jan baḳo (Sok. and Zanf.), a name given to certain thatching grasses which turn red in colour when mature; e.g. Andropogon apricus, var. africanus, Hack. and Andropogon exilis, Hochst. (vide [jan rauno]). Syn. jan bauje, jan datsi; vide also [laḅanda].
jan itache, vide [jan yaro].
janjari (Sok.), a var. of [dawa], q.v.
jan karago, vide under [goro].
jan rauno (or jan ramno, Sok.), Andropogon exilis, Hochst. (Gramineæ). A grass about 1½ to 2 feet high, turning russet-red in autumn; used for thatch, and chopped up to mix with building clay; also a fodder grass. Syn. jan bauje; cf. also [jan baḳo], and vide [ramno].
jan saye (Sok., Zanf., Kontagora), Trichilia emetica, Vahl. (Meliaceæ). A tree common in central Hausaland. The seeds yield a less important oil; root used in native medicine. vide [Gwanja kusa].
jan yaro (or jan itache), Hymenocardia acida, Tul. (Euphorbiaceæ). A shrub or small tree with a reddish bark.
jaudari (East Hausa), Solanum sp. Syn. [gorgo], q.v.
jawul = Myrrh, the gum-resin of Balsamodendron myrrha, Nees. (Burseraceæ); brought by Arabs; (possibly also that of Odina Wodier, Roxb. called jewul or jiyal in India).
jema, Vetiveria zizanioides, Stapf. (Gramineæ). “Vetiver” or “Cus Cus,” a tall clump-grass of marshy places; used for zana, and for plaiting straw armlets called [darambuwa], q.v. In some districts the large swamp-grass with red-purple flowering heads—Rhytachne gigantea, Stapf.—is included.