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jallo, a small var. of bottle-gourd; vide under duma.
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.
jemo, a short club-shaped var. of the bottle-gourd; vide under duma.
jibda ḳassa, Cissampelos Pareira, Linn. (Menispermaceæ). “Velvet-leaf” of “False Pareira Brava.” An ivy-like twiner with greyish velvety leaves; the bitter root is sold as a medicine for many purposes, and is considered sarikin ḍachi as zuma is sarikin zaḳi. (The name is sometimes corrupted into judar ḳas). Also called fiyaka or piyaka. vide also under gaḍaukuka.
jigari (Ful.), a var. of dawa, q.v.
jimbiri, “haricots verts,” uncooked bean pods used for food, vide under wake.
jimfa, vide majimfa.
jimfi or jimpa jimpa (Kats. Sok. and Zanf.), vide gajiri.
jimshi, vide dussa.
jina jina (Sok. and Zanf.), vide bajini.
jinin mutum, Arnebia Hispidissima, DC. (Boragineæ); a rough-leaved weed with small yellow flowers and a red root capable of use as a dye.
jirga (Sok. and Kats.), Bauhinia rufescens, Lam. (Leguminosæ). A shrub with small bifid leaves and black twisted pods; used medicinally and as a charm. Syn. tsatsagi (Sok. Zaria, Kano, &c.) or matsagi.
jiri, Stereospermum Kunthianum, Cham. (Bignoniaceæ). A tree with beautiful pink flowers, smooth bark and slender pendulous pods; more commonly called sansami, q.v.