ḍan ḍata (ḍan ḍwata), vide [ḍataniya], a bitter grass. Thelepogon elegans, Roth.
ḍan farkami (Sok.), Monechma hispida, Hochst. (Acanthaceæ); a common weed of pastures, with rough leaves and white flowers. Syn. ?fiso (Sok. and Kats.), fisawa (Katagum).
ḍan garraza = flowers of the tamarind tree—(hudar [tsamiya]).
ḍan kaḍafi or hankaḍafi, the name of a crab-louse, hence applied to more than one plant with seeds which adhere to the clothing like burs. (Etym. similar to “Cleavers”). Chiefly = Desmodium lasiocarpum, DC. (Leguminosæ). Syn. [maḍaḍafi], q.v. Also Triumfetta pentandra, A. Rich. (Tiliaceæ), vide [suren fadama].
dankali (Kano, &c.), Ipomœa Batatas, Lam. (Convolvulaceæ). Sweet Potato. Red and white varieties are known. Syn. dukuma and kudaku (Sok. and Zanfara), generally = the red one; lawur = the white one. kugundugu, a name used on the Benue, Yola, &c. = Yor. kukun duku.
dankon kuyangi, dried leaves of the convolvulus Ipomœa pilosa, Sweet, and other species; vide [yako] and [barmatabo]; used medicinally.
danko maiwari, Ficus sp. a tree in the south, yielding an inferior rubber.
ḍan kwataho, a variety of kola nut; vide under [goro].
ḍan kwoloje, a variety of bean; vide under [wake].
ḍan marike (Katagum, &c.), Indigofera secundiflora, Poir. (Leguminosæ). vide under [marike].