dali (Kano, Katsina, &c.), also dala, Commiphora Kerstingii, Engl. (Burseraceæ). A soft-wooded tree with smooth green bark, planted around native compounds. Syn. bazana (Kano and Zaria), gurzun dali (Katagum, &c.), hana gobara (Zanfara, from the wood and foliage being difficult to ignite). ka ḳi ganin bula (Zanfara); also bar na gada (because long-lived and inherited).
dalo, Combretum glutinosum, Perr. (Combretaceæ); a tree resembling [chiriri] and [taramniya], q.v.
damaigi, Chrozophora senegalensis, A. Juss. (Euphorbiaceæ); a common weed with small red flowers; used medicinally. Syn. [ḅauren kiyashi], q.v. One of the ingredients in the native prescription [rigya kafi], q.v.
damana biyu, vide [ḍan arbain], a variety of bean.
damba = ?Andropogon tectorum, Sch. et Th. (Gramineæ); a tall grass of marshes, &c., used as fodder when young, and for zana when mature.
damro or dauro, a variety of millet (Pennisetum spicatum, B. and S.), similar to [maiwa], q.v. cf. [gero].
ḍan arbain, a variety of bean planted near water and supposed to ripen in 40 days. Syn. damana biyu (Sok. and Kano), and kaka biyu (Gobir).
ḍan damana, a variety of date; vide under [dabino].
dandami, vide under [lallen shamuwa].
dandana, Schwenkia americana, Linn. (Solanaceæ); a herb with narrow tubular flowers; used medicinally. Syn. parpatse or farfatse (Kano).