavia repens
Trianthema pentandra
Trianthema portulacastrum
Pavetta crassipes
Sorghum bicolor
Gahwa
Gajele
Gaji
Galla bar
Gm f
Gm fr
Gmgr
Gmgr
Gmgr
Coffea spp.
Digitaria gayana
Blepharis linariifolia
Diheropogon hagerupii
Cassia arereh; C. sieberana
Oryza sativa
Ipomoea batatas
Arachis hypogaea
K
K
K
Gmb
Gambaje
Gmbr krg
Andropogon gayanus
Hyphaene thebaica
Elionurus hirtifolius; E. elegans
Gmj pl. gmzz

Gmj pl. gmzz
Ficus ovata
Ficus platyphylla
Gmj
Gamma fada
Gmmn baawaa
Gmmn ftk
Gamon sauwa
Gms
Gndgur
Gngmu
Gngmu
Gangami
Gngm
Gngm
Gandaganda
Gngr zm
Ganjil
Gnskk
Ganwon fatake
Ganyen gori
Ganyi
Ganzema
Gar
Grfn
Grfnn fdm
Grfnn kwtt
Kt
Kt
Sk
Sorghum bicolor
Cassia arereh
Merremia tridentata
Cucurbita maxima
Holarrhena floribunda
Algae, moss
Sorghum bicolor
Anogeissus leiocarpus
Curcuma domestica
Borassus aethiopum
Curcuma domestica
Cryptolepis sanguinolenta
Hyphaene thebaica
hard fungus at base of trees
Ficus tricopoda
Algae, moss
Cucurbita pepo; C. maxima
Hallea stipulosa
Ficus platyphylla
Corchorus tridens
Zea mays
Momordica balsamina; M.
charantia
Cardiospermum grandiflorum;
C. halicacabum
Cardiospermum grandiflorum
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serpent's bed
serpent's bed
serpent's bed
white guineacorn cv.
coffee
< Arabic
unite fight
unite x
rice
sweet potato
groundnut
fruits
gamba grass
dum palm root
squirrels gamba
grass
gutta percha
tree
large-grain
guinea-corn cv.
pumpkin
guinea-corn cv.
turmeric
swollen stem of
fan palm
turmeric
turmeric
dum palm:
unripe kernel
hare's drum
pumpkin
African linden
maize
balsam apple
heart seed,
balloon vine
heart seed,
swamp balsam
apple
waterside balsam
Roger Blench
Circulation version
balloon vine
Garan garan
Grngts
Garasa
Grd
Gl
Grdy
Garica
Garko
Grmn
Garera
Kt
Zm
Sk
Garera
Grnw
Gas kura
Gaton karyaa
Gatsaura
Acacia macrostachya
Ficus sur
Solanum macrocarpon
Sida cordifolia
Borassus aethiopum
Hyphaene thebaica
Kt
Dr
Gu
Gun dts
Gun kr
Gugi
GujN
Beckeropsis uniseta
Aristida stipoides
Parkia biglobosa
Kt
Hibiscus cannabinus
Monotes kerstingii
Indigofera echinata
Aristida adscensionis; A.
mutabilis
Gardenia aqualla; G.
erubescens
Gardenia sokotensis
Gardenia ternifolia ssp. jovistonantis
Striga hermonthica
Sorghum bicolor
apple
sugar-cane cv.
young locust
pods
fig
eggplant
< Kanuri?
leaf veins of
fan palm
leaf veins of
dum palm
head of ~
Gardenia of the
rock
Gardenia of the
hyena
witchweed
large-grain
guinea-corn cv.
garden-egg
tomato
Gut
Gutn Bll
Gutn Bacarmi
Solanum incanum
Lycopersicon esculentum
Solanum dasyphyllum
Gutn dc
Gutn gd
Solanum incanum
Solanum incanum
garden-egg
garden-egg
Gutn kd
Gutn kj
Gutn kr
Solanum americanum
Solanum americanum
Solanum incanum
nightshade
nightshade
garden-egg
Gutn kw
heart seed,
balloon vine
Gutn tsnts
Gutn trw
Solanum anguivi
Lycopersicum esculentum
tomato
Gutn wr
Solanum incanum
garden-egg cv.
Gutn yl
Solanum incanum
garden-egg cv.
Gutan zm
Gws pl. gws
Melothria maderaspatana
Parinari macrophylla
Gyngyn
Gyj
Vigna membranacea
Sorghum bicolor
23
gingerbreadplum tree
field bean
guinea-corn cv.
Bello's garden-egg
Bagirmi gardenegg
bitter garden-egg
garden-egg of
house
garden-egg of hen
hyena's gardenegg
toad's garden egg
bird's garden-egg
European's
garden-egg
garden egg that is
one of a pair [?]
garden egg of yalo
type
hare's garden egg
Roger Blench
Gazare
Gzr
S/Kt
Circulation version
Maerua angolensis; M.
crassifolia
Borassus aethiopum
shoot of fanpalm
Gmn r
Gmn kw
Gmn msr
Grgr
Fimbristylis hispidula
Kyllinga spp.
Zea mays
Typha domingensis
Grny
Grn n
kwrw
Grn tc
Grn kd
Grn tsntsy
Grn tsntsy
Grn tsnts
Gr
Gwy tsmy
Typha domingensis
Pennisetum fallax
Gz pl. gzj
Gelobai
Gmn ks
Geron darli
Geronu ?
Gesuma
Gigentasa
Gigi
Ggny pl.
ggnyy or
ggy
Ggnyr br
Combretum micranthum
Ficus trichopoda
Setaria pallide-fusca
Schizachyrium exile
Allium cepa
Blepharis linariifolia
Borassus aethiopum
fan, deleb palm
Tacca leontopetapetaloides
arrowroot
Gima
Gimi
Grgr
Girar burtuu
Girca
Girgita
Grgr
Grmn dr y
Gshrn dwk
Gishishiya
Gwr kmb
Phyllanthus pentandrus
Pennisetum ramosum
Acroceras amplectens
Typha domingensis
Polygonum senegalense6
Pennisetum glaucum
S
Shira
Zm
Gyyy
Gyyy t mt
Gizaki
Gzgr
6
Kt
Elaeis guineensis
Ficus sp.
Cyperus rotundus
Sorghum margarritiferum
Ficus sur
Strychnos spinosa
Sphenostylis stenocarpa
Andropogon gayanus
Thelepogon elegans
Acacia seyal
Sorghum bicolor
maize
flowering
spikes of
bulrush
bulrush
millet of son of x
bulrush
millet of tree
crocodile millet
birds' millet
birds' millet
bird millet
bulrush millet
circuit of the
tamarind
pumpkin
onion
monkeys fanpalm
nutgrass
fig
yam bean
horses salt
large guineacorn cv.
elephants x
Mitragyna inermis
Crossopteryx febrifuga
ordeal tree
female Mitragyna
inermis
Carissa edulis
Borassus aethiopum
edible base of
Probably a generic for small-seeded plants
24
Roger Blench
Circulation version
fan palm
Gzgr
Gzgr
Cyperus digitatus
Hyphaene thebaica
Godayi
Hippocratea africana; H.
guineenis
Striga hermonthica
Striga aspera
Feretia apodanthera
Combretum molle
Adenopus breviflorus
Arachis hypogaea
Aeshynomene afraspera; A.
indica
Psidium guajava
Combretum molle; C. spp.
fruiting head of any species of
palm
Cardiospermum halicacabum
Tinnea barteri
Tinnea aethiopica
Phyla nodiflora
Trianthema pentandra; C.
portulacastrum
tree sp.
Mitracarpus hirtus
Combretum sp.
Gogai
Gogan u dj
Goge ?
Gogen damo
Gogin jima
Goliyo
Gombiliki
Gb
Good jk
Gd
Dr
Zm
Sk
Kt
Gdr zm
Gdr zm
Gdr zm
Gdr zm
Gdn kd
Gdn mccj
Gd
Gg jk
Gg ms
Ggyn dm
Gj
Gln zaakii
Ggi
Grb
Grgr
Gr pl. gwrr or
grrrki
Grn br
Grn drn
Grn Msr
Grn rw
Grn tlk
Grn Tula
Grb pl.
grbi or
grbb
Goradi
Goriya
Goro
Gbd
S
S
K
Kabi
Kt
Curcubita maxima; C. pepo

Cucumis pustulatus
Striga spp.
Hyphaene thebaica
Grass sp.
Cola acuminata; C. nitida;
Garcinia kola
Irvingia gabonensis; I. smithii
Paullinia pinnata
Zea mays
Irvingia gabonensis; I. smithii
Trichilia emetica
Azanza garckeana
Hyphaene thebaica
Oxytenanthera abyssinica
Aframomum melegueta
Ficus sp.
Annona senegalensis
25
edible base of
dum palm
witchweed
groundnut
guava
balloon vine
<English
hare's bell
hare's bell
hare's bell
hare's bell
fog grass
tobacco
button grass
rub body
smear spears
? fiddle of the
monitor lizard
pumpkin
witchweed
dum palm
cola
bush-mango
maize
roka
dum palm
fruit of
Malagueta
pepper
aerial shoots
wild custard
monkey cola
hippo cola
cola of Egypt
water-cola
poor man's cola
cola of Tula
Roger Blench
Circulation version
apple leaves
Gd
Gudai
Gude
Gg
Gdmr zm
Gjn dj
Gjy pl.
gzy
Gjy ds
Gjy
Gjy
S
S/Zm
S/Zm
Gjy waras
Gjyr awaki
Gjyr bd
Gjyr dan miya
Gjyr dawaki
Kt
Gjyr duus
Gjyr hankaka
Kt
S/Kt
Crateva religiosa
Allium cepa
Crateva religiosa
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Gloriosa superba; G. simplex
Coccinia grandis
Vigna subterranea
Vigna subterranea
Arachis hypogaea
Bombax buonopozense; B.
brevicuspe; B. costatum
Vigna subterranea
Crotalaria sp.
Nymphaea lotus
Monodora myristica
Polygala arenaria
onion
Bambara nut
Bambara nut
groundnut
Bambara nut
water-lily seeds
horse Bambara
groundnut
Vigna subterranea
Indigofera echinata
Bambara nut
Gjyr Jaba
Vigna subterranea
Bambara nut
Gjyr kolace
Arachis hypogaea
Vigna subterranea
Vigna subterranea
Arachis hypogaea
Vigna subterranea
groundnut
fruits
Bambara nut
Bambara nut
groundnut
Bambara nut
Gjyr rw
Trapa natans
water chestmut
Gjyr tsugun
Glb
Glb
Gulli
Gullutu
Gmb
Gume
Gumji
Gn pl. gnn
Gnr shn
Gnr jm
Gnr kr
Gundargura
Gundi
Gndr pl.
gndrr
Vigna; Arachis spp.

