A Hausa botanical vocabulary

by J. M. Dalziel

a chi da kara, matures at the same season as sugar-cane (takanḍa);

a chi da nono (like farafara), a soft grain only used for kunu and not for tuwo;

akwuya, a yellow grain used for horses;

bakin kada, a variety with a long head;

bakin raḳumi (from the slender quivering habit), the same as ḳerama;

bugundare or Ba-Gwandare, a variety with a compact head; (cf. a variety of cotton; vide [abduga]);

farafara, a white variety;

giwa kamba, a white variety larger than farafara, late maturing;

hannun giwa, white with a large head of grain;

janjari (Sok. = jigari, Ful.) or janari, a red inferior grain which makes red kunu and tuwo;