Ba-Zanfare (Katagum, &c.), Cassia occidentalis, L. (Leguminosæ). Syn. [rai ḍore], q.v.
bazana (Zaria and Kano), Commiphora Kerstingii, Engl. (Burseraceæ). Syn. [dali], q.v. a tree with green smooth bark, planted around native compounds.
bazaume or bazarme (a corruption of Ba-Zabarme); a var. of [gero], q.v.
bidi, 1. a var. of earth-nut; vide under [gujiya]. 2. A speckled var. of bean; vide under [wake].
bijaje (Ful.), Ficus sp. nr. F. populifolia, Vahl. (Urticaceæ); a fig-tree with pale bark and drooping branches, found on rocky hills in Yola province, &c., said to be an ingredient in arrow-poison.
bi ni da zugu, or chi ni da zugu, Jatropha Curcas, L. (Euphorbiaceæ). “Purging Nut;” “Physic Nut,” &c. A soft-wooded shrub with broad leaves, commonly planted as a hedge; one of the less important oil-seeds; seeds used in native medicine (vide [kufi]). (Etym. from the purging property and the suggested necessity of being prepared with grave-cloth).
bi ni zwei zwei (bi ta zei zei); a native medicine used by youths as a love-charm, &c., hard shining seeds of a plant—Nat. Ord. Acanthaceæ. (Etym. haste or eagerness in following the object of desire.)
bishiya, pl. bishiyoyi, generic for tree.
bi ta ka tsira, Vangueria Dalzielii, Hutch. (Rubiaceae); a shrub with globular berries; used medicinally. (The name is probably applied to several plants supposed to act as antidotes to arrow-poison—[makarin dafi], q.v.).
biya rana or bi rana, Crotalaria obovata, Don. (Leguminosæ); a yellow-flowered undershrub with inflated pods. (Etym. similar to “heliotrope,” from the expanding of the leaf-surfaces towards the sun). b. awaki, or geḍar awaki, gujiyar awaki, hudar awaki, are names given to various species of Crotalaria, used as fodder; vide [geḍar awaki].