Ficus ingens
Ficus thoningii
Cucumis melo
Adansonia digitata
Mimosa pigra7
Oryza sativa
Dioscorea sp.
Citrullus lanatus
Citrullus lanatus
Adenopus breviflorus
Cucumis pustulatus
Tamarindus indica
Pterocarpus santalinoides
groundnut
ripe fig fruit
ripe fig fruit
sweet melon
baobab
Gjyr kulugu
Gjyr mi
Gjyr mai wada
Gjyr Masar
Kt
Kabi
Sk
Dr
A generic for other similarly thorny plants
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rice
yam
melon
melon cv.
crow Bambara
groundnut
Hyam peoples
Bambara
groundnut
Bambara
groundnut of
Egypt
water Bambara
groundnut
cow melon
hyena melon
tamarind
cotton
Roger Blench
Gnts
Gnts
Gurdugu
Gure
Grgz
Grgz
Grj
Grjy
Gurku
Gurli
Gurli wantal
Gurmushi
Guro
Grb
Gursami
Gursumi
Guru
Grmbl
Gry
Gurzun dali
Gussu
Glln zm
Gll
Guwande
Guzami?
Gzgz
Gwnn krm
S/Kt
Ng
Kt
Ktg
Zm
Kt
Circulation version
Adansonia digitata
Borassus aethiopum
Grewia spp.
quadrifida
Hibscus sabdariffa
Hibscus cannabinus
Cucumis melo
brevicuspe; B. costatum
Grewia barteri
Cucumis melo
Cucumis melo
Grewia mollis
Psidium guajava
Dioscorea dumetorum
Grewia villosa
Sansevieria liberica; S.
senegambica; S. trifasciata
Eugenia carophyllus
Gossypium sp.
Commiphora Kerstingii
Securinega virosa
Echinops longifolius
Gossypium sp
Termitomyces microcarpus
Cyperus esculentus
Olax subscorpioidea
baobab seed
fan-palm kernel
fruit
purslane
roselle seeds
kenaf seeds
sweet melon
red-flowered
silk-cotton
sweet melon
sweet melon
okra
guava
three leaved
yam
clove
cotton seed
cotton
tiger nut cv.

stink-ant of the
forest
stink-ant of the
stream
Gwnn rf
Olax subscopioidea
Gwz
Gwz ma gr
Gwz ma
gdj
Gwz gwz
Gwz gw
Colocasia esculenta
Xanthosoma mafaffa
Colocasia esculenta
cocoyam
new cocoyam
cocoyam
Colocasia esculenta
cocoyam
Gwbs
Gwy
Gwaigywaya
Gwalagwaji
Gwamba
Gwambe
Gwmm ksh
Cussonia barteri
Hippocratea guineensis
Cyperus dives; C. rotundus
Colocasia esculenta
Mimosa pigra
tree like Diospyros
mespiliformis
Carica papaya
pawpaw
Gossypium sp.
cotton cv.
Gwnd pl.
gwndj
Gwndi
Kt
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<English
cocoyam cocoyam
elephants
cocoyam
sugar-cane cv.
cocoyam
= Bgwndr
Roger Blench
Circulation version
Gwndi
Gwndn dj
Annona senegalensis
Gwndr jj
Annona senegalensis
Gwndr knn
Gwndr Msar
portulacastrum
Carica papaya
Gwandar rabeji
Gwande
Gwnd
Gwanduwa
Gwangwa
Gwngwl
Gwngwl
Carica papaya
Gossypium barbabense
Coccinia grandis
Canna indica
Raphia sudanica
Annona senegalensis
Dr
Kt
Gwngwm
Gwnj ks8
Gwanno
Gwrgwm
Gwargwasa
Gwr
Gwr
Gwrz
Gwsk
Gwsk
Gwawon kr
Gwazkiya
Gwb
Gwwr kr
Gwwar rkm
Gwwr tshw
Gwingi
Gwolai
Gworgoro
Gwundi
Gy r br
Gy
Gyr wk
Gyr Gwr
Gyr krm
Gyr rwa
Gyr Trw
Gyr yr
Gynmr yj
8
Dr
Dr
Z
Kt
Canna indica
Parinari polyandra; P.
curatellifolia; Blighia sapida;
Trichilia emetica; T. roka;
Cycnium adoense ssp.
camporum
Acacia macrothyrsa
Adansonia digitata
Colocasia esculenta
Zea mays
Arachis hypogaea
Lawsonia inermis
Andira inermis
Erythrophleum guineense
Mussaenda arcuata
Psidium guajava
Securinega virosa
Grewia villosa
Aristida stipoides
Vigna subterranea
Ludwigia octovalvis
Indigofera echinata
Arachis hypogaea
Crotalaria sp.
Arachis hypogaea
Pterocarpus santalinoides
Trapa natans
Arachis hypogaea
Crotalaria sp.
Aframomum melegueta
Generic term for cola substitutes
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wild custard
apple
wild custard
apple
pawpaw
pawpaw
cotton
cotton
custard-apple of
Egypt
= Bgwndr
Indian shot
raphia midrib
wild custard
apple flower
Indian shot
Gonja is near
baobab seeds
cocoyam
maize
groundnut
henna
sasswood
x of dog
guava
<English
false sesame
Bambara nut
cotton
groundnut
groundnut cv.
water-chestnut
groundnut cv.
Malagueta
goat's groundnut
Gbari groundnut
forest groundnut
water groundnut
white man's
groundnut
bottle of spice
Roger Blench
Gyrny
Gyurn rk
Gyaushe
Gyazama
Circulation version
Typha domingensis
Echinochloa pyramidalis
pepper
bulrush
sugar-cane
H.
Hada rawaki
Hagucuwa
Haguguwa
Hjn rkm
Hakin furtau
Hakokari
Hr
Hrn
bbbuny
Hrn gw
Hrn kd
Hrn kr
Hrn mcj
Hrn krw
Hrn krw
Halallamai
Hamanya
Hn tm
Hnjn kd
Hnjn Kd
Hnjn rg
Hnkk dk
Hnkf
Hnnn ktr
Hnnn rw
Hnnn srk
Hnn byr
Hntsr gd
Shira
Kt
Kt
Sk
Hntsr gw
Hntsr gw
Hntsr gw
Hntsr sny
Hantso
Hn
Hn
Hnz
Hnz
Hnz
Hry
Cissus aralioides
Ficus sur
Ficus sur
Landolphia owariensis
Sporobolus festivus
Irvingia gaboneensis
Achyranthes aspera
Breonadia salicina
Dioscorea sp.
Argemone mexicana
Paspalidium geminatum
Achyranthes aspera
Cola sp.
Zea mays
Jatropha curcas
prophetarum
Tribulus terrestris
Eugenia caryophyllus
Commelina erecta; C. forskalaei
Oxystelma bornouense
Polygala arenaria
Waltheria indica
Cussonia barteri
Cola verticillata
Hidiscus sabdariffa
Paullinia pinnata
Amorphophallus dracontoides;
Anchomanes difformis
Kigelia africana
Ananas comosus
Aloe buettneri
Scoparia dulcis
Monotes kerstingii
Boswellia dalzielli
Steganotaenis araliacea
Boscia augustifolia
Boscia senegalensis
Cadaba farinosa
Digitaria debilis; D. velutina
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fig
fig
Mexican poppy
cola
maize
physic nut
prophets
melon
puncture vine
clove
roselle
sausage tree
pineapple
aloe
sweet
broomweed
frankincense
teeth
teeth of the female
pagan
elephants teeth
crocodiles teeth
dogs teeth
serpents teeth
thiefs teeth
thiefs teeth
prevents swagger
shea intestines
Kudaa intestines
sheep intestines
causes the crows
to wait
water hand
chief's hand
five hands
elephant's udder
elephant's udder
elephant's udder
cow's udder
Roger Blench
Hrwts
Hrshn rg
Circulation version
Haujerin mutane
Mitracarpus hirtus
quadrifida
Trianthema pentandra
Trianthema portulacastrum
Lonchocarpus laxiflorus
Boerhavia diffusa
quadrifida
quadrifida
Protea madiensis
Eragrostis ciliaris; E. gangetica;
E. tremula
Pennisetum glaucum
Pancratium trianthum
Typha domingensis
Capparis corymbosa; C.
tomentosa; C. rothii
Capparis corymbosa; C. rothii
Haujerin raumi
Capparis tomentosa
Hukt yr
Datura metel
Hwyn zk
Anaphrenium abyssinicum;
Heeria insignis; Arachis
hypogaea
Cyperus esculentus
Marantochloa ramosissima. M.
cuspidata; M. filipes
Arachis hypogaea
Crotalaria sp.
Sclerocarya birrea
Psorospermum senegalense
Panicum phragmitoides
Pennisetum pedicellatum; P.
polystachion
Polycarpaea linearifolia; P.
corymbosa
Hrshn rg
Hrshn rg
Hrshn s
Hrshn sny
Hrshn sny
Hrshn tnky
Hrshn tnky
Hrshn tnky
Hts hts
Hts
Htsn mnm
Htsn tsntsy
Htsn tsntsy
Haujeri
Haya
Hita
Holama
Hudar awaki
Huli
Hnd tkny
Hunda tumbi
Hura
Kt
Hdj
Kt
Dr
Hura hura
Hlr tsh
button grass
purslane
ram's tongue
hogweed
purslane
ram's tongue
ram's tongue
cow tongue
cow tongue
cow tongue
purslane
sheep's tongue
sheep's tongue
sheep's tongue
bulrush millet
bulrush
hairy thorn
apple
groundnut
farmers millet
birds millet
birds millet
persons Capparis
spp.
camels Capparis
spp.
x of youth
tiger nut
groundnut
I.
br
br
brn dj
br
cn gwsk
cn Msr
K
Z
Digitaria iburua
Digitaria iburua
Digitaris debilis; D. velutina
Digitaria iburua
Erythrophleum guineense
Croton zambesicus
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iburu
iburu
bush iburu
iburu
tree of poison
tree of Egypt
Roger Blench
cn krd
cn krd
dn sny
dn zkr
dn zkr
gy
gyr rf
Illiri
Imbiji
n rwn
nb
nb
ngdd
ngdd
Ingilmi
Ingudaya
nk
Inoga
nty
nwr un
nwr gd
nwr tufi
Irahi
Iskici
Isu
tc ljn
tcn baka
w
Iyaya
Izazzari
Kt
Kt
Kt
S
Z
S/Z
Kabi
Z
Circulation version
Melia azedarach
Burkea africana
Solanum incanum
Abrus precatorius
Erythrina senegalensis
Nauclea latifolia
Urena lobata
Hyphaene thebaica
Salix ledermannii
Vitis xx
Crateva religiosa
Clerodendron capitatum
Gossypium arboreum
Gossypium arboreum
Typha domingensis
Dioscorea sp.
Digitaria exilis
Morelia senegalensis
Opilia celtidifolia
Aeschynomene crassicaulis
Acacia seyal
Commiphora africana
Arachis hypogaea
Datura metel
Allophylus africanus
Rhytachne congoensis
Ipomoea batatas
Phoenix dactylifera
Persian lilac
garden-egg
jumblebeads
eye of cattle
cock's eye
cock's eye
rope of stream
dum palm
grape
no business of
mine
<Arabic
<Arabic grape
cotton
cotton
bulrush root
fonio
buffalo shade
duiker shade
groundnut
hairy thorn
apple
spirit tree
sweet potato
date palm
J.
J gg
Jj maz
Jaakii
Jtu
Jtu
Jwl
Jbdr
Jagalandi
Jamajina
Jambako
Jambe
Jn biy
Jn brw
Jn brd
S/Z
Manihot esculenta
Cynodon dactylon
Arachis hypogaea
Oryza sativa
Panicum laetum
Commiphora africana
Argemome mexicana
Moringa oleifera
Aspilia helianthiodes; A.
Kotschyi; A. africana
Schizachyrium exile
Schizachyrium exile
Leonotis nepetifolia
Annona senegalensis
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new cassava
dub-grass,
dogstooth grass
groundnut
rice
gum
Mexican poppy
horseradish tree
cashew
custard apple
pull bucket
Roger Blench
Jn brd
Jn buj
Jn buj
Jn bao
Jn daatsii
Jn dabiinoo
Jn dny
Jn dari
Jn dutse
Jn gny
Jn ice
Jn jr
Jn y
Jn natu
Jn ni baibai
Jn rmn
Jn rn
Jn run
Jn saye
Jn tsu
Jn yr
Jr b rn
Jar saiwaa
Jr truny
Jarmayi ?
Jarwa
Jedda
Jm
Jero
Jibjar s
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Monocymbium ceresiiforme
Schizachyrium exile
Andropogon pseudapricus
Phoenix dactylifera
Haematostaphis barteri
Solanum dasyphyllum
Schizachyrium sanguineum
Combretum hypopilinum
Hymenocardia acida
Sorghum bicolor
Hdj
Ktg
Ktg
Jg
Jigi
Jiji
Jikin mutum
Jmr
Jimfa
Jimfaa
Jimfi
Jmru
Jimshi
Jnjn
Jnbr
Jinin mutum
Jinjiriya
Jirga
Jr
Jishiya
Jushi
Circulation version
S/Kt
Acacia seyal
Capparis tomentosa
Schizachyrium exile
Schizachyrium exile
Schizachyrium exile
Trichilia emetica
Urenia lobata
Hymenocardia acida
Crotalaria sp.
Trichilia emetica
Combretum hypopilium
Ficus thoningii
Arachis hypogaea
Urelytrum giganteum
Cissampelos owariensis; C.
mucronata
Bauhinia rufescens; Maerua
crassifolia
Cyperus rotundus
Cyperus rotundus
Tamarindus indica
Hyparrhenia violascens
Tephrosia vogelli; T. densiflora
Hyparrhenia violascens
Oryza glaberrima
Acacia seyal
Ostryoderris stuhlmanii
Tamarindus indica
Arnebia hispidissima
Bauhinia rufescens; Maerua
crassifolia
Stereospermum kunthianum
Bergia suffruticosa
Acacia seyal
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roselle
oatgrass
date: red cv.

