haujeri (Katagum, &c.), haujerin mutane, Capparis corymbosa, Lam. (Capparideæ). A climbing thorny shrub, with white flowers and yellow fruit like a small orange, sometimes eaten. The leaves are sometimes used as food. haujerin raḳumi, Capparis tomentosa, Lam. A thorny woody climber similar to the last, more common and with larger fruit, not eaten. Generally called ḳabdodo (Sok. Kats., &c.); ?chauchaka (Zanfara).
haukat yaro, Datura Metel, Linn. (Solanaceæ). “Hairy Thorn Apple.” vide [zaḳami], and [babba juji]. A large weed of waste places, with long trumpet-shaped white flowers. (Etym. from its deliriant property).
hawayen zaki, Anaphrenium abyssinicum, Hochst. (= Rhus insignis, Del.) (Anacardiaceæ). A tree with milky juice; the stems are commonly used as sticks to apply kwolli.
huda, vide [fuda]; hudar awaki, vide under [geḍa] and [biya rana].
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ibi, a var. of kola nut; vide under [goro].
iburu (or aburu), a common cereal much planted in Zaria and other districts.
idon saniya (Kano and East), Solanum incanum, Linn. and other species of Solanum; (the equivalent of the Ful. name giti nai or “ox-eye”). vide [gautan kura].
idon zakara, Abrus precatorius, Linn. (Leguminosæ). “Prayer Beads,” “Jequirity,” “Bird’s Eye” (S. Leone). A twiner with pinnate leaves and clustered pods containing small scarlet seeds with a black spot; used chiefly as a medicinal charm. Syn. tandara (Kano and Kats.), taga rana (Kano market), (idon zakara is also used for the scarlet seeds of [minjiriya], q.v. Erythrina senegalensis).
ingidido, Cratæva Adansonii, G. et P. (Capparideæ); a tree with 3 fol. leaves, white flowers and a yellow-shelled fruit.