S/No | Species | Life form | Families | Genera | Common names | Hausa names |
1 | Urena lobata L. | Forbs | Malvaceae | Urena | Caesarweed | Kafi-rama |
2 | Sida spinosa L. |
|
| Sida | Pricky funpetal | Namijin hankufa |
3 | Waltheria indica. L. |
|
| Waltheria | Speeping morning | Hankufa |
4 | Truimfetta rhomboidae (Jacq). |
|
| Truimfetta | Diamond burbark | Yankan-dafi |
5 | Corchorus olitorius L. |
|
| Corchorus | Naita jute | Lalo |
6 | Pennisetum polystachion L. | Grass | Poaceae | Pennisetum | Mission grass | Hura (kafirimi) |
7 | Dactyloctenium aegyptiaca (L). Willd |
|
| Dactyloctenium | Crowfoot grass | Guda-gude (Kirikiri) |
8 | Eragrostis ciliaris (L). R. BR |
|
| Eragrostis | Gophertail lovegrass | Aman mussa |
9 | Mimosa spp L. | Forb | Fabaceae | Mimosa |
| Kaidaji |
10 | Senna obtusifolia (L) H. S. Irwin |
|
| Senna | Coffe weed | Tafasa (Bazanfara) |
11 | Centrosema molle. Mart. ex benth |
|
| Centrosema | Butterfly pea |
|
12 | Cassia mimosoidae |
|
| Cassia |
| Marga/Malga |
13 | Cassia rotundifolia L. |
|
| Cassia | Goiden shower |
|
14 | Mitracarpus villosus (SW.) DC |
| Rubiaceae | Mitracarpus | Tropical girdle pod | Harwati |
15 | Oldenlandia corymbosa L. |
|
| Oldenlandis | Diamon flower | Rata-hanji |
16 | Euphorbia heterophylla L. |
| Euphorbiaceae | Euphorbis | Wild poinsettia | Kaimin kadangare |
17 | Linderia spp (L.) PENNEL |
| Linderniaceae | Linderia | Yellow seed false | Riimin saurii |
18 | Justicia insularis L. |
| Acanthaceae | Justicia | Water-willow | Budidiyo |
19 | Palisota hirsuta (Thunb) K. SCHUM |
| Commelinaceae | Palisota |
|
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20 | Amorphophallus abyssinicus (A. Rich) |
| Araceae | Amorphophallus | Black arum | Kunnen jaakii |