falfoli (Sok.), Æschynome sensitiva, Swartz. (Leguminosæ); a tall slender plant of marshes, with spongy pith used for floats (karu), &c. Syn. gombiliki, and bambamko (East Hausa).
fankaso or punkaso, vide under [alkama].
fara doka, Isoberlinia Dalzielii, Craib. et Stapf (Leguminosæ); a large tree; vide under [doka].
farafara, a white var. of [dawa], q.v.
fara geza, Combretum aculeatum, Vent. (Combretaceæ); a shrub with white flowers (somewhat resembling hawthorn), and 4-angled fruit.
fara ḳaya, Acacia Sieberiana, DC. (Leguminosæ); a gum-yielding acacia with long white thorns, dark foliage, and white flower-balls. Syn. bauji (East Hausa).
fara saura, Pulicaria crispa, Clarke (Compositæ); a white-leaved weed with yellow flowers, common in fields. (Etym. saura or sabra = fallow fields). Syn. [bafuri], and [balbela], q.v.
farfatse or parpatse, vide [dandana].
fari, vide under [abduga].
fari, a var. of Water Melon; vide under [guna].