blood plum
red date
red leaf
red tree
red guinea-corn
cv.
red thorn
roka
roka
aerial roots
groundnut
velvet leaf
nutgrass
nutgrass
okra
unripe pods
red rice cv.
tamarind
tulip tree
body of a person
Roger Blench
Jdr s
Circulation version
Cissampelos owariensis; C.
mucronata
velvet leaf
Ka bue ka noe
K dnyr rf t
mt
K dnyr rw
K d
Ka fafago
K wuri
K f mry
Manilkara multinervis
sensitive plant
K f bk
Ipomoea argentaurata
K f mlm
Evolvulus alsiniodes
K f nm zk
Lecaniodiscus cupaniodes
K f rm
K f rm
Urena lobata
Pennisetum pedicellatum; P.
polystachion
Cyperus articulatus
K.
Kgw
Kjj
Manilkara obovata
Vitellaria paradoxa
Uapaca togoensis
Ficus glumosa; F. ingens
Ocimum basilicum
Kubi
Kjj n fadamaa
Cyperus articulatus
Kjj n glb
Cyperus articulatus
Kj mllm
Kk kai ka ftoo
K rwn Allh
Crotalaria atrorubens
Sida linifolia
Argemone mexicana
Kaamaa mu rabaa
Kaaraajii
Kaasaraa
Kshn wk
Kshn wk
Kshn r
Kshn gwankii
Kshn kaajii
Kshn yw
Acacia gourmaensis
Manihot esculenta
Chloris robusta
Parkia biglobosa
Ischaemum afrum
Cucumis pustulatus
Sphenostylis stenocarpa
Acanthosperum hispidum
Kt/Dr
Kaawarii
Kw
Kb pl. kbb
Ficus glumosa
Afzelia africana
Hyphaene thebaica
Kbiw
Kbr gw
Cucurbita maxima; C. pepo

Aloe buettneri
Kbw

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open and close
shea
scent-leaf
you exceed the

bride
you exceed the
native doctor
you exceed the
mallam
you exceed the
meat of a lion
you exceed hemp
you exceed the
silk-cotton tree
jointed
flatsedge
jointed
flatsedge
jointed
flatsedge
Mexican poppy
refuse the water of

God
cassava
ordeal tree
locust blossom
goat shit
goat shit
rat shit
winged bean
Yoruba woman's
shit
young dum
palm
pumpkin
West African
aloe
pumpkin
Roger Blench
Kbsh
Kdakda
Kbs
Kcl
Kadacin kasa
Knt
Kadakada
Kadaggi ?
Kadan kadafi
Kny pl.
kn or
knn or
knyy or
kny
Knyr krm
Knyr rf
Knyr rf
Manilkara multinervis
Manilkara obovata
Dr
K/Z
Kfffg
Kfr mtw
Kfr fkr
Kafi ramo
Kafula
Khn bd
Kinw
Kaiwaa
Kjnjr
Kakawa
Kk zw Hus
Kakuwa maharaba
Kakuma
Kala
Kalambu
Kalangon daji
Klngn dj
Klnhwa
Klnkw
Kalanwuka
Kaleru
Klg

Typha dominguensis
bracteolata
Ficus glumosa
Desmodium velutinum
Vitellaria paradoxa
Breonadia salicina
Breonadia salicina
Manilkara obovata
Knyr rf t
mt
Knyr rw
Kdrk
Kdur
K
Kdn krm
Circulation version
Dr
Strychnos spinosa
Daniellia oliveri
Vitellaria paradoxa
Manilkara obovata
Uapaca guineensis
Mallotus oppositifolius
Chloris pilosa
Urena lobata
Ectadiopsis oblongifolia
Pistia stratiotes
Phoenix reclinata
Erythrophleum guineese
Costus afer
Hibiscus asper
Schoenefeldia gracilis
Raphia sp.
Phyllanthus reticulatus:
Sesbania dalzielii & S. sesban.
Terminalia macroptera
Amblygonocarpus andongensis
Digitaria gayana
Aspilia helianthoides
Aspilia africana & A.
helianthoides
Digitaria gayana
Piliostigma reticulatum & P.
thonningii
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pumpkin
pumpkin
bulrush
shea
African
pearwood
bullet wood,
sleeper wood
African
pearwood
snuffbox tree
copaiba balsam
shea
African
pearwood
forest shea
stream shea
stream shea
wife of stream
shea
water shea
forest shea
horn of x
water lettuce
wild date palm
Roger Blench
Circulation version
Kali
Klmnt
Kalumbo
Klw
Crateva religiosa
Abrus precatorius
Sesbania dalzielii & S. sesban
Parkia biglobosa
Kmboorin shaahoo
Acacia polyacantha ssp.

campylacantha
Kambusu
Kamfalwa
Kamanmoa
Kamo mwa
Kamu
Kamumuwa
Kn br
Kn bunsuruu
Kn rw
Kn rw
Kn makwarwa
Kn makwarwaa
Ng
G
Kn msb
Kn msr
Kn mutum
Kn zg
Kana
Kanaawaa
Kanakana
Knmfr
Kanarin dookii
Kncklkl
S/Z
Kanda
Kandare
Kandari
Kn
Kndr
Kndrn bgw
Kan fakaraa
Kangalmo?
Kangi
K
S
Digitaria gayana
Grewia lasciodicus
Grewia mollis
Dioscorea bulbifera
Grewia mollis
Xanthosoma mafaffa
Monechma ciliatum
Leucas martinicensis
Leonotis spp.
Vigna subterranea
Cucumis ficifolius &.C
prophetarum
Sorghum bicolor
Zea mays
Sorghum bicolor
Celtis integrifolia
Gossypium arboreum
Paullinia pinnata
Chloris gayana
prophetarum
Ziziphus mauritiana
Ziziphus spina-christi
Acacia farnesiana &
Gomphrena golbosa
Manihot esculenta
Cucumis prophetarum & C.
ficifolius
Sesbania dalzielii & S. sesban
Borassus aethiopum
Knj
Knkm
Kankame
Argemone mexicana
Borassus aethiopum
Kankame
Hyphaene thebaica
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jumblebeads
locust bean
seeds
okra cultivar
with short red
fruits
aerial yam
new cocoyam
monkey's head
goat's head
thief's head
thief's head
Bambara nut
prophets
melon
guinea-corn cv.
maize
large-grained
guinea-corn cv.
nettle tree
cotton
clove
prophets
melon
jujube leaves
Christ's thorn
fruit kernel
cassava
prophets
melon
base of trunk of
fan palm
cashew
Mexican poppy
swollen stem of
fan palm
dum palm
<Arabic
Roger Blench
Knkn
Knkr
Knkr
Kntkr
Circulation version
Citrullus lanatus
Acacia polyacantha
Arachis hypogaea
Combretum glutinosum; C.
lamprocarpum
Eugenea caryophyllus
Knmfr
red-fleshed cv.
groundnut
clove
<Arabic
Kny pl. knyy
Kas bammi
Kra kuji
Kraa kr
Kr
Sorghum gabicum
Beckeropsis uniseta
Vigna subterranea
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Krbs
Karagaba
Kriryu
Karaki
Karama mowa
Krn
Krn lbsaa
Krn bshr
Krn df
Krn msllc
Krn srk
Krn tlk
Karanciya
Karanga
Karanguja
Karanho
Karani
Karanin dawaki
Karank usa
Karankauji
Karanko
Krr kdangr
Krr
Kara tsiki
Krs
Karaukin Zaila
Karaza
Karelawar maciji
Krgn llh
Krg pl. krg
Kariya
Kariya kurmi
Dr
S/Kt
Dr
Kt
Kt
N
K
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Vigna subterranea
Diheteropogon hagerupii
campylacantha
Hibiscus asper
Digitaria gayana
Allium cepa
?Phragmites australis
Sorghum bicolor
Caralluma dalzielii
Sorghum mellitum
Cenchrus biflorus
Cola laurifolia
Cenchrus biflorus
Digitaria gayana
Digitaria debilis; D. horizontalis
Beckeropsis uniseta
Beckeropsis uniseta
Argemone mexicana
Asparagus flagellaris; A.
africanus
Mucuna pruriens; M. sloanei
Vigna oleifera
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Moringa oleifera
Manihot esculenta
Hibiscus rostellatus
Bauhinia rufescens
Piliostigma reticulatum; P.
thonningii
Adenium obesum; Combretum
paniculatum; Hildegardia
barteri (kabba)
Piptadeniastrum africanum
36
West African
ebony
Bambara nut
self-sown
roselle
roselle calyx
Bambara nut
<Kanuri
onion
common reed
guinea-corn
sugar-cane cv.
mosque stalk
chiefs stalk
poor mans stalk
laurel-leaved
cola
clove
Mexican poppy
cow-itch
roselle calyx
horseradish tree
cassava
<Kanuri
fencepost of Zaila
Roger Blench
Circulation version
Krksh
Krksh
Krksh
Krkshn Krm
Krkshn Krm
Sesamum orientale
Sesamum radiatum
Heisteria parviflora
Heliotropium indicum
Krkshn zm
Karki
Karmunta
Karo
Dr
Krtkr
Karuguna
Kry
Kry gtr
Kary garma
Kasa
Kasam b di
Ks frtn
Ksfy
Ksh kj
Kashala
Ks kif
Kskwm
Katakata
Ktnbr
Ktnbr
Ktsr
Katsaura
Katsemu
Kttkr
Kaaimi
Kuc
Kad
9
Indigofera bracteolata
campylacantha
Abrus precatorius
campylacantha
lamprocarpum
Lagenaria siceraria
Hildegardia barteri
Afrormosia laxiflora &
Dalbergia hostilis; Burkea
africana
Aneilema lanceolatum;
Combretum sp. Commelina sp.;
Cynodon dactylon
Byrsocarpus coccineus; Bergia
suffruticosa
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Pavonia hirsuta
Parinari robusta;
Psorospermum spp.
Phragmites sp.
Uraria picta
Parinari robusta &
Psorospermum spp.
Allium cepa
Gardenia ternifolia
Rothmannia longiflora
Albizia chevalieri
Aristida mutabilis; A.
adscensionis; Aristida
sieberiana
Aristida stipoides
lamprocarpum
Cucumis ficifolius
Englerina gabonensis; E.
Lecardii. Phragmanthera
kamerunensis. P. capitala P.
incana; Tapinanthus sp.;
Loranthus sp. Agelanthus spp.
Refers to the tough roots
37
false sesame
leaves
sesame leaves
sesame leaves
Indian
heliotrope
hare's sesame
jumblebeads
bottle gourd
roselle
break hoes9
ordeal tree
onion
generic for any

type of
mistletoe
Roger Blench
Kudd
Kuskus
Circulation version
Kebulu
Kwy tsmy
Capparis tomentosa
small plant whose leaves are
used to clean writing-boards
Englerina gabonensis; E.
lecardii; Loranthus spp.
Pavonia hirsuta
Kiban a dangaru
Kbiy
Kbyar dj
Kiciiciyaa
Kige
Kii raafi
Kjnjr pl. kjnjri
Kilabu
Kilijjiri
Kll
Achyranthes aspera
Kigelia africana
Salvadora persica
Acacia seyal
Phoenix reclinata
Pavonia hirsuta
Phoenix reclinata
Phoenix dactylifera
Kawutta
Kt
Kt
Kmb
Kmb
Kmbr wk
Kimbr dutse
Kmbr mhrb10
Kmbr mhrb
Kmbr rf
Kimi
Knr
Kncy
Kncy
Kncy
Kini
Krf
Krn
Kiska wali
Kisni
Kiyafa
Kizni
Kokua
Kokuwa
Kolo
Kddn
kwd
Kk rn
Kkr
Kookoo
Kkcik
10
Kt
Kt
Kibi
Hyptis pectinata
Xylopia aethiopica; X.
parviflora
Hyptis pectinata
Grewia mollis
Lantana spp.
Brysocarpus coccineus
Platosatoma africanum
Tephrosia bracteolata
Euphorbia kamerunica
Colocasia sp
Tephrosia vogelii
Azadirachta indica
Antidesma venosum; Bridelia
ferruginea; Bridelia scleroneura
Visma guineensis
Bridelia ferruginea
Maerua angloensis
Bridelia ferruginea; B.
scleroneura
Limonia sp.
Afraegle paniculata
Amblygonocarpus andongensis;
Burkea africana
Amorphophallus abyssinicus
Hibiscus cannabinus
Dalbergia melanoxlylon
Theobroma cacao
Oncoba spinosa
Generic term for some odoriferous plants
38
goes round the

