zabo (Sok.), Aloe sp.—probably A. Barteri, Baker (Liliaceæ). An aloe with stiff speckled and hard pointed leaves; two varieties occur; 1. a bush variety with orange-yellow flowers. 2. zabon dafi, a cultivated variety planted near houses, having bright red flowers and becoming very succulent; used as an ingredient of arrow-poison; also called zabo ko. Syn. kabar giwa (Kano, Zaria, &c.).
zago, a var. of [dawa], q.v.
zaḳami, Datura Metel, Linn. (Solanaceæ). “Metel” or “Hairy Thorn Apple.” A coarse branched annual with broad leaves and long white trumpet-shaped flowers, common in waste places about towns, &c. The seeds, in globular prickly capsules, are a deliriant poison. Syn. haukat yaro (from its use as an excitant to youths at sharo contests). In Sokoto and Katsina called [babba jibji], q.v. The epithet sutura (East Hausa) is applied to this plant (from the folding of the unopened corolla).
zaḳi banza, Amaranthus viridis, Linn. (Amaranthaceæ). A common weed with spikes of inconspicuous greenish flowers; a form of native spinage used as a vegetable and sometimes cultivated. (Etym. from the insipid taste). Syn. ruḳuḅu (Sok. and Kats.), and malamkochi (Katsina).
zaḳi birri, vide under [goriba].
zaḳo, a var. of bean; vide under [wake].
zamarke, Sesbania punctata, DC. (Leguminosæ). A tall slender leguminous shrub of wet places, with pinnate leaves and yellow flowers; a sooty pigment got by scorching the stems is used to decorate huts; the stems are used for arrow-shafts. Syn. checheko (East Hausa) cf. also [alambo].
zamfaruwa, a var. of [gero], q.v.
zango, a var. of [gero], q.v.
zayi? (Katagum, &c.), Boscia senegalensis, Lam. (Capparideæ); a low shrub with bunches of small whitish flowers and berry fruit; leaves and berries used as food. cf. [anza].