babar giwa (Hadeija, &c.), vide [bushi].
babar more (Sok.), Ambrosia maritima, Linn. (Compositæ); an aromatic plant, 1 to 2 feet high, with divided leaves, resembling Wormwood. Syn. bababa (from its common occurrence in indigo fields); also called babar talak and tutubidi (Sok.).
baba rodo, Rogeria adenophylla, J. Gay (Pedaliaceæ); an erect plant with broad leaves, purple tubular flowers and viscid sap. Also called loda (Sok.), but cf. [dafara].
babar talaki, Lonchocarpus cyanescens, Benth. (Leguminosæ). “Yoruba Wild Indigo.” vide [talaki] and cf. [farin sansami].
babar tamau, Indigofera arrecta, Hochst. and other spp. wild or escaped from cultivation.
babba juji, b. jibji; 1. In Sokoto and Katsina = Datura Metel, Linn. (Solanaceæ), the “Hairy Thorn Apple.” Syn. [zaḳami], q.v. 2. Elsewhere usually = Boerhaavia adscendens, Willd. (Nyctagineæ), a common prostrate weed of rubbish heaps &c. with small pink flowers; also called [sarikin juji] q.v.
bădo, Nymphæa Lotus, Willd. (Nymphæaceæ). White Water-lily; the starchy rhizome and seeds are edible. (Other species are N. guineensis, Sch. and Thonn. with white flowers; N. Heudelotii, Planch. and N. cœrulea, Sav. with purplish flowers), vide [kwankwarita].
Ba-Fillatani, Heliotropium undulatum, Vahl. (Boragineæ); a small weed with white flowers. (Similar names are however loosely applied to other plants with pale foliage; e.g. the grass [karani], q.v. and cf. [alhaji].)
bafuri, vide under [balbela].
bagaruwa (Kano, Sok., &c.), or gabaruwa (Zaria), Acacia arabica, Willd. (Leguminosæ). “Egyptian Mimosa.” Indian “Babool.” An acacia with yellow flower-balls and jointed pods—“Sant pods” or “Gambia pods”—used all over the Sudan for tanning; also used in making a black dye for leather, called [kuloko], q.v. The original source of true gum arabic. (Etym. the first name is a metathetic form of the synonym gaba ruwa.)