tamarind
sausage tree
toothbrush tree
< Kanuri ?
wild date palm

wild date palm
pollen of male
date palm
Guinea pepper
goat's pepper
rock pepper
hunter's pepper
hunter's pepper
stream pepper
fence-cactus
cocoyam
lily root
neem
kenaf
cocoa
snuff-box tree
<English
Roger Blench
Kkn biri
Kmyy
Krn hwaniy
Ksn rg
Koriba
Koshikoshi
Kotogo
Kubali
Kbw
Kbwr kwd
Kubin roko
Kuburu
Kbbwar
makf
Kuchin akuya
Kudu
Kudundu
K'
Knt
Kt
Dr
Dr
Kt
Circulation version
Oncoba spinosa
Eragrostis tremula; E.ciliaris;
E. gangetica
Merremia tridentata
Dioscorea dumetorum
Croton zambesicus
Amblygonocarpus andogensis
Arachis hypogaea
Adansonia digitata
Scripus aureiglumis
Vigna subterranea
Centaurea sp.
Nymphaea lotus
Ficus sp.
Spondias mombin
Kugundugu
Kjm
Kjrr krcy
Ipomoea batatas
Lophira alata
Sorghum bicolor
Kukur
Kukuri
Sterculia setigera
Kkkk
Sterculia setigera
Kkkkn rf
Sterculia tragacantha
Kuaimi
Kulakula
Kulambali
Kulba
Kuliri
Kll
Kullum sh ba
Kuloko
Klft
Kulunga
Kmtn mzr
Kmbl
Gl
Kt
Kt
N
Kt
Kmbr shh
Kumbullaci
Kmbr fg
Kmbr tsl
Kmbs
Kt
Kumci
Cucumis pustulatus
Ricinus communis
Adansonia digitata
Thonningii sanguinea
Cucumis melo
Thonningii sanguinea
Cissus araliodes
Solanum incanum
Tiliacora funifera
Adansonia digitata
campylacantha
Arachis hypogaea
Vernonia kotschyana
Schizachyrium exile
Phyllanthus muellerianus
39
snuff-box tree
three-leaf yam
groundnut
baobab
okra
Bambara nut
thistle
okra
water lily
hog-plum fruitstone kernel
sweet potato
meni oil tree
guinea-corn cv.
goat's face
dove's seat (=
sh)
karaya gum
tree
karaya gum
tree
Sterculia setigera
of the stream
castor
baobab
sweet melon
okra
garden-egg cv.
okra
baobab flower
buds
cat's cheeks
groundnut
swell open space
swell the anus
okra cv. with
red capsules
Roger Blench
Circulation version
Kumfa
Aframomum melegueta
Kumfan Allah
Aframomum melegueta
Knbr km
Kncn kwy
Eragrostis ciliaris
Knd
Kundumasa
Knfll
Kunkushewa
Knnn jk
Knnn jk
Knnn ks
Knnn zm
Knt
Knngr
Kura shanu
Krng
Krng wofi
Arachis hypogaea
Lagenaria siceraria
Arachis hypogaea
Maytenus senegalensis
Amorphophallus abyssinicus; A.
dracontiodes; Colocasia
esculenta
Ipomoea aitonii; Indigofera
pilosa
Costus spectabilis
Oryza sativa
Commelina nudiflora
Pulicaria crispa
Saba florida
Smilax anceps
Malagueta
pepper
Malagueta
pepper
okra cv. with
short capsules
groundnut
bottle gourd
groundnut pods
without kernel
cocoyam
hares ear
Asian rice
spiderwort
rubber vine
West African
sarsparilla
Burkea africana
Curcuma domestica
Grewia spp.
Melia azedarach
turmeric dye
fruit
Christ's thorn
Persian lilac
Krnr Nsr
Melia azedarach
Persian lilac
Kurni
Krsk
Bridelia ferruginea
Kry
Kusuru
Bombax brevicuspe B.
buonopozense; B. costatum
costatum B. brevicuspe
Sterculia tragacantha
Kss
Kutukku
Kuturi
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Kdk
Kk pl. kkk
Ksr shnuu
Kw ttgr
Kwrr
Ipomoea batatas
Adansonia digitata
Euphorbia aegyptiaca
Cocos nucifera
Kerstingellia geocarpa
40
donkey's ear
donkey's ear
rats ear
Krd
Kurgum
Kurkubi
Krn
Krnr Msr
Kry
= krsk
okra cv. with

short capsules
silk-cotton
silk-cotton
karaya gum
tree
second crop
okra
tobacco fruit
capsule
sweet potato
baobab
coconut
Kersting's
groundnut
cow dust
ladder
useless ladder
Egyptian Christ's
thorn
White man's
Christ's thorn
= kncn kwy
Roger Blench
Kwrr
Kwfn
Knt
Circulation version
Vigna subterranea
Kwkw
Kwkwr tt gr
Kwabara
Kwagiri
Kwikwy
Elaeis guineensis
Cocos nucifera
Borassus aethiopum
Laccosperma secundiflorum
Kwaloko
Kwandan
Kwandare
Kwandari
Kwn
Cissus aralioides
Musa sapientum; M. nana
Kwng
Borassus aethiopum
Kwngwl
Kwn kd (?)
Kwankalita
Kwankalita
Kwankwan
Knt
Raphia sudanica
Allium ascalonicum
Trapa natans
Nymphaea lotus
Indigofera nummulariifolia; I.
echinata
Strophanthus hispidus; S.
sarmentosus
Parquetina nigrescens
Sk
W
Isoberlinia doka
Wissadula ampliissima
Gossypium sp.
S/Kt
S/Kt
S/Kt
Kwnkwn
Kwnkwnn tsa
tsumbe
Kwnkwrnd
Kwankwarimi Zm
Kwns
Kwnt l d zg
Kwantal
Kwan zabuna
Kwarakko
Kwarakko
Dr
Kwrng
Kwrng wofi
Kwaranko
Kwaras kwaras
Kwarda da
Kwrk
Kwarkwaroo
Kwarooroo (?)
Kwarri ?
Kwartowa
Cucumis melo
Vigna subterranea
Argemone mexicana
Datura metel
Saba florida
Smilax anceps
Kt
Argemone mexicana
Arachis hypogaea; Vigna
subterranea
Dicoma tomentosa
Argemome mexicana
Beckeropsis uniseta
Argemome mexicana;
Commiphora africana
Anthocleista vogelli. A.
djalonensis; A. nobilis
Citrullus colocynthis
41
Bambara nut
second crop
okra
oil-palm
coconut palm
young fan palm
Benin rattan
desert date
fruit-stone
kernel
banana
Christ's thorn
fruit-stone
kernel
lower part of
fan palm
raffia midrib
garlic
water-chestnut
water-lily
arrow poison
x of tree-frog
cotton
cotton
sweet melon
Bambara nut
Mexican poppy
hairy thorn
apple
rubber vine
West African
sarsparilla
Mexican poppy
groundnut
Mexican poppy
Mexican poppy
bitter gourd
Ali lay in his

shroud
useless ladder
Roger Blench
Circulation version
Kwrr
Vigna subterranea
Kwry
Kwatakwali (Kabi)
Kwato
Kwattowa
Kww
Kwy
Lagenaria siceraria
Zea mays
Dioscorea sp.
Colocynthis vulgaris
Adenodolichos paniculatus
Adenodolichos paniculatus;
Mimosa pigra; Acacia
ataxacantha
Grewia mollis
Euphorbia kamerunica
Oryza sativa
Parinari kerstingii
Schizachyrium exile
Kyalbuwa
Kyalli
Kymb
Kyambama
Kymr
Kyrn
Kyangan gumi
Kyara
Kyaurya
Kyurn kbiy
Kyur pl.
kymr
Bambara
groundnut
bottle gourd
maize
yam
elephant grass
fence-cactus
rice
.
y
rnd
r ik
abdarai
bdd
ada
adabebe
ddj
ddjn rw
fr fkr
fr gurk
fr kz
fr shmw
Grewia sp.
Sorghum bicolor
Cannabis sativa
G
guinea-corn cv.
type of Indian
hemp
Capparis tomentosa
Capparis tomentosa
Gossypium spp.
Capparis tomentosa
Mimosa asperata
Aeschynomene crassicaulis
Chloris breviseta
Chloris breviseta
Merremia pterygocaulos
affy
afon baareewa
ahwan baareewa
ahwan batsi
ai daji
ibb
Panicum repens
Ectadiopsis oblongifolia
Mimosa pigra
Borassus aethiopum
ibb
Hyphaene thebaica
idj
aiai kuwa
Mimosa asperata
Hibiscus asper
42
cotton
red sugar-cane
cv.
okra
okra
thorny leaf
stalk
thorny leaf
stalk
finish work
Roger Blench
iy
Parinari polyandrum; Ambrosia

maritima; Indigofera sp.
Tephrosia sp.;
Indigofera astragalina
iy km
km mshy
aa
aai ta fito
y
imn dngr
masagi
amin makiyaayuu
amuamu
nmrk t b k
Sida linifolia
Sida linifolia
Grewia spp.
Achyranthes aspera
Acacia senegal
Argemone mexicana
Argemone mexicana
nsw
Pennisetum polystachyon & P.

pedicellatum P. Subangustum
Withania somnifera
Cenchrus biflorus & C. ciliaris
Cenchrus ciliaris
Cyathula prostrata; Indigofera
nummulariifolia
Indigofera nummulariifolia;
Cyathula prostrata
Diheteropogon hagerupii &
Sida cordifolia
arama anta
rngy
rngyr zbn
rngyr r
rngyr s
rnku
ardafi
rdj
rf
arfikara
rr
Circulation version
shsh
uj
ur
Mimosa asperata
Sesbania dalzielii; S. sesban
campylacantha
Adenium obesum
Brachiaria distichophylla; B.
xantholauca
Heeria insignis
Beckeropsis uniseta
Sorghum bicolor
wr
wr
wr
wr
r gw
r gw
r Gbrw
r Gbrw
r dngr
r ks
Ficus glumosa
Ficus ingens
Ficus glumosa
Ficus ingens
Tribulus terrestris
Trianthema spp.
Asparagus Pauli-Guilelmi
Smilax anceps
r rkm
Hygrophilla auriculata; Acacia

polyacantha
Heeria insignis
43
Sk
ry
asha
shsh
Kt
Mexican poppy
Mexican poppy
let your evil recoil

upon itself
burrwood
burs
? healer of arrow
poison
cotton
= Bgwndr
false baobab
lie
red guinea-corn
cv.
puncture vine
West African
sarsparilla
elephant thorn
elephant thorn
Gobir thorn
Gobir thorn
lizard thorn
Roger Blench
Circulation version
shsh
shsh
weed species
Hibiscus cannabinus
tw
tw
rr
Lagenaria siceraria
Cyperus sp.
Cynodon dactylon
ry
ryr dts
ry ta mt
Prosopis africana
Burkea africana
Prosopis africana
Manilkara obovata
ryr krm
ryr krm
dg pl.
dgi
dg pl.
dgi
di
oirmo
Piptadeniastrum africanum
Borassus aethiopum
Hyphaene thebaica
Kt
Zm
y
yr br
udu
dj
dj
djn fadama
uduru
ujiji
s
ll
lln shi ba
ulbt
ululu
mbl
Gl
rg
rr
rr
rnkshw
rnkshy
rr
Kt
Kt
rr
rr fataakee
wnry
wr pl.
wrr
Kt
Raphionacme brownii
Crateva religiosa; Strychnos
tricalysiodes
Strychnos spp.
Voacanga thouarsii; Strychnos
innocua
Nymphaea lotus
Striga spp.
Buchnera hispida
Ludwigia adscendens ssp.
diffusa
Allium cepa
Striga hermonthica
Oryza sp.
Arachis hypogaea
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Lagenaria siceraria
Guiera senegalensis
Arachis hypogaea
Vigna subterranea
Chamaecristus absus
Sorghum bicolor
Gymnosporia senegalensis
Gymnosporia senegalensis
Pilostigma thonningii
Feretia apodanthera
Argemone mexicana
tree whose seeds are used for
rosaries
Vitellaria paradoxa
44
peeled stems of
kenaf
bottle gourd
dub-grass,
dogstooth grass
false locust
rock Prosopis
African
pearwood
forest Prosopis
forest Prosopis
fan-palm fruit
stone
dum-palm fruit
stone
water-lily
rhizome
witchweed
onion
witchweed
wild grass
groundnut cv.
with single nut
roselle
bottle gourd
= mbl
groundnut cv.
with single nut
Bambara nut
senna
guinea-corn cv.
camel's foot
roots
Mexican poppy
shea-nut
dust of x
Roger Blench
Kwrr kwkw
wti
wl
wll
Elaeis guineensis
plant sp.
Nymphaea lotus
Arachis hypogaea
wambala
wm
wm
wanarya
wnd
Isoberlinia doka
Adansonia digitata
Borassus aethiopum
Arachis hypogaea
wy
yr
Kt
yar kusa
yarno
ys
ysw
Circulation version
Mimosa asperata
Hyperthelia dissoluta; Sorghum
margaritiferum
Smilax anceps
oil palm kernel

