Part 16

=gizari=, vide =gazari=.

=gizgiri=, Cyperus auricomus, Spreng. (Cyperaceæ); a tall sedge with tuberous slightly fragrant root which is used like =kajiji=, q.v. Syn. =kajijin fadama=; (possibly the same as =ḍan Tunuga=, q.v.).

=gizgirin kaba=, vide under =goriba=.

=godar zomo=, Tinnea Barteri, Gürke (Labiatæ); an undershrub with a deep-purple flower and inflated calyx. (Etym. “hare-bell”). (Also applied to Cardiospermum Halicacabum, vide =gautan kwaḍo=, on account of the inflated capsule).

=goga jiki=, Combretum sp. ?C. leonense, Engl. and Diels.; a tree with rough fissured bark. (Etym. from the chafing of the skin when faggots are carried in the arms). A gum-yielder. ?Syn. =wuyan damo=, q.v. =gogin damo= (Zanfara).

=goga masu=, Mitracarpum scabrum, Zucc. (Rubiaceæ); a weed with small white flowers, used as a medicine for hair-lice, itch, &c. (Etym. “smear spears,” from its superstitious use as a preventive against wounds). Syn. =harwatsi= (Sok.).

=goge= (?Hausa), Feretia canthioides, Hiern. (Rubiaceæ). Syn. =ḳuruḳuru=, q.v. and =lallen suri=.

=gogin damo=, vide =goga jiki=.

=goji=, pumpkin, vide under =kabewa=.

=gojin jima= or =gunar jima=, Adenopus breviflorus, Benth. (Cucurbitaceæ); a wild pumpkin-like twiner growing on trees, with ovoid mottled fruit used by tanners for dehairing.

=gombiliki= (Sok.), vide =falfoli=.

=gongola= or =gwongola=, a canoe-pole of the =tukuruwa= palm, q.v. (gwangwala = the Nupé name for the palm Raphia vinifera).

=gora=, a var. of the bottle-gourd; vide under =duma=.

=gora=, Oxytenanthera abyssinica, Monro (Gramineæ); a kind of bamboo, common in ravines.

=gorgo= (?Kanuri), Solanum sp.; the flowers of a plant like the native tomato (=gauta=), used to rub the teeth. Syn. =gautan bagirmi= and =jaudari= (East Hausa).

=goriba=, Hyphæne Thebaica, Mart. (Palmeæ). “Dum Palm.” “Ginger-bread Palm.” Common palm with forked stems. kaba, q.v. = the fronds, used for plaiting various articles; gizgirin kaba = the thickened root of giginya; kwalshi = the edible kernel of the unripe nut eaten raw; ḳodago or ḳwalu = the ripe hard nut; the rind is used as food and in making maḍi (molasses) and allewa (a sweetmeat); zaḳi birri (East Hausa or Kanuri) = the rind made into cakes (waina, &c.). Fibre is got from the root, vide under meḍi. cf. also gangame, kankămi, ḳarari and murli.

=goriya=, vide under =goro=.

=goro=, Kola Nut; the seed of Cola acuminata, Schott. and Endl. and other species (Sterculiaceæ). (The true Kola has the seed divisible into 2 sections (cotyledons), in the other species there are usually 3 or 4. “Genuine” Kola nut = C. acuminata (Gold Coast). “False” Kola nut = C. Johnsoni and C. verticillata (Gold Coast). “Bitter Kola seeds” = Garcinia Conrauana, Engl. (Guttiferæ) (N. and S. Nigeria), eaten but not a stimulant). Imported from Gold Coast, Lagos, and Adamawa; cultivated in some southern provinces. Some of the numerous trade varieties are:—

goriya, pl. goriye, the largest nuts; marsa, the second size of nuts; minu, the smallest; labuje, a large pale var. from Gwanja and grown in Bida, said to be the best; ḍan kwataho, the best in Adamawa, Benué, from Ngaumdere, Bamyo, &c.; ataras, a Gwanja nut; hannu ruwa, a cheap pale variety divisible into 3 or more sections, from Bamyo, &c. (name from the viscid juice); ḍalaka or ḍan laka, a larger nut resembling hannu ruwa; sandalu, also a pale nut of similar type; ganji gaga, pale with about 4 sections, of inferior quality; from Bafum, &c.; gazari, an inferior var. viscid like hannu ruwa, from Bafum, &c.; ibi, an inferior var. got from Yoruba, not reddening the mouth (sometimes classed as goron biri); gandi, an inferior pale var. like ibi; jan karago, an early maturing rough-skinned var.; gamma gari, mature at the height of the season; nata, red and smooth, usually small.

ḅare = half a kola nut; gutsuri = pieces of kola nut handed round a company.

saran waga = 100 nuts of mixed sizes; farsa = the separated sections.

mijin goro, Sterculia or Cola, or Garcinia sp. (vide above), “Wild Kola,” “False Kola,” used medicinally. vide also sarawan goro.

=goron biri= or =g. ruwa=, Irvingia Smithii, Hook. f. (Simarubeæ); a large evergreen tree by streams and in ravines, with scarlet plum-like fruit.

=goron yan makaranta=, an insect gall on the grass called =katsaimu=, q.v.

=guda= (Kano) or =gudaji= (Sok.), a bulb; the common onion, one of the varieties of =albasa=, q.v.

=guḍe guḍe=, Dactyloctenium ægyptiacum, Willd. (Gramineæ). “Comb Fringe Grass;” a small grass with 4-rayed spikes; a good horse fodder.

=gudumar biri=, vide =katsaimu=.

=gudumar zomo= (East Hausa), a name for Gloriosa superba, L. vide =baurairai=.