Part 13

=gaji= (Sok.), a grass used for plaiting armlets, &c. (Syn. ?=karani= and =darambuwa=).

=gajiri=, Cymbopogon hirtus (Gramineæ); a tall grass used for thatching, for zana, &c. Syn. =jimfi=, or =jimpa jimpa= (Sok. Kats. and Zanf.). The name probably includes more than one species.

=gamba=, Andropogon Guyanus, Kunth. (Gramineæ); a very common tall grass with bifid flowering spikes; perhaps the most commonly used grass for zana.

=gamji= or =ganji= (Kano), Ficus platyphylla Del. (Urticaceæ). “Gutta-percha Tree;” a large tree with broad conspicuously veined leaves and small edible figs (vide lubiya). The latex forms an inferior kind of rubber (“Red Kano rubber”).

=gamma faḍa= (Kano, &c.), Cassia Kotschyana, Oliv. (Leguminosæ); a tree with laburnum-like yellow flowers and long cylindrical pods which do not split. Syn. =malga= or =marga= (Sok. Gobir, &c.). Also Cassia Sieberiana, DC. and perhaps other species (very similar to the “Pudding Pipe Tree”—Cassia fistula). The dark pulp around the seeds is a laxative drug. Scarcely distinguished in Hausa from the somewhat similar Cassia Arereh, Swartzia madagascariensis, Oliv. and others whose pods split longitudinally. vide under =bayama=, =bogo zage=, and =haḍa fuḍa=. The pods of some of these are sometimes used as a fish-poison, vide under =ago= and =baina=. (Etym. gamma faḍa—“leading to feud,” from unskilled or improper use as a drug.)

=gamma gari=, vide under =goro=.

=gamma sanwa=, vide =bakin mutum=.

=gammon bawa=, Merremia angustifolia. Syn. =yamḅururu=. (Etym. the equivalent of a Beri Beri name—“slave’s head-pad”).

=gandi=, a var. of kola nut; vide under =goro=.

=gangamau=, Curcuma longa, L. (Scitamineæ); Turmeric, a plant like ginger; the rhizome is sold in the form of slices and used as a yellow dye for leather, &c. Syn. =turri=. (Kanuri kurgum, Arabic and Hebrew kurkum). cf. =zabibi=.

=gangame= (Sok.), the expanded fronds of the palms =goriba= or =giginya=, &c. Syn. =kari= (Kano); nearly the same as =kaba=, q.v.

=gangawari=, the thickened root of a sedge or grass; one of the constant ingredients of the aphrodisiac =gagayi=, q.v.

=ganji= (Kano). Syn. =gamji=, q.v. Ficus platyphylla, Del.

=ganji gaga=, a var. of kola nut; vide under =goro=.

=ganwon rama= = coils of undressed hemp fibre, vide under =rama=.

=garafuni=, Momordica balsamina, L. (Cucurbitaceæ). “Balsam Apple;” a twiner of the cucumber family, with yellow flowers and orange-yellow tubercled fruits; used medicinally and in soup, and as a soap forming a viscid solution in water.

namijin garafuni, Ctenolepis cerasiformis, Hook. f. a twiner of the same family, with scarlet cherry-like fruit. Syn. ḍiyan hanwawa (Sok.).

=garafunin fadama= or =g. kwata=, vide =gautan kwaḍo=.

=garamani= (Sok.), Sida cordifolia, L. (Malvaceæ); a hard-stemmed weed with soft cordate leaves and yellow flowers; (a pest in Sokoto, &c.). Syn. =farin garamani= as distinct from =baḳin garamani= or =ramaniya=, q.v. In East Hausa sometimes called =mai-ḳafo= (from the paired long processes on the carpels); also =kardafi= (Katagum). The bark yields a fibre.

=garaji=, a fodder grass with edible grain. ?The same as =baya= and =saḅe=, q.v.

=garangarma=, vide under =guna=.

=garasa=, vide =katsaimu=.

=gardayi=, Acacia macrostachys, Reich. (Leguminosæ); a gum-yielding acacia common in Sokoto province.

=garicha= (Zanfara), Ficus sp. (Urticaceæ). vide =haguguwa= and =uwar yara=.

=gasaya= (Kano, &c.), Gynandropsis pentaphylla, DC. (Capparideæ); a common herb near habitations, with 5-foliate leaves and white flowers; used as a pot-herb. Syn. =yar unguwa= (Sok.). The name namijin gasaya is applied loosely to several weeds, e.g. Amaranthus polygamus, L. (Amaranthaceæ), Polanisia viscosa, DC. (Capparideæ), Croton lobatus, L. (Euphorbiaceæ), &c.

=gatarin kurege= (Sok.), Gloriosa superba, L. a climbing lily, more generally known as =baurairai=, q.v.

=gatarin zomo=, Tacca pinnatifida, Forst. more commonly known as =giginyar biri=, q.v.

=gaton kariya= or =chuchun kariya=, vide =gujiyar hankaka=.