water-lily
groundnut cv.
with single nut
pods of ~
baobab fruit
fan palm fruit
groundnut cv.
with single nut
= ll
= ll
West African
sarsparilla
Pennisetum hordeoides; P.
pedicellatum; P. polystachion;
P. subangustum
yasuwar rafi
L.
L bai
L banda
Llm
Lln kw
Ll
Ll
Ll
Lwr
Lwr
Lababuje
Lbsh
Labla
Lbsr
Labta
Labto
Labuje
Hdj
Kt
S
Gossypium hirsutum
Ludwigia octovalvis
Corchorus tridens
Corchorus trilocularis
Corchorus olitorius
Ipomoea batatus
Pennisetum glaucum
Physalis angulata; P. micrantha
Amaranthus viridis
Cissus populnea
Lepidium sativum
Cissus populnea
Sesamum orientale
Cola nitida
Ladiko
Lfsr
Laka
Lepidium sativum
Typha domingensis
Lllk
Lllk
Lllk
Lll
Oryza barthii
Oryza brevigulata
Oryza perennis
Lawsonia inermis
45
cotton
jute kidney
jute
jute
jute
sweet potato
millet cv.
angular winter
cherry
cress
sesame
cola
horse-bean
cress
bulrush culm
pith
wild rice
wild rice
wild rice
henna
<Arabic
< Nupe [Laboshi

town]
<Arabic
Roger Blench
Circulation version
Llln br
Llln gw
Llln j
Sporobolus festivus
Pteleopsis habensis
Feretia apodanthera
Llln sr
Feretia apodanthera
Llln shmw
Lallewa
Lambani
Lmb
Lmnyr kw
Tamarindus indica
Vossia cuspidata
Sesbania sp.
Siphonochilus aethiopicus;
Siphonochilus nigericus
Sesamum alatum
Siphonochilus aethiopicus;
Siphonochilus nigericus
Gossypium hirsutum
Lepidium sativum
Lepidium sativum
Allium ascalonicum; A. cepa
Solanum incanum
Cissus populnea
Sorghum maritiferum; S.
notabile
Citrus aurantifolia
Citrus medica
Citrus aurantium; C. sinensis
Citrus medica
Carissa edulis
Citrus medica
Citrus aurantifolia
Citrus sinensis
Ficus polita
Sesamum orientale
Boscia senegalensis
Rogeria adenophylla
Cissus populnea
Cissus populnea
Lamtin brw
Lnyr kw
Lash
Lusr
Lusr
Lwsh
Layo
Layyata
Lbn raakm
Lm
Lmn mgjy
Lmn Mkk
Lmn Msr
Lmn tsuntsuu
Lmun n srk
Lm
Lm mi z
Lenje
Loso
L
Ln tj
Lilo
Ld
Ld
Ldr marina
Lk
Lotokuwa
Louwa
Lubban
Lube
Lubiya
Lubiya
Ldd
Lgb
Lujiyar ?
Lule
Lumiya
Hdj
Sk
Ng
K
K
Kt
Zm
Dr
Kt
Dr
Milicia excelsa
Tamarindus indica
Vigna subterranea
Phoenix dactylifera
Sclerocarya birrea
Ficus polita
Xysmalobium heudelotianum
Sclerocarya birrea
Vigna subterranea
46
monkey henna
elephant henna
henna of the small
anthill
henna of the
anthill
storks henna
tamarind
resurrection lily
frogspawn
resurrection lily
antelope sesame
frogspawn
cotton
cress
cress
garlic onion
garden-egg cv.
lime
< Arabic
< Arabic
< English
lime of Mecca
lime of Egypt
sour lime
lime
orange
ripe fruits
sesame
Iroko
tamarind
Bambara nut
gum
date-palm
fruit of ~
ripe fruits
fruits
Bambara nut
Cissus of the dyepit

<Yoruba
Roger Blench
Lutua
Lututuwa
Lby
Ld(d)y pl.
lwd
Ljy
Circulation version
Gossypium hirsutum
Cissus populnea
Ficus spp.
Lagenaria siceraria
cotton
bottle gourd
Raphionacme brownii
M.
M mf
M dddafi
Dioscorea sp.
Desmodium velutium; Setaria
verticulata
Pupalla lappacea; Cyathula
prostrata
Heliotropium subulatum
Daniellia oliveri
Baphia nitida; B. pubescens
Parkia biglobosa
M dddafin kusu
Mgnin kunm
Mgrz
Mj
Mjg
Mkb
Mrf
Mlnc
Mlm
Mlm n mt
Msn dngr
Maasun kadangaree
Kt
Mtnk nw
Mtr Mn
Maburkaki
Mck
Mc
Mc tsgn
Mc ds
Macara
Macara
Mc pl.
mti
Mcn s
Mcn dts
Mdr
Madinginji
Mdobiya
Mdby pl.
mdbi
Mdby pl.
mdbi
Kabi
Kt
Afrormosia laxiflora
Amaranthus viridis
Achyranthes aspera
Pandiaka involucrata; P.
heudelotti
Gossypium arboreum
Zea mays
Sorghum bicolor
Trichilia emetica
Vigna subterranea
Sorghum bicolor
Panicum subalbidum
Khaya senegalensis
scorpion medicine
copaiba balsam
camwood
empty locust
pods
waterleaf
cotton
sugar-cane cv.
maize
red guinea-corn
cv.
roka
Bambara
groundnut cv.
guinea-corn cv.
common reed
mahogany
bracteolata
Ekebergia senegalensis
Zea mays
Boscia salicifolia
Pterocarpus erinaceus; P.
mildbraedii
Andira inermis
maize
leaves, flowers
Pterocarpus erinaceus
African
rosewood
47
rock mahogany
Roger Blench
Circulation version
Mdbyr rf
Maga
Albizia zygia
Phoenix dactylifera
Magaga
Mgry pl.
mgr
Mgry pl.
mgr
Mgryr kr
Mgmf
Magina
Mgr
Borassus aethiopum
Ziziphus abyssinica
date without
stone
fan-palm
catch thorn
Ziziphus mauritiana
jujube
Ziziphus mucronata
Tephrosia densiflora; T. vogelii
Curcuma domestica
Mitracarpus hirtus
buffalo thorn
Mgdy
Polycarpea corymbosa; P.
linearifolia
Tephrosia vogelli; T. densiflora
Arachis hypogaea
Rhynchelytrum repens
Arachis hypogaea
groundnut
Alternanthera sessilis; A.
nodiflora
Oryza sativa
Sida cordifolia
Physalis angulata
rice
Magyamfa
Mi
Mi frn i
Mi gy
Mi jnn
Mi ki db (?)
Mi kmtuu
Mi f
Mi llt
Mi lash
Mi rwy
Mi yd
Miw or miw
Mjmfr
Majigege
Mjncy pl.
mjnti
Mjry
Mjryr krm
Makaahoo da
waayoo
Makari
Makari
Mkrn df11
Mkrn fako
Makasha
Makashan dw
Mkk
Mkr
11
Gossypium hirsutum
Datura metel
Arachis hypogaea
Pennisetum glaucum
Senna occidentalis
Ostryoderris stuhlmanii
S/Kt
Phyllanthus muellerianus;
Erythrina sp.
Sorghum membranaceum
S/Kt
S/Kt
Dalbergia sp.
Digitaria iburua
Fadogia erythrophloea
Brachiaria jubata
Striga hermontheca
Striga hermontheca
Moringa oleifera
Amorphophallus abyssinicus;
Probably a generic for antidotes to arrow-poison
48
stream henna
turmeric dye
button grass
vendor of lovepotions
groundnut
African
rosewood
angular winter
cherry
cotton
hairy thorn
apple
lord of the horn

lord of the small
bag
lord of
Cochlospermum
tinctorium
groundnut
millet
coffee senna
iburu
antidote to poison
witchweed
witchweed
horseradish tree
killer of guineacorn
Roger Blench
Mkrn kr
Mkww
Maodoo
Maaimi
Malafia
Malaiduwa
Malaina
Male
Kt
Vitex doniana
Amorphophallus abyssinicus;
Cucumis ficifolius; C. pustulatus
Corchorus olitorius
Cissus populnea
Gmelina arborea
Khaya grandifoliola; K.
ivorensis
Cassia arereh
Oryza sativa
Vigna subterranea
Sorghum margaritiferum
Ficus ingens
Ficus thonningii
Syzygium guineense
Elaeis guineensis
Olea hochstetteri
Maerua angolensis
Maerua angolensis
Sporobolus helvolus
Mangifera indica
Xanthosoma maffafa
Orchidaceae
Crotalaria arenaria
Ansellia congoensis
Ficus iteophylla
Maleduwa
Maliya
Maliya
Mallen kabi
Mallen mama
Mallen zamfara
Malmaliyo
Malmaliyo
Mlm
Mn j
Man saitum
Mnw
Mnw
Mnd mbd
Mangaladi
Mngwr
Mnkn
Mnt w
Mnt w
Mnt w
Mry
Kt
Maraguwa
Mrnd
Ktg/Shira Tephrosia purpurea

Lawsonia inermis
Mrg
Margosa
Mrgw
S/Gobir
Mrn gn
Mrn ks
Markafo
Kt
Circulation version
Mrk
Mrkn dts
Cassia arereh; C. sieberana

Azadirachta indica
herb used by Fule to flavour
milk
Striga spp.
Pupalia lappacea
Afrormosia laxiflora; Ambrosia
maritima; Dalbergia sp.
Anogeissus leiocarpus
Grewia bicolor
Mrmrt n
Msakuwa
Msr
small plant
Sorghum durra
Zea mays
12
black plum
jute
< Arabic
Gmelina
broad-leaved
mahogany
< Latin
rice
Bambara nut
palm-oil
red oil
mango
new cocoyam
orchid
<English
<?
forget mother
forget mother
forget mother
spleen (because an
epiphyte)
small henna
leaves
neem
<Portuguese
witchweed
x of farm
chewstick tree
Anogeissus of the
rocks
desire me12
guinea-corn cv.
maize
The seeds of this plant are used in love potions
49
Roger Blench
Circulation version
Msr kwona
Msar wd
Msrr Fln
Mshy pl.
mshyi
Msr
Zea mays
Zea mays
Zea mays
maize
maize
maize cv.
Piper guineense; P. umbellatum
Mata gara kafa
West African
pepper
sensitive plant
Mtsh
Matinga
Matsagi
Matsandaka
Matsandaka tsumbe
Mtsrmm
Bauhinia rufescens
Eragrostis sp.
Eragrostis ciliaris: E. gangetica;
E. tremula
Physalis angulata
Mtsttsg
Mazakuwa
Mijigaga
Mjn kny
Mijiriya
Milla
Mnjry
Miyafa
Miyar tsanya
Mobefa
Md
Bauhinia rufescens
Sorghum durra
Lophira alata
Vossia cuspidata
Maerua angolensis
Sida ovata
Cymbopogon giganteus
Aloe buettneri
Kabi
Md
Md ksa?
Mr (mtrk)
Sansevieria liberica: S.
senegambica: S. trifasciata &
Ananas comosus
Eriosema griseum
Sorghum bicolor
Mwr br
Mulli
Hyphaene thebaica
Mrmr
Sorghum bicolor
Mrn
Mrc
Adansonia digitata
Borassus aethiopum
Mrcn bisa
Orchidaceae
Mrcn dj
Orchidaceae
Mrcn doka
Mrcn mkwrw
Mrcn sama
Ansellia africana
Cucurligo pilosa
Orchidaceae
50
thing for smoking
woman, close the

feet
false sesame
leaves
angular winter
cherry
gall bladder
meni oil tree
coral tree
West African
aloe

