sarḳaḳiya, Dichrostachys platycarpa, Welw. (Leguminosæ); a very thorny scrambling shrub in the bush forming dense thickets; a sort of “wait a bit thorn.” Sometimes loosely called [dufuwa], [baḳin gumbi] and [ḳumchi], q.v.
sarri? (Bauchi), a plant used as a neutralizing bath in tanning leather. (? = katsari).
sasabani (Hadeija, &c.), Parkinsonia aculeata, L. (Leguminosæ). “Jerusalem Thorn.” (Arab. sasaban, Sesbania ægyptica, Poir.). An exotic tree with yellow flowers and narrow pinnate leaves, planted in towns. In Sokoto called by the Ful. name sharan labbi. cf. [alambo].
sawaye, vide under [abduga].
sawu dubu, Ipomœa dissecta, Willd. (Convolvulaceæ). A small ground trailer with white flowers and deeply divided leaves. (Etym. “1000 foot-prints,” from the numerous dissect leaves).
sawun gauraka, vide [ḳafar fakara].
sawun gwanki, a flat-leaved stemless herb, used as a medicine for hunters.
shafa (Kano), or safa (Sok.). A variety of onion; vide [albasa].
shair (Arab.), Hordeum sativum, Pers. Barley; rarely grown in N. Nigeria.
sha ka sani, vide [sa hankaki dako].