ingirichi = chopped-up hay as fodder.
intaya, vide [acha], a small grass cultivated as a cereal.
innuwar ḅauna, Morelia senegalensis, A. Rich. (Rubiaceae); an evergreen shrub with white flowers, common on the banks of streams.
innuwar gada, Opilia celtidifolia, Endl. (Olacineæ); a climbing shrub with fragrant whitish flowers; used medicinally for horses, &c.; sometimes called namijin lemu.
innuwar tufi (Sok.), a floating plant in pools, &c. (tufi = a sp. of fish). ?Æschynome crassicaulis, Harms. vide [kaiḍajin ruwa].
itchen gado, Fluggea microcarpa, Blume (Euphorbiaceæ); a shrub the stems of which are used for native beds, &c.; more generally called [tsa], q.v.
itchen kurḍi, 1. In Sokoto = Melia Azedarach, Linn. (Meliaceæ). “Pride of India,” “Persian” or “African Lilac.” A tree with twice-pinnate leaves, bunches of lilac flowers and ovoid yellow fruit. (Etym. “taḅa ni ka samu kurḍi,” from a supposed virtue as a charm). Syn. [kurnan nasara] (Kontagora, East Hausa, &c.), q.v. 2. Burkea africana, Hook. (Leguminosæ); a large tree with pale twice-pinnate leaves, spikes of creamy flowers and small flat pods. vide [kurḍi].
itchen Masar, Croton Zambesicus, Müell. Arg. (Euphorbiaceæ); a shrub sometimes planted in native compounds; (name given to several exotic plants).
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jallo, a small var. of bottle-gourd; vide under [duma].