ebony fruits
dum palm
unexpanded
leaf frond
soft guineacorn cv.
baobab
sprout of fanpalm
epiphytic
orchid
terrestrial
orchid
Ansell's orchid
livestock fan-palm
sprouts
bush fan-palm
sprouts
x fan-palm sprouts
epiphytic
orchid
fan-palm sprouts
of the sky
Roger Blench
Mgn tw
Circulation version
guinea-corn cv.
Sorghum bicolor
N.
Nmn gr
Nmn Gwr
Nmn jeji
Nmn z
Nmn ngl
Nmjn b m
tb
Nmjn bb
Nmjn bgrw
mushroom spp.
mushroom spp.
Termitomyces spp.
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Ipomoea aitonii
Nmjn dsh
Nmjn dy
Nmjn dy
Nmjn dy
Nmjn dy
Nmjn gsy
Nmjn gdg
Nmjn garaafunii
Nmjn gwabsa
Nmjn hnkuf
Nmjn k
Nmjn kny
Nmjn kmb
Nmjn kkrmo
Nmjn kky
Nmjn ry
Nmjn lm
Nmjn rm
fda
Nmjn surendi
Nmjn trmny
Nmjn tsd
Nmjn tsntsy
Nmjn ydy
Nmjn zk
bnz
Nanake
Nanare
Nnnf
Nnnh
Indigofera bracteolata
Acacia nilotica & Acacia tortilis
subsp. raddiana
Centaurea sp.
Launaea taraxacifolia
Sesamum alatum
Sonchus chevalieri
Amaranthus graecizens: A.
spinosus A. viridis; Polanisia
viscosa; Croton lobatus
Zornia glochidiata
Quassia undulata
Sida alba: S. ovata & S.
rhombifolia
Lophira alata; L. lanceolata
Lophira alata; L. lanceolata
Coelocaryon preusii
Strychnos innocua
Strychnos innocua
Burkea africana
Opilia celtidifolia
Heliotropium bacciferum; H.
subulatum
Sonchus chevalieri
Eragrostis ciliaris; E. sp
Leptadenia pyrotechnica
Amaranthus graecizans: A.
spinosus: A. viridis; Croton
lobatus
Aspilia africana; A.
helianthoides A. kotschyii
Oryza barthii: O. brevigulata;
O. perennis
Celosia laxa
Celosia laxa
51
Gbari meat
bush meat
chicken meat
vulture meat
Egyptian
mimosa
wild lettuce
male
male
male
meni oil tree
meni oil tree
male
male
male
male
male
male
male orange
male
male
male
male hog plum
male
male
male
wild rice
Roger Blench
Circulation version
Natsika
Thespesia populnea
Ngibe
Nobe
Nm
Nmn brw
Nmn brw
Nmn brw
Nmn arya
Nmn arya
Nnn gw
Nnn gwnk
Barteria fistulosa
Cymbopogon schoenanthus
Sesamum orientale
Sesamum alatum
Sesamum radiatum
Sesamum alatum
Kigelia africana
Ficus vogelii
Nnn kr
Nnn krcy
Hdj
Nnn kr
Nunu
Cucumis pustulatus
Euphorbia
convolvuloides:E.hirta; E.
polycnemoides
Cucumis metuliferus
Sclerocarya birrea
Pacific
rosewood
sesame seeds
wild lettuce
black sesame
wild lettuce
sausage tree
horned melon
fruit
antelope sesame
antelope sesame
antelope sesame
sesame
sesame
elephant breast
breast of roan
antelope
dog breast
dove milk
hyena breast
R.
Rb(?)
Rkmn gyd
Rriyr ksa
Rts hnj
Rwy
Rwy
Rwy
Rafasa
Rhin
Rahaiwa
Ri r
Rr
Rk
Rkn gw
Knt
Cyanotis lanata
Arachis hypogaea
Chrysanthellum americanum
Oldenlandia corymbosa
Cochlospermum planchoni
Zea mays
Kigelia africana
Bersama abyssinica
Senna occidentalis
Senna occidentalis
Rkn gw
Quassia undulata
Rm rm
Rm
Ramaniya
Ramar kurmii
Rmr rf
Rmr ruwa
Rmarana
Ramoramo
Ramuza
Rara
Rawuya
Rg br
Urena lobata
Hibiscus cannabinus
Urena lobata
Wissadula amplissima
Hibiscus asper
Hibiscus asper
Urena lobata
Urena lobata
Allium ascalonicum
Zea mays
Kigelia africana
Cissus cornifolia
52
groundnut
maize
sausage-tree
coffee senna
coffee senna
sugar-cane
enhances life
life life
elephant's sugarcane
kenaf
river hemp
water hemp
garlic
white maize
sausage tree
robe of the
Roger Blench
Circulation version
monkey
Rg kf
Rgz
R
Rn brw
Rn kd
Rn tj
Rm pl. rmy
Rm
Rmn gwd
Rmn kd
Rmn nsr
Rmn smr
Rmn sur
Rmn trw
Riimni
Rm fd
Rinji
Rzg
Rzgr krg
Roko
Rb
Rg
Rg rz
Rgn br
Antidesma venosum; Bridelia

ferruginea; Bridelia scleroneura
Cyperus esculentus
Sesamum orientale
Sesamum alatum
Hyptis spicigera
Ceiba pentandra
Celosia argentea
Sopubia mannii, S. parviflora, S.
ramosa & S. simplex
Moringa oleifera
Kohautia grandiflora; K.
senegalensis
Kohautia grandiflora; K.
senegalensis
Moringa oleifera
Salix ledermannii
Scoparia dulcis
Kt
Senna alexandrina
Kt
Plectranthus esculentus
Pachycarpus lineolatus
Vigna subterranea
Manihot esculenta
Manihot esculenta
Dioscorea dumetorum
Rgn dj
Rgn jj
Rgn mkyy
Sphaeranthus angustifolius
Rgn yr
portulacastrum
Amaranthus viridis
quadrifida
Pavetta crassipes
Ficus sp.
Polygonum senegalense & P.
spp.
Opilia celtidifolia
Cucurbita; C. pepo
Amaranthus viridis
tree sp.
Scopiaria dulcis
Rb d tkny
Rb d tkny
Ruba ari
Rubiya
Rubun rubushi
Rgr gd
Rgd
Rk
R
Rm fd
Rmn
Habenaria zambesina
53
tiger nut
sesame
mosquito
guardian
antelope sesame
crocodile sesame
silk-cotton tree
kapok of the hyrax
horseradish tree
horseradish tree
sweet
broomweed
Alexandrian
senna
rizga
crocodile kapok
white man's kapok
young men's
kapok
young men's
kapok
white man's kapok
x of the palace
squirrel's rizga
Bambara nut
cassava
old cassava
three leaved
yam
monkey's cassava
bush cassava
bush cassava
large intestine
cassava
boys cassava
waterleaf
purslane
duiker shelter
pumpkin
waterleaf
sweet
broomweed
x of the palace
Roger Blench
Circulation version
Rumaza
Rumbagada
Rmmn
Rmmn
Rmfr gd
Rmfr gd
Rnf
Rnhn zaaki
Rggw
Rjy
Rjyr mhrb
Lentinus tuber-regium
Punica granatum
Punica granatum
Opilia celtidifolia
Cassytha filiformis
Cassia singueana
Dalbergia saxatilis
Raphionacme brownii
Xysmalobium heudelotianum
Rr
Parinari curatellifolia
pomegranate
pomegranate
<Arabic
<Arabic
duikers granary
duikers granary
pumpkin
hunters
Raphionacme
brownii
S.
S bi
S bbb st
Gossypium species
large bean sp.
S frfr
S hnkk dk
Crotaria microcarpa
Polygala arenaria
Sn
Sbr pl.
sbr
Sbln kyng
Tephrosia linearis
Guiera senegalensis
Sbln sl (?)
Sbln n mt
Sf
Sf mai gora
Sgg
make big one

stealing
makes grey hairs
makes the crows
wait
soap of the female

slaves
Zornia glochidiata
Kt
Ktg
Sk bbb st
Sny
Srn ww
Sr gww
Ssrn kr
Ssrn kr
Swn kdfkr
Saawuu dubuu
Sb
Sabe
Sif
Sakan zabur
Sakanjabir
cotton
Gl
Zornia glochidiata
Zornia glochidiata; Vernonia
macrocyanus
Allium ascalonicum
Allium ascalonicum
Indigofera simplicifolia; I.
paniculata
bean sp.
Raphionacme brownii
Gardenia aqualla; G.
erubescens
Hyhrophila auriculata
Asparagus sp.
Ipomoea coptica
Parkia biglobosa
Echinocloa colonum; Panicum
laetum; Brachiaria jubata
Ficus iteophylla
Zingiber officinale
Zingiber officinale
54
soap of the child

of the women
shallot
shallot
chopping of fool
chain of hyena
chain of hyena
immature
locust pods
spleen
ginger
ginger
Roger Blench
Circulation version
Skt
Sakera
Smrn dng
Smts
Smbr
Smbr
Samo
Sn gurk
Dioscorea alata
Echinochloa stagnina
Moringa oleifera
Tephrosia linearis
Erythrophleum africanum
Lasiosiphon kraussiana
Ziziphus mauritiana
Chloris breviseta
Sn tsnts
grass with edible leaf
Sndl
Sndl
Sndn br
Sndn dutsee
Sndn maya
Sndn n br
Cola nitida
Cola nitida
Tacca involucrata
Tacca involucrata
Amblygonocarpus andogensis;
Cassia arereh; Holarrhena
floribunda
Tacca involucrata
Sngsng
Sankalwa
Sn w knk
Senna occidentalis
Trapa natans
sensitive plant sp.
Sansabaraye
Snsm
Snsmn tb
SnsN
Sansari
Arg
Srkw
Dyschoriste perrotteti
Chasmopodium caudatum;
Saccharum spontaneum;
Sesbania pachycarpa
Mucuna pruriens; M. sloanei
Securidaca longepedunculata
Vernonia pumila
Leucas martinicensis; Hyptis
spicigera; Ocimum canum
Leucas martinicensis; Hyptis
spicigera; Ocimum canum
Hyptis spicigera
Sr
Srkn jbj13
Aparagus sp.
Boerhavia spp.
Srkn jbj
Datura spp.
Srkn jbj
Portulaca spp.
Srky
Dichrostachys cinerea; Acacia

ataxacantha
Ziziphus mauritiana
Sansoni
Sny
Snyr as
Srkw
Srkw
Sasami
Sashe
13
Kt
water-yam
horseradish tree
jujube leaves
footstep of the
crowned crane
footstep of the
bird
cola
cola
arrowroot
arrowroot
flowering stem
of arrowroot
coffee senna
water chestnut
55
monkey stick
hill stick
Bori stick
tuck in your
loincloth
tulip tree
tobacco leaves
cow-itch
violet tree
mosquito
guardian
hogweed
'Loosely applied to ruderals' (Burkill 2000:258)
fence sticks
tulip tree
jujube leaves
lord of the
dungheap
lord of the
dungheap
lord of the
dungheap
Roger Blench
Circulation version
Sssbn
Sawoki
Sesigi
Shr
Sh d w
Sh jn
Sh ksh
Sh n n sh k
Striga hermonthica
Tribulus terrestris
Hordeum vulgare
rubber plant sp.
Ipomoea batatas
Balanites aegytiacus
Sh n k sn n
Heliotropium ovalifolium
Sh n k sn n
Polygala arenaria
Sh nn
Sorghum bicolor
Sh rb
Sh rw
Cola acuminata
Gossypium arboreum
Sh sari
Sesbania pachycarpa
Gossypium arboreum
Jussiaea suffruticosa
Uraria picta
Vigna subterranea
Diheteropogon hagerupii;
Echinocloa pyramidalis
Allium ascalonicum
Sterculia setigera
Sh sh rw
Sh sh tu
Shf
Shabilin gwolai
Shabrai
Shafa
Shafo
Dr
Gl
Shaffa
Shalanta
Shalla
Sham
Shamman
Shamrai
Shnshr
Shny dk
Sharan labbi
Shshtu
Shf
Shea
Shkr tsy
Shear zm
Sheme
Sheani
Shiba
Shibcii
Shibi
Allium ascalonicum
Typha domingensis
Sk
Sk
S/Kt
Acacia sieberana
Cucumis melo
Diheteropogon hagerupii;
Echinocloa pyramidalis
Oryza sativa
Tephrosia linearis
Ludwigia octovalvis
Oryza sativa
Sorghum bicolor
Rogeria adenophylla
Vernonia pumila
Sesbania pachycarpa
Vernonia pumila; V. spp.
Gossypium sp.
Andropogon sp. ?
Tephrosia vogelii; T. densiflora
56
Jerusalem thorn
witchweed
puncture vine
barley
sweet potato
desert date fruit
not properly
ripe

