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umara, vide kokara.
uwa banza?, vide gizaki.
uwar maganni, Urena sinuata, Linn. (Malvaceæ). A shrub 6 to 8 feet high with pink flowers and deeply lobed leaves, planted in compounds (Sokoto West) for its strong fibrous bark used for cordage. (Etym.?uwar magami, “mother of joinings”). This species is scarcely distinguishable from the wild U. lobata, or ramaniya, q.v. and is often so named.
uwar mangunguna (Sok. Zanf., &c.), Securidaca longipedunculata, Fres. (Polygalaceæ). vide sainyia. (Etym. “mother of medicines”).
uwar yara (Kano, Katagum, &c.); Ficus capensis, Thunb. (Urticaceæ). A species of fig-tree with dense clusters of edible figs growing on the trunk and older branches. (Etym. from the abundant fruiting clusters). Syn. haguguwa (Kano, Bauchi, &c.), garicha (Zanfara), and farin ḅaure.