Part 21

=kaba=, the fronds of the =goriba=, q.v. or “Dum Palm,” Hyphæne Thebaica, Mart. (less applied to other palms, e.g. kabar giginya); used for plaiting mats, baskets, cordage, &c. cf. gangame, kankami, and ḳarri.

=kabar giwa= (Kano and East), Aloe Barteri, Baker? (Liliaceæ); an aloe with speckled succulent sharp-pointed leaves and yellow or red flowers. Syn. =zabo= (Sok.), q.v.

=ḳabdodo= or =ḳaudodo= (Sok. and Kats.), or =ḳwododo=, Capparis tomentosa, Lam. (Capparideæ); a thorny shrub of climbing habit with a small orange-like fruit. vide =haujeri= (Katagum, &c.), and ?=chauchaka= (Zanfara), also ?=chizaki=.

=kabewa= (Kano, &c. = =kubewa=, Sok. but not =kuḅewa=, the okra, q.v.) Cucurbita Pepo, DC. (Cucurbitaceæ). Pumpkin or Pompion; (probably also C. maxima, Duch. Squash Gourd) a large cultivated gourd with harsh foliage and yellow flowers. Syn. =goji= (Zaria). kabushi (Sok.), or ruguguwa (Kano) = a long var. (var. ovifera) the Vegetable Marrow. gundar kabewa = the small immature fruits, used in soup; cf. under =ḍorowa=.

=kabido=, a long waterproof hood, made usually from palm-leaf of =tukuruwa=, q.v.

=kachalla= (Kanuri), vide =shalla= or =salla=.

=kaḍa= (Sok.), Cotton or the Cotton Plant; vide =abduga=.

=kaḍa kaḍa= (Kontagora), Cienfuegosia heteroclada, Sprague, (Bixineæ). A low shrub with pink flowers appearing from the base, and pods with a rusty wool resembling cotton.

=kaḍanya= or =kaḍai=, Butyrospermum Parkii, Kotschy. (Sapotaceæ). Shea Butter Tree. ḳwara = the kernel, used for production of the fat by boiling and skimming; man kaḍai = shea butter used as food, as an illuminant, and as a vehicle for medicines. The soft fleshy part of the fruit is edible. (hanchin kaḍai, vide =ḳanumfari=). namijin kaḍai, or mijin kaḍai = Lophira alata, Banks. (Dipterocarpeæ). “Meni Oil Tree.” A tree with white flowers and foliage which resembles that of =kaḍanya=. Bark medicinal, and leaf a common ju-ju or charm amongst some pagan tribes. The tree is sometimes (erroneously) called “African Oak.” Syn. kujeme?

=kaḍanyar rafi= or =kaḍanyar kurumi=, Adina microcephala, Hiern. (Rubiaceæ); a large tree with spherical heads of flowers, found on the banks of streams. (In the Benué region the name kaḍanyar kurumi or kiriyar kurumi has been applied to a different hard-wooded forest-tree.)

=kadaura= (Kano, Zaria, &c.), Pardaniellia oliveri, Rolfe (= Daniellia thurifera, Bennett), (Leguminosæ). West African or Ilorin Copaiba Balsam Tree. Wood oil Tree. A large tree, the source of much of the West African copal. Syn. =maje= (Sok., &c.), q.v.

=kaḍai=, vide =kaḍanya=.

=ka fafogo=, Uapaca guineensis, Muell. Arg. (Euphorbiaceæ); a tree resembling a fig-tree, with broad shining leaves and yellowish ovoid fruit; sometimes an ingredient in arrow poison.

=ḳafar fakara=, or =ḳafar gauraka= (Sok. and Kats.), Chloris breviseta, Benth. (Gramineæ) (and C. virgata, Sw.). A grass about 2 feet high with radiating flower-spikes; seeds edible. Syn. =sawun gauraka= (Katagum &c.).

=ḳafar kaza= (Sok. and Zanf.), Ipomœa pterygocaulos, Hall fil. (Convolvulaceæ); a twiner with white flowers, winged stems and a divided leaf.

=ḳafar mutuwa=, Mallotus oppositifolius, Muell. Arg. (Euphorbiaceæ); a shrub growing on river-banks, with heart-shaped leaves used as a vermifuge.

=ka fi boka=, Ipomœa argentaurata, Hall fil. (Convolvulaceæ); a trailing convolvulus with whitish flowers and silvery hairy leaves. (Etym. from its use as a medicinal charm). Syn. =farin gammo=.

=ka fi malam=, Evolvulus alsinoides, Linn. (Convolvulaceæ). A small herb with pale blue flowers. (Etym. from its many uses as a medicine, love charm, &c.)

=ka fi rama= (Kano, &c.), Urena lobata, Linn. (Malvaceæ). An undershrub with pink flowers and bark yielding a fibre. Syn. =ramaniya= (Sok., Kats., &c.), q.v. vide also under =garamani=.

=ḳafon baḍi= or =ḳ. batsi= (Kano), a plant eaten in famine at the end of the dry season. Probably some of the tuberous Asclepiads or “Milkweeds” and others related, e.g. Cryptolepis nigritana, N.E. Br. (Apocynaceæ), an erect slender-branched undershrub with milky juice and a thickened root, is so named.

=ḳaguwa= (Kano and East), or =aguwa= (Sok., Kats., &c.), Euphorbia sepium, N.E. Br.; a variety of “Milk Hedge,” a shrub with milky juice, planted as a hedge; very common in the north; (different from =fidda sartsi=, q.v.). Syn. =aliyara= (Gobir); =waiyaro= (Katagum). Used medicinally chiefly for horses.

=ḳaidaji= (Kano), =ḳardaji= (Sok.), Mimosa asperata, Linn. (Leguminosæ). A thorny mimosa abundant on river-banks with pinkish balls of flowers and slightly sensitive leaves. (Etym. a corruption of ḳaya da jini). In Sokoto sometimes spoken of as =gumbi=, q.v.

=ḳaidajin ruwa=, Æschynome crassicaulis, Harms. (Leguminosæ); a trailing water-plant with pinnate leaves and yellow flowers, on the surface of pools or muddy swamps. ?Syn. =innuwar tufi= (Sok.), q.v. and =yaron kogi= (Katagum).

=ḳaiḳai=, Parinarium polyandrum, Benth. (Rosaceæ); a tree with bunches of purple grape-like fruit; (scarcely distinct in Hausa from =rura=, q.v.).

=ḳaiḳai ḳoma ḳan mashikiya=, Indigofera astragalina, DC. (Leguminosæ); an erect hairy weed, used as a medicinal charm against poison and other injury. (Etym. “Oh chaff, return upon the winnower”!—intended injury returning to the evildoer’s hurt).

=kaikwaiyo=, vide under =aduwa=.

=ḳaimin ḳadangare=, Achryanthes aspera, Linn. (Amaranthaceæ). A weed with reflexed sharply spiked flowers. Syn. =haḳorin machiji=, q.v.

=kain ḅarawo= or =kain mutum=, Leonotis pallida, Benth. (Labiatæ). A tall herb with large globular whorls of flowers. Syn. =tsikar sabra= or =tsikar gida= (Sok.).