Part 14

=gauḍe=, Gardenia erubescens, Stapf and Hutch. (Rubiaceæ); a shrub, common in the bush, with fragrant white tubular flowers, tough wood and yellowish ovoid edible fruit. The fruit is used by women in the preparation of a form of the black cosmetic katambiri, q.v.

=gauḍen dutsi= (Sok.), Gardenia Sokotensis, Hutch. a low shrub with white flowers, found on rocky hills.

=gauḍen kura=, Gardenia ternifolia, Thunberg (= G. Thunbergii, Linn. f.), a shrub similar to =gauḍe=, with coarse not edible fruit.

=gaugayi=, vide =ḳuduji=.

=gauta=, Solanum sp. Native bitter tomato; probably a var. of Solanum Melongena. ḍata or ḍwata (gautan ḍwachi) is a small very bitter variety, scarlet when ripe, and usually lobed; used in soup; kulufita, smaller than =gauta=; yalo, a large var. scarlet when ripe, often eaten raw = Solanum Melongena, var. inerme, Hiern. (N.B. The “Brinjal” or “Aubergine” or “Egg Plant” is S. Melongena, Linn.).

=gautan bagirmi=, vide =gorgo=.

=gautan kaji=, Solanum nodiflorum, Jacq. (= S. nigrum, var. guineense, Linn.) “Black Nightshade;” an erect branching weed of waste places with white flowers and small black berries. cf. =gautan tsuntsu=.

=gautan kura=, Solanum incanum, L. a prickly undershrub with hoary leaves, a yellow tomato-like fruit, and white or lilac-purple flowers; a deliriant poison. The name includes other poisonous species of Solanum in different districts. Sometimes called idon saniya = “ox-eye,” from the Ful. name giti nai.

=gautan kwaḍo=, Cardiospermum Halicacabum, L. (Sapindaceæ). “Balloon Vine,” “Winter Cherry,” or “Heart Pea;” a straggling plant of damp and waste places, with tendrils and graceful foliage, small white flowers and bladdery 3-angled capsule. Syn. =garafunin fadama= or =garafunin kwata= (kwata = water-side); vide also =godar zomo=.

=gautan tsuntsu=, Solanum scalare, C. H. Wright; a plant of the native tomato tribe, with small red edible berries, cultivated near houses. (The name is often confused with =gautan kaji=, q.v.).

=gautan zomo=, Mukia scabrella, Arn. (Cucurbitaceæ); a rough-leaved twining plant (like Bryony), with small red berries. Syn. =malami=, q.v.

=gawasa=, Parinarium macrophyllum, Sabine (Rosaceæ). “Ginger-bread Plum;” a broad-leaved tree found in the northern provinces, bearing a dry plum-like fruit.

=gawo=, Acacia albida, Del. (Leguminosæ); a large acacia-tree very common in the north; bearing creamy-white flower-spikes and orange-yellow twisted pods; it is leafless during the rains and blooms from October onward; foliage a good camel food. A sort of pack-saddle called tasshi (East Hausa), is made from the bark.

=gayan gayan=, a sort of twining bean. (?Vigna membranacea, A. Rich.), vide =waken barewa=.

=gazara=, a tall grass, used for arrow-shafts.

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

=gazari= or =gizeri= (Hadeija), Mærua sp. (Capparideæ); a tree with smooth bark, whitish flowers and small beaded pods.

=geḍa= (Kano, &c.), =gyaḍa= (Sok.), Arachis hypogæa, L. (Leguminosæ). “Ground Nut.” “Monkey Nut.” “Archides.” “Earth-pea.” In Sokoto usually called =gujiya=, q.v. Eaten raw or roasted or prepared in various ways. man geḍa = the expressed oil, used for cooking and as an illuminant; harawar geḍa, ground-nut hay, a valuable dry-season fodder; kwalli kwalli, balls or rings like doughnuts, made of ground-nut paste fried in oil. gujiya kolanche (Sok.), a var. of =geḍa= with long pods.

=geḍar awaki=, common leguminous weeds of fields, with yellow flowers and inflated pods, used as fodder. Syn. =hudar awaki=, =biranar awaki=, &c. (Crotalaria cylindrocarpa, DC. C. atrorubens, Hochst. C. macrocalyx, Benth. C. maxillaris, Hochst. and other species).

=geḍar kurumi=, Pterocarpus esculentus, Sch. et Thon. (Leguminosæ); a tree of river banks and forests in the south, with yellow flowers and short irregularly shaped 2-seeded pods; the seeds—called also gunduru—are roasted and eaten in scarcity.

=geḍar ruwa=, Trapa bispinosa, Roxb. (Onagrarieæ). “Water Chestnut.” “Water Caltrop.” An aquatic plant with floating leaves and edible horned fruit, cultivated in ponds. (Scarcely known in Hausa; the name is the equivalent of the Ful. biriji diam). Syn. =kwankwarita= (East Hausa).

=gemen kusu= or =g. ḅera=, Fimbristylis exilis, R. and S. (and other spp. Cyperaceæ); a small tufted sedge with very slender leaves and slightly fragrant root. Syn. =riḍin tuji=.

=gero=, Pennisetum typhoideum, Rich. (= P. spicatum, R. and S.). “Bulrush Millet.” “Pearl Millet.” cf. =maiwa= (P. spicatum, var.), and =damro=; (vide also under =karmami= and =yabainya=).

Some of the varieties of =gero= are:—

idon hawanya, with a large grain concealed in the husk;

haḳorin machiji (North of Kano), a long spike with abundant hard very small grains;

zango, with a very long fruiting spike;

zamfaruwa; bazaume or bazarme (a corruption of Ba-Zabarme);