limniyar kwaḍi or lanyar kwaḍi, Kœmpferia æthiopica, Benth. (Scitamineæ); a plant with a conspicuous delicate purple flower growing in shady places (commonly mistaken for an orchid). Etym. = “frog-spawn,” from the slimy juice.
loda or lodar marina, Vitis pallida, Baker (Ampelideæ). Syn. [dafara], q.v. A vine. The viscid extract of the root-bark gives a smooth surface to native cement used for dye-pits, &c. N.B. In Sokoto the name loda is also used for the plant with viscid juice, Rogeria adenophylla, J. Gay (Pedaliaceæ), vide [baba rodo].
lojiya, vide [rojiya].
loko, Chlorophora excelsa, Benth. and Hook. fil. (Urticaceæ). Iroko (S. Nigeria), or Odum (Gold Coast); a large timber tree; used for canoes, building, &c.
lubiya, vide [rubiya].
luddai, a var. of the bottle-gourd; vide under [duma].
lubatu, a kind of food made from the ground-bean [kwaruru], q.v.
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mabakachi, a large calabash; vide under [duma].
machara, a name for more than one species of grass with hollow stems; chiefly = the tall reed-grass Arundo Donax, Linn. from which flageolets are made. Syn. [gabara], q.v. Also the smaller Panicum proliferum, Lam. var. longijubatum, Stapf; used by boys to make small whistles.