ḍan Tunuga or kajiji ḍan Tunuga; the fragrant tuber of a sedge, Cyperus sp. (Tunuga = a town in French Borgu). Probably Cyperus rotundus, cf. [aya aya] and [kajiji].
ḍan Uda or Ba-Ude, a variety of bean, half white half black; (cf. a variety of sheep of the same name. Udawa a section of Fulani); vide under [wake].
danya, Spondias sp. (Anacardiaceæ); a tree with pinnate leaves and yellow plum-like fruit of pleasant flavour. The fruit is called nunu. cf. also [tsadar Masar].
ḍanyen gumi = husked but unboiled rice; vide [gumi] and [shinkafa].
danyi (Sok.), vide [dayi].
ḍan zago, a kind of bean, vide under [ḅarankachi].
darambuwa = armlets made of plaited grass, hence applied to several species of grass; vide [karani], [gaji], [jema], &c.
dargăza, Grewia mollis, Juss. (Tiliaceæ); a shrub with small yellow flowers; the bark is mucilaginous and used in soup, and occasionally to harden mud floors.
dashi, Balsamodendron africanum, A. Rich. (Burseraceæ). “African Myrrh.” “African Bdellium.” A shrub with the habit of the Blackthorn, yielding a fragrant gum-resin used medicinally and as a scent for clothing. namijin dashi, Balsamodendron pedunculatum, Kotschy. et Peyr. A shrub somewhat similar to the above but less fragrant.
dashishi, vide under [alkama].