bauji (East Hausa), Acacia Sieberiana, DC. (Leguminosæ). Syn. [fara ḳaya], q.v.
baurairai, Gloriosa superba, L. (Liliaceæ); a climbing lily with splendid crimson and yellow flowers and a tuberous root. Syn. gatarin kurege (Sok.), and gudumar zomo (Kano and East), from the shape of the versatile stamens.
ḅaure, Ficus gnaphalocarpa, A. Rich. (Urticaceæ). Rough-leaved fig-tree, with edible figs. ḅauren fadama, ḅ. rafi &c. = various spp. of Ficus, large broad-leaved trees of ravines; farin ḅaure, vide [uwar yara]. lubiya or rubiya = edible figs of ḅaure and other spp. of Ficus (vide [durumi], [cheḍiya], [gamji]).
ḅauren kiyashi; 1. Chrozophora Senegalensis, A. Juss. (Euphorbiaceæ); a common weed used medicinally. Syn. [damaigi], q.v. (kiyashi = a species of ant). 2. A species of fig-tree (Ficus sp.).
baushe, Terminalia sp. nr. T. macroptera, G. et P. (Combretaceæ); a large tree with flat winged fruits. Bows and walking-sticks are made from the roots. (More than one species is included, e.g. T. Elliotii, Engl. and Diels. T. Baumannii, Engl. and Diels. T. avicennioides, Guill. et Per.).
bawu, vide under [shinkafa].
baya (Katag. and East), baina (Kano), Panicum albidulum, Kunth. (Gramineæ); a wild grass with an edible grain used as food, common in East Hausa. Syn. saḅe, and ?[garaji], q.v.
bayama (Kontagora, &c.), Swartzia madagascariensis, Oliv. (Leguminosæ); a tree of the Cassia tribe, with white flowers and cylindrical pods; (probably including other species, cf. [bogo zage], [gamma faḍa], &c.).
bayan mariya, Andropogon ceresiæformis, Nees. (Gramineæ); a common bush grass much used for thatch. (Etym. “cob’s back,” from its russet colour when mature).
bazaḳa (Gobir). Syn. zaḳo, a var. of bean; vide under [wake].