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and the rind of the nut are used in certain food preparations, and the 

 fronds have the usual applications for plaited utensils, etc. 



Phoenix dactylifera, Linn. Dabino ; " Date Palm." 



Introduced by Arabs and confined (with a few exceptions, e.g. at 

 Yola Mosque) to the Northern towns. 



In Kano it may be possible to see the three palms, Deleb, Dum 

 and Date, together, but the last is in no sense a tree of Hausaland. 



J. M. Dalziel. 



