bagaruwar ḳassa, Cassia mimosoides, L. (Leguminosæ); a common weed with yellow flowers and pinnate leaves.
bagaruwar Makka, vide [zogalagandi].
ba gashi? (Kontagora), vide under [sheḳani].
bagayi, Cadaba farinosa, Forsk. (Capparideæ); a small-leaved hoary shrub of scrambling habit. The leaves and twigs are mixed with cereals to form a sort of pudding or cake common in East Hausa and Bornu, called parsa (Kanuri), baleno, or tsawa. Syn. balambo. N.B. This plant is confused with [anza], q.v. and in some localities (Katagum, &c.) called by the latter name.
Ba-Gwandare (or bugundare); 1. a var. of cotton, vide under [abduga]. 2. A var. of [dawa], q.v. (from Gwandara, the name of a tribe).
baina, 1. A grass with edible seeds. Syn. [baya], q.v. 2. The fish-poison prepared from Tephrosia Vogelii, vide under [majimfa].
ba-jini, Afrormosia sp. (Leguminosæ); a tree with pale leaves and flat pods. (Etym. from the red resinous bark). Syn. jina jina.
ba ka tuka or ba tuka, a var. of cotton, vide under [abduga].
baḳin bunnu (Katagum), Indigofera pulchra, Vahl. (Leguminosæ); a small undershrub with stiff stems, sometimes mixed with thatching grass. (The name is probably applied to other species so used.)
bakin kada, a var. of [dawa], q.v.