shalla (Kano and East), or salla (Sok.). A tall reed with light stems growing in marshes in the north; stems used for screens called feḍḍa, &c. A bulrush. Typha australis, Sch. and Thonn. bambana = the flowering or fruiting head, called also geron tsuntsaye (Kano), or tumun shalla. laka = the soft edible core of the immature flowering head.
shamrayi, vide [karan kabau].
shanshera, unhusked rice; vide under [shinkafa].
shantu, a long narrow var. of the bottle-gourd; vide under [duma].
sharan labbi (Sok. Ful.), vide [sasabani].
sha shatau, a malam’s charm to secure favour, hence applied to some plants with a similar use, e.g. Jussiæa villosa, Lam. (Onagraceæ), an erect weed of wet places with yellow flowers, used as a medicine or charm by wrong-doing slaves and others. (Etym. shashasha = simpleton or irresponsible person who is treated with lenient ridicule rather than seriously).
shedari, a mat made from the unexpanded fronds of the Fan Palm, vide [giginya] and [murli].
shege, a term similar to [sabani], q.v. applied to several leguminous weeds with leaves which tear in an irregular manner.
sheḳani or sheḳar zomo, Vernonia sp. near V. pumila, (Compositæ); a low herb with thistle-like flower and broad flat leaves; the root-tubers are bitter and used medicinally for venereal and other diseases. (Syn. ba gashi? Kontagora—from the bristly pappus).
sheme, vide [kyamro].