large cola-nut
early-ripening
cotton
<Arabic
sharpen knife
drink blood
drink finding fault
drink me and I
drink you
drink and youll
know me
drink and youll
know me
drink milk
drink sharing
drink water
drink x
cotton
drink drink water

drink drink
Bambara nut
garlic
karaya gum
tree
ordeal tree
shallot
flowering spike
of bulrush
sweet melon
< Arabic
Asian rice
rice
guinea-corn cv.
year has ended
x of hare
cotton
Roger Blench
Shl
Shinaka
Kt
Circulation version
< Fulfulde
Shnkf
Shnkf byu
Grewia tenax
Schoenefeldia gracilis; Ctenium
elegans; C. newtonii
Oryza glaberrima; O. sativa
Oryza glaberrima
rice
African rice
Shnkf shf
Oryza glaberrima
African rice
Shnkfr dj
Shnkfr gyd
Shnkfr kw
Shnkfr mg
dw
Shnkfr rishi
Shnkfr tsnts
Shrny
Shwk
Chasmopodium caudatum
Oryza barthii; O. breviligulata
Oryza barthii; O. brevilgulata
Oryza barthii; O. brevigulata
wild rice
wild rice
wild rice
Kt/Dr
Shwkr jn
grgr
Shk hl
Shk hlnk
Shk hlnk
Shnn br
Siling silame
Siliyar suluwa ?
Silka
Sntlk
Sisi
Str
G
D
Srd
Ssn ymm
Ss
Syyy
Srnd
Srdd
Srd
Sure
Suren fadama
Stt
Str
St
S/Kt
S/Kt
Oryza barthii; O. brevigulata

Chasmopodium caudatum
Ficus iteophylla
Vernonia amygdalina; V.
colorata
Vernonia glaberrima; Heeria
pulcherrima
Moringa oleifera
Moringa oleifera
Lonchocarpus laxiflorus; L.
sericeus
Cassytha filiformis
Heteropogon contotus
climbing plant sp.
Bauhinia rufescens
Datura metel
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Luffa acutangula
Luffa aegyptiaca
Cuscuta australis
Centaurea perrotteti; C. praecox
Centaurea perrotteti; C.
praecox; Dicoma tomentosa
Centaurea perrotteti; C. praecox
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Triumfetta spp.
Gossypium spp.
Datura metel
Gossypium sp.
57
wild rice
rice of a child
which follows a
familiar person
rice whose husk
has a small grain
bush rice
warthogs rice
toads rice
rice of x
birds rice
bitterleaf
bitterleaf of red
clay soil
horseradish tree
horseradish tree
monkeys indigo
hairy thorn
apple
roselle calyx
loofah gourd
loofah gourd
dodder
thistle
thistle
thistle
roselle
burweed
cotton
hairy thorn
apple
cotton
< Arabic
loofah of the west
marsh roselle
< Arabic
Roger Blench
Circulation version
T.
T fdm
T mjm
T rw
T g rn
Tb
Tbtb
T
Tndr
Tbrmr zm
Tfn ktr
Tklmn biri
Tklmn Mkk
Tklmn zm
Setaria pallide fusca

Acacia nilotica
Ktg
S/Kt
Taara yaara
Trng
Taatsunyaa
Twts
Taba damashe
Kabi
Strychnos spinosa
Abrus precatorius
Vitellaria paradoxa
Abrus precatorius
Costus spectabilis
Hibiscus sabdariffa
?
Opuntia ficus-indica
Costus spectabilis; Isoberlinia
doka
Tacca leontopetaloides
Glossonema boveanum
Amaranthus viridis
Entada abyssinica; E. africana
Taba jiki
Tabadai
Kt
Eriosema psoraleoides
Egyptian
mimosa
snuff box tree
jumblebeads
tobacco
tobacco tobacco
ripe shea fruit
jumblebeads
mat of the hare
roselle cv.
prickly pear
cats whiskers,
African
spiderflower
cats whiskers,
African
spiderflower
Ficus vogelii
Taa ni ka saamuu
Tabso
Tafa duwa
Tafar biri
Tfnnw
Tfrnw
Tfs
Tfshy
Tafatso
Moringa oleifera
Sesamum orientale
Allium sativum
Allium sativum
Senna occidentalis
Nauclea diderrichii
Panicum anabaptistum; P.
phragmitoides
horseradish tree
sesame cv.
Ocimum gratissium
Colocasis esculenta
Raphionacme brownii
Sorghum mellitum
Quassia undulata
scent-leaf
cocoyam
touch me and you

get
Tknr gw
Cussonia barter
Tknr gw
14
monkeys sandal
Mecca sandal
hare's sandal
arrowroot
Taa ni ka saamuu14
Tftf
Tagida
Tagwamba
Tagzara
Tkn
Tknr gw
she sees the sun
An epithet of certain economic plants
58
garlic
garlic
coffee senna
African peach
sweet sorghum
Roger Blench
Circulation version
Tknr gw
Quassia klaineana
Takoure
Talagi
Talaki
Talakin yara bawa
Tllf mry
Brachiaria stigmatisata
Annona senegalensis
Tmngj
Tmn
Tmr tsur
Tamatsi
Tmb
Tamihio
Tmrr
Tntl
Ng
Tantaroba
Tantsiya
Truny
Trf mz drs
Trkn r
Trmsk
Taro
Taru
Tasawa
Tssh
Tsh
Tatar da
Tattakiya
Tattara
Tttsi
Tttsh
Tauna
Tauna gardi
Taune
Tur pl. tury
Turr krm
Tausami
Ty rg
Tzrgd
Tny
Tr
Toari
Tn
Tf
Tkr dw
S
G
Kt
S/Kt
Pennisetum glaucum
Tamarindus indica
Raphionacme brownii
Mitracarpus hirtus
Eleusine coracana
Tamarix spp.
Cyanotis caespitosa
Hyphaene thebaica
Indigofera diphylla
Strophanthus hispidus; S.
sarmentosus
lamprocarpum
weed sp.
Asparagus africanus; A.
flagellaris
Boswellia dalzielli
Combretum sericeum
Combretum sp.
Abelmoshus esculentus
Capsicum annuum
Gossypium arboreum
Glossonema boveanum
Vossia cuspidata
Oryza sativa
Capsicum annuum
Capsicum annuum
Acacia farnesiana
Detarium microcarpum; D.
senegalense
Detarium senegalense
Tamarindus indica
tree sp.
fragrant medicinal herb
Euphorbia poissoni; E. unispina
Curcuma domestica
Diheteropogon hagerupii
Pseudocedrela kotschyi
Imperata cylindrica
Striga gesnerioides
59
wild custardapple
millet cv.
tamarind
button grass
finger millet
tamarisk
star
dum palm
unripe fruit
kernel
rat trap
frankincense
okra
chili pepper
tree cotton
rice
chili pepper
chili pepper
tobacco seeds
tobacco seeds
tamarind
help lazy person
turmeric
dry-zone cedar
spear-grass
Roger Blench
Tzln n mt
Tzln n mt
Tzln n mt
Tzln brw
Tzln kr
Tsa
Tsa
Tsd
Tsd br
Tsdr Lmrd
Tsdr Msr
Tsk
S
S
Kt
Tsmy pl.
tsmyy
Tsmyr br
Tsmyr
Lmrd
Tsmyr mhrb
Tsmyr
mkyy
Tsts
Tsts rw
Tsabre
Tsadakwuni
Tsage
Tsagre
Tsakayi
Tskin tb
Tsamba
Tsambiya
Circulation version
Aspilia africana
Aspilia helianthoides
Aspilia kotschyi
Vernonia pauciflora
Vernonia macrocyanus
Ormocarpum bibracteatum
Securinega virosa
Ximenia americana
Physalis angulata
Tamarindus indica
spiny plum
angular winter
cherry
hog plum
hog plum
chili pepper
seedlings
tamarind
Dialium guineense
Haematostaphis barteri
blood plum
Spondias mombin
Spondias mombin
Capsicum frutescens
Nelsonia canescens
Nelsonia canescens
Gossypium arboreum
Gossypium arboreum
Kts
Mussaenda arcuata
Celtis integrifolia
Kts
Vossia cuspidata
Cynodon dactylon
Tsana
Tsantsa
Tsrrry
Tsrkyr ks
Lagenaria siceraria
Hibiscus sabdariffa
brown bean
Stachytarpheta angustifolia
Tsrkyr ks
Stachytarpheta cayenensis
Tsrkyr ks
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Tsrkyr zm
Cynodon dactylon
Tsttsg
Tsatsarara eera
Bauhinia rufescens
africanus Cyathula prostrata
africanus Cyathula prostrata
60
Tsatsarara kr
Tsatisarar kr
Tsege
womens kohl
womens kohl
womens kohl
antelopes kohl
hyenas kohl
tree cotton
early-ripening
cotton
monkey tamarind
Nimrods
tamarind
hunters' tamarind
tamarind of the
large intestine
drink water
nettle tree
tobacco leaf
veins
dub-grass,
dogstooth grass
bottle gourd
roselle seed
devil's coach
whip
rat's tail
vervaine
bastard
vervaine
dub-grass,
dogstooth grass
= crry
mouse's bowstring
mouse's bowstring
mouse's bowstring
hare's bowstring
x of hyena
fish-trap of hyena
Roger Blench
Tsibiri kinkini
Tsibra
Tsd
Tsdn kr
Tsdu
Tsdu
Tsdh
Ng
Tsg
Tskr dj
Tskr dw
Tsinta fagee
Tsintsiga
Tsntsy pl.
tsntsyy
Tsntsyr duutsee
Ng
Circulation version
Tribulus terrestris
Aneilema lanceolatum
Sida alba
Tribulus terrestris
Capsicum annuum; C.
frutescens
Heteropogon contortus;
Loudetia hordeiformis; L. annua
Sida alba
Morelia senegalensis
Eragrostis sp.; Panicum sp.
Tsntsyr fdm
Loudetia arundinacea; L.
simplex; Aristida adscenscionis
Eragrostis sp.
Tsntsyr kg
Aristida stipoides
Tsntsyr krm
Tsntsyr mz
Albizia ferruginea; A.
adianthifolia; A. glaberrima; A.
zygia
Loudetia phragmitoides
Tsntsyr tafartso
Panicum anabaptistum
Tsr f
Tsr f
Tsr f
Tsiri
Tsiriri
Tsrkyr dm
Ng
S/Zm
Tribulus terrestris
Sida alba
Stylosanthes fruticosa; S. erecta
Combretum nigricans
Cynodon dactylon
Tsrkyr zm
Cynodon dactylon
Tsu
Pavonia hirsuta
Tsk
Tsmn Fulaanii
africanus
Eragrostis sp.
Cissus cornifolia
Securinega virosa
Grewia spp.
Cucumuis pustulatus
Pavonia hirsuta
Peristrophe bicalyculata
Tsmb
Tsura
Tswwn br
Tswwn kr
Tswwn eera
Tswwn zk
Tsw
Tswk
Tbnn dwk
D.
S/Kt
61
puncture vine
stop
stop dog
puncture vine
chili
buffalo shade
thatching grass of
the hill
thatching grass of
the swamp
thatching grass of
the river
thatching grass of
the forest
mens thatching
grass
thatching grass of
x
puncture vine
? source
dub-grass,
dogstooth grass
dub-grass,
dogstooth grass
dub-grass,
dogstooth grass
sensitive plant
monitor lizards
bowstring
hares bowstring
monkey's testicles
dog's testicles
rat's testicles
lion's testicles
bean-flour food
for horses
Roger Blench
Tbnn dwk
Commelina erecta
Tbnn dwk
Commelina forskalei
Tuburku
Tudi
Tj
Tue
Tukura
Tkrw pl.
tkwr
Tum d gbr
Tmtr
Tmbn jk
Tmbn ks
Tmffy pl.
tmff or
tmffyy
Tmffyr kd
Tumniya
Tmn br
Tm
Tumun shalla
Trkr zm
Trrn glb
Turar tarauniya
Trgnw
Trgnw
Trgnw
Tr
Turkai
Trkn dk
Trrb
Trrb
Tutubidi
Tgnd
Tj
Tln moow
Tns
Tuutar an sarkii
Twn br
Twanka
Zam.
Circulation version
Millettia thonningii
Lannea schimperi
Eleusine indica
Melochia corchorifolia
Raphia sudanica
Zam.
Lycopersicon esculentum
Paspalum scrobiculatum
Calotropis procera
bean-flour food
for horses
bean-flour food
for horses
goosegrass
tobacco leaf
part rejected
for smoking
raphia palm
tomato
ricegrass
<English
donkey belly
rat belly
Sodom apple
crocodiles Sodom
apple
Costus afer
Euphorbia poissonii; E.
unispina
Solenostemon monostachyus
Solenostemon rotundifolius
Typha domingensis
africanus
Cyperus articulatus
Combretum glutinosum
Corchorus tridens
Corchorus trilocularis
Corchorus olitorius
Curcuma domestica
Dicranolepsis persei
Gnidia kraussiana
Tephrosia purpurea; Ambrosia
maritima
Capsicum annum
Eleusine indica
Dioscorea sp.
Pseudocedrela kotschyii
Dioscorea bulbifera
Capsicum annuum
62
monkey's tumuku
tumuku
bulrush
tethering posts of
the hare
perfume of the
pond
jute
jute
Jews mallow
turmeric
okra
tulip tree
chili pepper
fowlfoot grass
dry-zone cedar
aerial yam
chili pepper
monkeys' porridge
Roger Blench
Circulation version
U.
ngdd
ngw
wr bnz
wr mgani
Kt/Z
wr mgngn
wr yr
wr yr
Crateva religiosa
Gynandropsis pentaphylla
Carissa edulis
Urena lobata
Securidaca longepedunculata
Hd
cat's whiskers
violet tree
Ficus sur
mother of
medicine
mother of
medicines
mother of children
mother of children
W.
W
Wk pl.
wkiki
Wkn wk
Wkn bry
Wkn bs
Ficus abutifolia
Any beans, most commonly
cowpeas
Vigna pubigera; V. reticulata;
V. vexillata
Lablab niger
Vigna pubigera; V. reticulata;
V. vexillata
Sphaeranthus schweinfurthii
Wkn dm
Vigna vexillata
Wkn dnfm
Lablab niger; Cajanus cajan
Wkn biby
Wkn brw
Wkn drn
Wkn Gwr
Wkn Msr
Wkn Msr
Wkn Sntnbl
Wkn tntbr
Wkn trw
Wkn zm
Ww kaji magoori
Ww maza
Wwn gn
Wwn krm
Wy
Wada
Wagiri
Wn krm15
Warina
Wrkn maciijii
Wrkn tsf
Wrkn ww
15
Sk
Sk
Sk
Lablab niger
Lablab niger
Lablab niger
Cajanus cajan
Desmodium canum
Mitracarpus hirtus
Quassia undulata
Ricinodendron heudelotii
Sorghum bicolor
Rauwolfia caffra; R. vomitoria
Argemone mexicana.
Ficus abutilifolia
Ipomoea batatas
Trichodesma africanum
Trichodesma africanum
Probably includes other spp. of forest-growing fig
63
goat bean
pagan bean
gazelle bean
horse bean
pigeon pea
pigeon pea
pigeon pea
pigeon pea
pigeon pea
gazelle bean
small ruminant
bean
monitor lizard
bean
bean of the
temporary fence
fence bean
Gbari bean
Egypt bean
Egypt bean
Istanbul bean
pigeon bean
foreigner's bean
hare bean
button grass
pumpkin
fool of the forest
guinea-corn cv.
Mexican poppy
forest fig
sweet potato
snake's loincloth
old loin-cloth
Roger Blench
Wasani
Wasiri
Wrcn dj
Circulation version
Wtsyr br
Wtsyr r
Wtsyr r
Wtsyr r
Wtsyr r
Monotes kerstingii
Argemone mexicana.
Habenaria barrina; Eulophia
adenoglossa
Striga hermontheca
Ctenium elegans; C. newtonii;
Faurea speciosa; Setaria
sphacelata
Pennisetum glaucum
Ctenium elegans
Ctenium newtonii
Sporobolos spicatus
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Wtsyr r
Wtsyr bdr
Wtsyr dm
Uraria picta
Panicum paucinode
Caralluma dalzielii
Wtsyr gw
Wtsyr gw
Wtsyr gwnk
Sorghum nobile
Wtsyr jk
Wtsyr ks
Wtsyr dngr
Aristida stipoides
Stachytarpheta cayenensis
Ctenium elegans;
Stachytarpheta angustifolia; S.
cayenensis;
Loudetia hordeiformis; L.
annua; Perotis indica
Ctenium elegans;
Stachytarpheta angustifolia; S.
cayenensis;
Platycoryne paludosa
Orchidaceae
Wtwt
Wtsyr br
Wtsyr krg
Wtsyr ks
Wtsyr rm
Wtsyr rm
Wtsyr shrnd
Wtsyr zm
Wyn bjn
Wyn dm
Kt
Kt
Wyn gw
Wyn mkwrw
weed used for medicine

