Part 22

=kain fakara=, Cucumis Prophetarum, Linn. (Cucurbitaceæ). A ground trailer with striped gooseberry-like fruit, covered with soft prickles. Used medicinally. Syn. =kanchekulkul= (Kano, Kats. and East), and =ya manya= (Sok.).

=kain mutum=, vide =kain ḅarawo=.

=kai nuwa=, Pistia Stratiotes, Linn. (Aroideæ). “Water Lettuce.” A floating plant filling stagnant pools.

=kaiwa= (Sok.), or =kanya= (Kano), Diospyros mespiliformis, Hochst. (Ebenaceæ). African Ebony Tree or Monkey Guava. A tree with very dark foliage and bark; the yellowish fruit with a brittle rind is edible and used for making maḍi.

=kajiji= (Kanuri), Cyperus articulatus, Linn. A sedge with fragrant tuberous root, wild and cultivated in Bornu, &c., much used as a perfume for clothing, &c., and as a medicine.

kajiji ḍan Tunuga, Cyperus sp. A sedge with a fragrant tuber similarly used. (Tunuga = a town in French Borgu). Other varieties of false kajiji are species of Cyperus with fragrant roots. vide =gizgiri=.

=kajinjiri=, a small species of palm; vide =dabinon biri=.

=kaka biyu=, a var. of bean; vide under =wake=.

=kaka= or (=yaya=) =kai ka fitto=, Sida linifolia, Cav. (Malvaceæ). A weed with hard stem. (Etym. from growing in hard soil; probably used for several different plants).

=ka ḳi ganinbila=, vide under =hana gobara= and =dali=.

=ka ḳi ruwan Allah=, vide =kwarko=.

=ka ḳi zuwa Hausa=, Costus afer, Ker. (Scitamineæ); a plant of the ginger family found in shaded ravines. (Etym. because supposed not to grow in Hausaland).

=kakuma=, a grass of marshes and river-banks; used to form tie-tie for zana, &c.

=kalangon daji=, a tree with large 4-angled pods. ?Tetrapleura sp. cf. =dawo= and =sandan mayu=.

=kalgo=, vide =kargo=.

=kaluwa= = seeds of =ḍorowa=, q.v.

=kama=, a tuber, somewhat like =risga=, planted in marshy ground; (different from =gwaza= and =tumuku=).

=kamu mowa=, Grewia sp. (Tiliaceæ); a shrub with small yellow flowers and sweet berries. Syn. =gurdugu= and ?=kimbar dutsi=.

=kana kana= (Sok. and Zanf.), Paullinia pinnata, Linn. (Sapindaceæ). A woody twiner with white flowers and scarlet capsular fruit; stems used as tanka for houses and fences, &c.; (perhaps included also under =gwoḍeyi=, q.v.).

=ka nannaḍe= (Kano), =ka nannaḍo= (Sok. Kats. and Gobir), a var. of bean with curled pods, used as food; the beans are small but broad, with pale brown speckling.

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

=kanchekulkul= (Kano, Kats., &c.), Cucumis Prophetarum, Linn. (Cucurbitaceæ); vide =kain fakara=.

=kandari=, Terminalia macroptera, G. et P. (Combretaceæ); a large tree with flat-winged and embossed fruits; (very similar to =baushe=, q.v. but a different species).

=kanju=, coast Hausa for Cashew, Anacardium occidentale.

=kankami= = the withered fronds of any palm, burnt by pagans in several districts (e.g. Fogha), to extract a sort of inferior salt.

=kankana=, water-melon; vide under =guna=.

=kansuwa=, a grass; vide =kyasuwa=.

=ḳanumfari= = cloves, the flower-buds of Eugenia caryophyllata, Thunb. (Myrtaceæ); brought from the north. Called also hanchin kaḍai, from the resemblance to the peduncle of the shea fruit. (Etym. Arab. karanfal).