Part 23

=kanya= (Kano), or =kaiwa= (Sok.), q.v. Diospyros mespiliformis, Hochst. (Ebenaceæ). “African Ebony Tree.”

=ḳarama anta=, Withania somnifera, Dunal. (Solanaceæ). A shrub sometimes planted near houses, with small red berries within an inflated calyx (like the Cape Gooseberry); used medicinally.

=ḳarama mowa= (Sok. and Kats.). A wild var. of =rama=, q.v. Hibiscus cannabinus, Linn. (Malvaceæ). A tall plant chiefly of damp places, having large yellow flowers with a purple centre (similar to =rama=) and a harsh almost prickly surface. (Etym. “little beloved,” said to be from the spicular pubescence which clings to the clothing). Synonyms of the same or allied varieties are:—ramar rafi, ramar ruwa, yakuwar daji, yakuwar kwaḍi, yakuwar ḳaimamowa, yakuwar ḳaya, &c.

=karan dafi= = the red leaf-sheaths of a var. of Sorghum (vide =dawa=), used chiefly as a dye for leather.

=ḳarangiya=, Cenchrus catharticus, Del. (Gramineæ). Prickly bur grass. A good fodder; seeds edible. =ḳarangiya gumba=, the uncooked seeds pounded and eaten raw, or prepared as fura.

=ḳarangiyar kusu= (Kano), or =maḍaḍafin kusu= (Sok.), Cyathula prostrata, Blume (Amaranthaceæ). A luxuriant weed of waste places, with a prickly bur. Also called =tsatsarar ḅera=, q.v.

=karani=, Digitaria Guyana, Kunth. a pale grass with white silvery flowering spikes; also called =Ba-Fillatani=, q.v. Syn. ?=gaji= (Sok.). vide =darambuwa=.

=karan kaḅau=, Andropogon (Arthrolepis) sp. nov. (Gramineæ). A tall grass with rather broad leaves. Syn. =shamrayi= (Gando).

=karan kauji=, vide =fafewa=.

=karan masallachi=, Caralluma Dalzielii, N.E. Br. (Asclepiadeæ). A leafless succulent plant with the habit of a small cactus, wild or planted near mosques, &c. Syn. =wutsiyar damo= (Sok. West), from the resemblance of the tapering young shoots to the tail of the damo, a large lizard, Varanus exanthematicus.

=karan masallachin kogi=, a name sometimes given to the taller sedges in pools, &c. vide =gwaigwaya=, (Cyperus exaltatus, Retz. &c.).

=karan sariki=, a name for =rake=, a sugar-cane. Saccharum officinarum, Linn.

=karara=, Mucuna pruriensis, DC. (Leguminosæ). “Cowitch” or “Cowhage.” A herbaceous climber with 3-foliate leaves; the pods especially are covered with rusty pungent hairs which cause intense irritation of the skin. (A species of “Velvet-bean”).

=ḳarari= = the fibrous veins of palm fronds (chiefly =giginya= and =goriba=), used for cordage, brooms, &c.

=ḳarasa=, 1. In Gobir, Daura, &c. = Bitter Cassava, Manihot utilissima, vide under =rogo=. 2. In Kano, &c. = the tuber of a species of yam = =doyar kudu= (“southern yam”) planted south of Kano, and in Zanfara, &c.; not eaten as sokwara (cooked mashed yam).

=kardafi=, vide under =garamani=.

=ḳardaji=, vide =ḳaidaji=.

=ḳare aiki=, a var. of =rama=, q.v.

=kargo= or =kalgo=, Bauhinia reticulata, DC. (Leguminosæ). A very common shrub in the bush, with bifid leaves and brown pods; bark used as cordage.

=ḳariya=, Adenium Honghel, DC. (Apocynaceæ). A peculiar shrub planted near dwellings, with pink flowers; leafless at the time of flowering. (Etym. “the falsehood,” because rarely seen in fruit—=ḳariya fure ta ke yi yaya ba ta yi ba=).

=kariye galma= (“break hoe”), Combretum herbaceum, Don, an undershrub with a hard root; vide =taru=. Several very different plants with fibrous tufted roots are sometimes called by this name, the peculiar structure of the galma rendering it liable to injury; e.g. Aneilema beniniensis, and others; vide under =tsidaun kare=.

=kariye gatari= (“break axe”), a name given to some hard-wood trees, e.g. =maḳarfo= and =kurḍi=, q.v.

=ḳarḳara= (Kano, &c.), Acacia campylacantha, Hochst. (= A. Catechu, Willd. Leguminosæ); a thorny acacia which yields a good gum used in commerce and medicinally. Syn. =karki= (Sok. Kats. and Zanf.), and =ḳayar raḳumi=; also =ḳaro= (Kano, Sok. and Kats. the name merely meaning gum and applied to other trees). vide also =farichin shafo= or =ḳumbar shafo=.

=karkashi= or =kalkashi=, Ceratotheca sesamoides, Endl. (Pedaliaceæ). A prostrate herb with viscid juice and flowers similar to =riḍi=, or beni seed, q.v. Leaves used in soup, &c. Syn. =yauḍo=, Sok. q.v.

=karkashin zomo=, Indigofera bracteolata, G. et P. (Leguminosæ). A very common plant in the bush, with small leaves and red flowers.

=karki=, vide =ḳarḳara=.

=ḳaro=, vide under =ḳarḳara=. (A name chiefly applied to Acacia campylacantha, but sometimes to other gum or resin-producing trees, e.g. =kadaura=, &c.); vide under =maje=.

=kasara=, Chloris robusta, Stapf, a tall grass with white radiating flower-spikes, found in the beds of rivers.