Pennisetum glaucum
Combretum molle; C.
glutinosum
Pteleopsis suberosa
Allium cepa
Mexican poppy
witchweed
fires
monkey-tail
millet cv.
monkey's tail
rat's tail
rat's tail
rat's tail
rat's tail
bastard
vervaine
common reed
rat's tail
zorillas tail
monitor lizard's
tail
elephant's tail
elephant's tail
roan antelopes
tail
donkey's tail
puff adders tail
agama lizard's tail
squirrel's tail
mouse's tail
terrestrial
orchid
millet cv.
camel's tail
camel's tail
skinks tail
hare's tail
xs neck
monitor lizard's
neck
elephant's neck
onion
Y.
Y
Y wry
Yy
Yyr kd
Ykw
Ykwr dj
Ykwr ftk
Kt
Ficus sp.
creeper = fs b
Leptadenia hastata
Tacazzea apiculata
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Hibiscus asper
Cyphostemma adenocaule;
64
spread calabash
tears
crocodile tears
roselle
bush roselle
trader's roselle
Roger Blench

Cayratia gracilis
Hibiscus asper
Hibiscus asper
Hibiscus asper
Ykwr kr
Ykwr kwd
Ykwr aima
mowa
Ykwr y
Ykwr
mhrb
Yl
Yts byr
Ytsn n srk
Yzw
Yao
Yaggulumbe
Yako
Ym
Yamanza
Yambama
Ymrr
Ynd
Yano
Yankufa
Yarwatsi
Yry
dog roselle
frog roselle
little loved roselle
Hibiscus asper
Cyphostemma adenocaule;
Cayratia gracilis
Solanum incanum
Yr
Yamanya
Circulation version
Gobir
S
Ytyt
Kt
Yaudi
Yauki
Ywn ri
Yaya kai to fito
Yy
Yzw
Yin ururu
S/Kt
Ktg
Kt
moss found on Diospyros

mespiliformis
Paullinia pinnata
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Sapium grahamii
Ziziphus mauritiana
Zea mays
Ipomoea nil; I. aitonii;
Merremia aegyptiaca
Hyparrhenia rufa;
Monocymbium ceresiforme
Cucumis prohetarum; C.
ficifolius
Clematis hirsuta
Merremia tridentata
Ficus abutilifolia
Waltheria indica
Mitracarpus hirtus
Ipomoea muricata; Vigna
vexillata; V. reticulata; V.
pubigera
Tamarindus indica
Crotalaria microcarpa
Senna occidentalis
Sida linifolia
Sapium grahamii
Ipomoea eriocarpa
thorny roselle
hunter's roselle
large white
garden-egg
five fingers
roselle cv.
jujube leaves
maize
prophets
melon
elephant grass
false sesame
button grass
tamarind
blossom
okra
.
n dr
n kyamba
r bkn kg
r garii
r kn msllc
r lmb
Caesalpinia bonduc
Allium ascalonicum
Ocimum basilicum; O. canum
Allium ascalonicum
65
shallot
pumpkin
tea-bush
shallot
son of river-bank
Roger Blench
ar ma taa
ar tbsh
r tsur

Sk
r rf
r ktn
r ngw
ara
aro
aron kg
Ktg
Bo/Ktg
Circulation version
Eriosema psoraleoides
Gossypium hirsutum
Gossypium arboreum; G.
herbaceum
Gossypium arboreum; G.
herbaceum
Sorghum bicolor
Tacca leontopetaloides
Aeschynome crassicaulis
cotton
cotton
guinea-corn cv.
cats whiskers,
African
spiderflower
arrowroot
son of the quarter
Z.
Zbn df
Zb
Zbuwaa
Zg rf
Z
S
Kt
Z
G
Aloe buettneri
Aloe buettneri
Aloe buettneri
Paullinia pinnata
Scoparia dulcis
Z bnz
Zzr gw
Amaranthus viridis
Hygrophila auriculatus
Zabakon aura
Zbgi
Zbb
Zbb
Zabiya
Sorghum exsertum
Strophanthus hispidus
Curcuma domestica
Phoenix dactylifera
Zagai
Zitn
Cocculus pendulus
Olea europea
Zm
Datura metel
Zm
Zknku
Zalbo
Zmntrr
Zmr
Zmr
Zng
Znzbr
Zrngd
Zarenshi
Zarin auna
Zrmo
Zun nw
Datura stramonium
Pistia stratiotes
Allium ascalonicum
Lepidium sativum
Sesbania spp.
Pavonia hirsuta
Pennisetum glaucum
Zingiber officinale
thorny plant
Imperata cylindrica
Brachiaria mutica
Senna occidentalis
Sorghum bicolor
Zzz bbby
Kt
Sk
Kt
B
Oryza sativa
66
x of the stream
sweet
broomweed
elephant's pubic
hair
arrow-poison
turmeric
date cv. with
red fruit
olive
learned word <

Arabic
hairy thorn
apple
Jimson weed
water lettuce
garlic
cress seeds
millet cv.
ginger
<Arabic
spear-grass
guinea-corn
dwarf cv.
rice
sit down in the

shade
Roger Blench
Zbrd
Zbrd
Zgl
Zglgnd
Z k tsll
Zu
Zmw
Znzn
Zr
Zrm mutane
Zrm nsr
Zrmn
Zrmn taho
Zw
Zw
K/Kt
Shira
Circulation version
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Moringa oleifera
Moringa oleifera
thatching grass sp.
Celtis integrifolia
Maerua angolensis
Cochlospermum tinctorium; C.
planchoni
Boscia salicifolia
Ricinus communis
Ricinus communis
Ricinus communis
Ricinus communis
Celtis integrifolia; C. spp.
Celtis integrifolia; C. spp.
67
okra
roselle calyx
horseradish tree
horseradish tree
come you jumping
nettle tree
castor bean
castor bean
castor bean
castor bean
nettle tree
nettle tree

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Hausa plant names Hausa-Latin

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Alveopa Palatal Velar

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Plurals and other forms

Variability in Hausa forms

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5. Uses and cultural importance of plants

7. Sources of Hausa plant names

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HAUSA-SCIENTIFIC-ENGLISH PLANT NAMES

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one will bring you

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< Shuwa Arabic?

Hausa plant names Hausa-Latin

Joe Macintyre (p.c.) relates this to Arabic al-godon.

Boscia of the rock

garden egg cv.

< Argungu town

< Azawak region

Hausa plant names Hausa-Latin

one of the marshes

Hausa plant names Hausa-Latin

big one of last

Hausa plant names Hausa-Latin

Acacia hebecladoides; A. hockii

Hausa plant names Hausa-Latin

leave [it] to the

Hausa plant names Hausa-Latin

Exact reference unclear. zg also applies to a white cloth.

< Kanuri btt ?

Hausa plant names Hausa-Latin

Nicotiana rustica; N. tabacum

Creeper sp. [?] Commelina

put out the fire

open the spittle

Hausa plant names Hausa-Latin

fig of the red ant

Hausa plant names Hausa-Latin

Landolphia owariensis; Saba

eat the millet

Hausa plant names Hausa-Latin

treat the dog

Hausa plant names Hausa-Latin

Trianthema portulacastrum &.

Hausa plant names Hausa-Latin

Hausa plant names Hausa-Latin

Ocimum basilicum O.canum; O.

Hyptis spicigera; Leucas

Ocimum basilicum; O. canum

elk's horn fern

the one of the

Hausa plant names Hausa-Latin

son of you didnt