Part 18

=gwanda= or =g. Masar=, Carica Papaia, Linn. (Papayaceæ). The “Pawpaw” or “Melon Tree.”

=gwandar daji=, Anona senegalensis, Pers. (Anonaceæ); a species of Custard Apple common in the bush, with yellow edible fruit and fragrant leaves.

=gwandayi= (Kano &c.), Stylochiton Dalzielii, N.E. Br. sp. nov. (Aroideæ); a plant of the Arum-lily family, with arrow-head leaves and a yellow root; young leaves and root sometimes eaten as a pot-herb after prolonged boiling to remove the acrid principle. Syn. =kinchiya= (Sok. and Kats.).

=Gwanja kusa=, a name for several plants supposed to have properties resembling kola and other economic products of Gwanja in G. Coast, N. Terr. e.g. often applied to the “Akee Apple”—Blighia sapida, Koenig. (vide =alale=), which has scarlet fruit reminiscent of kola; also Parinarium curatellæfolium (vide =rura=), a tree the young leaf of which is sometimes chewed and reddens the mouth; the flowers of Trichilia emetica (vide =jan saye=), similarly used; the herb Heliotropium Zeylanicum, Lam. (Boragineæ), used as a tonic, and staining the lips like kola. Also several plants which turn black in drying (chiefly Scrophularineæ), and are sometimes mixed with indigo, e.g. Cycnium camporum, Eng. with white petunia-like flowers.

=gwanno= (Sok. and Zanf.), vide =gabachara=.

=gwano rafi=, Olax subscorpioidea, Oliv. (Olacineæ); an evergreen shrub with an unpleasant odour; (=gwano= = the stink ant).

=gwaska=, =itchen gwaska=, Erythrophlœum guineense, Don. (Leguminosæ). “Sasswood.” “Ordeal Tree.” A forest tree; the bark (“sassy bark”) is used by some pagan tribes in an ordeal brew and as an occasional ingredient in arrow-poison.

=gwaza=, Colocasia antiquorum, Schott. (Aroideæ). The “Koko yam” (Yoruba—koko); an aroid plant with huge arrow-head leaves, cultivated for the starchy tuber. gwazar giwa, one of many names for an aroid with large lurid purple flower-spathe, a much-divided leaf and a bulky tuber with acrid juice; called also hansar giwa (“elephant’s breast”), kunnen jaki, buran jaki, and sometimes kinchiya, q.v.) = Amorphophallus dracontioides, N.E. Br.

=gwazkiya= (Zanf.), vide =bogo zage=.

=gwoḍeyi=, vide =gwaḍayi=.

=gwolon zaki=, vide =tsuwawun zaki=.

=gwundi=, a var. of cotton; vide under =abduga=.

=gyaḍa=, the ground-nut, vide =geḍa=.

=gyamro=, vide under =dawa=.

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

=gyazama=, Rottbœllia exaltata, Linn. fil. (Gramineæ); a tall harsh-leaved grass, eaten by horses; called also =dadawa= and =dawa dawa=.

=H=

=haḍa fuḍa= (Sok.), a name for Cassia Kotschyana, Oliv. (Leguminosæ), and probably other species of Cassia; vide under =gamma faḍa=. (?a corruption of a Fulani name).

=haguguwa=, a species of Ficus; vide =uwar yara=.

=haki=, pl. =hakukuwa=, any kind of grass or weed.

=hakin furtau= (Sok.), Sporobolus festivus, Hochst. (Gramineæ); a small slender grass with delicate panicle of small purplish flowers; sometimes mixed with others for thatching. (Etym. furtau = a quail).

=haḳorin kada=, Argemone Mexicana, Linn. Yellow prickly poppy; vide under =kwarko=.

=haḳorin kare=, Panicum fluitans, Retz. (Gramineæ); a grass with hollow stem, in wet places; used as fodder. (Etym. “dog’s tooth,” from the shape of the flower spikelets.)

=haḳorin machiji=, Achryanthes aspera, L. (Amaranthaceæ); a troublesome weed of waste places, with small sharply pointed reflexed flowers; commonly also called =ḳaimin ḳadangare=, q.v.

=halshen saniya=, 1. In Sok. Kats. Bauchi, &c. = Portulaca oleracea, Linn. “Purslane,” a common weed of waste places, with yellow flowers and succulent spathulate leaves, commonly called =fasa ḳabba=, q.v. and cf. also =dabrin saniya=, vide under =gadon machiji=. 2. In Zanfara, &c. =halshen sa= = a name for Lonchocarpus laxiflorus, G. et P. a leguminous tree with purple flowers; leaves given to goats as fodder. vide =shunin biri= and =farin sansami=.

=halshen damo=, a var. of =gero=, q.v.

=hana gobara= (Zanfara), vide under =dali=.

=hana taḳama=, vide under =gadon machiji=.