hannun kuturu, vide under [gwabsa].
hannun marini, a var. of bean, vide under [wake].
hannu ruwa, a var. of kola nut; vide under [goro].
hano (Sok. and Kats., &c.), Boswellia Dalzielii, Hutch. sp. nov. and Boswellia odorata, Hutch. sp. nov. (Burseraceæ). Two closely similar species of “Frankincense Tree” (the former more in Sokoto, Kontagora, Zaria, &c., the latter in Yola province, &c.). Syn. ararabi (Katsina, &c.), basamu (Sok. and Zanf.). The fragrant gum-resin is used medicinally and as a fumigation for clothing, houses, &c. (Etym. from hana, to prevent, from a prejudice some have against it, believing that it prevents success in trade, &c.; a form of deceit is to adulterate or substitute it for other resins such as ḳaron maje, &c. cf. the name [ba samu] indicating the same idea).
hansar gada, hansar giwa, names given to several Aroid plants; vide [tsakara], [gwazar giwa], &c.; (hansa = the breast).
hanza, vide [anza].
harawa, stem and leaf of bean and ground-nut plants, used as fodder, harawan wake, harawan geḍa. harawan ḍorowa, vide under [ḍorowa].
harḳiya, Digitaria debilis, Willd. (Gramineæ); a common fodder grass, 1½ to 2 feet high, with several slender flower rays. “Finger Grass.”
harwatsi (Sok.), Mitracarpum scabrum, Zucc. (Rubiaceæ); a common weed. Syn. [goga masu], q.v.
hatsin manoma (Sok.), Pancratium trianthum, Herb. (Amaryllideæ); a bulbous herb with beautiful white lily-like flowers appearing with the early rains; (sometimes called “Spider Lily”).