Part 24

=karmami= = leafy shoots of =dawa=, =gero=, &c.

=ḳarri= = palm fronds; chiefly applied to =giginya=; vide =kaba= and =gangame=.

=kasfiya= (Sok. Kats. and Zanf.), Crossopteryx Kotschyana, Fenzl. (Rubiaceæ). A tree with bunches of whitish flowers and small hard black fruit. Also called =kashin awaki= (from the appearance of the fruit).

=kashe kaji=, vide under =kaskawami=.

=kashi kashi= ?(Kontagora), a large leguminous tree; vide =kolo=.

=kashin gwanki=, one of the names for Cucumis Figarei, Del. a prostrate weed of the gourd family; vide =gunar kura= or =tsuwawun zaki=.

=kashin kaza=, a kind of bean; vide under =giri giri=.

=kaskaifi=, Uraria picta, Desv. (Leguminosæ). A low perennial plant with long cylindrical flower-spike. (Etym. from its use as a medicinal charm against cutting weapons). Syn. =dakushe=, Sok. (Etym. “to be blunt”)—name probably applied to several plants, or to the prescription so used. cf. =miya tsanya=.

=kaskawami=, Psorospermum senegalense, Spach. (Hypericineæ). A shrub with red berries and dotted leaves. The leaves and bark are used as a remedy for itch, &c. also called =kashe kaji=.

=kasmakaru=, Aristida mutabilis, Trin. and Rupr. (Gramineæ). A grass with 3-rayed sharp awns, injurious to horses. (Etym. from injury to the jaw caused by the sharp awns)—name probably applied to several grasses.

=katambiri=, 1. A tree with a ribbed fleshy fruit full of small seeds used to prepare a black cosmetic; (probably several species of Randia, and Gardenia, Nat. Ord. Rubiaceæ, e.g. Randia malleifera, Benth. et Hook. fil.). 2. The cosmetic prepared from this or from the fruit of =gauḍe=, q.v.

=katsaimu= (Sok. Kats. and East), Aristida stipoides, Lam. (Gramineæ). A tall grass with graceful panicle of sharply awned florets; commonly used for thatching, &c. Syn. =garasa= (Sok. and West); also =wutsiyar jaki= (Sok., &c.), and =tsintsiyar kogi= or =ts. maza= (Katagum). An insect-gall forming a top-shaped swelling on the stem of this grass is variously named, kunda, q.v. mazarin kyanwa, gudumar biri, or goron yan makaranta.

=ḳatsa ḳatsa= = =burtuntuna=, a Guinea-corn blight; vide under =dawa=.

=katsami= = =daudawar kuka=, vide under =kuka=.

=katsări=, Albizzia Chevalieri, Harms. (Leguminosæ); a tree of the acacia type, with loose balls of whitish fragrant flowers and flat brown pods; the bark is used by tanners in some districts.

=kauchi=, Loranthus pentagona, DC. (and L. dodoneæfolius, DC. and other spp.) (Loranthaceæ). A parasitic shrub commonly growing on various trees; e.g. on =ḳadanya= called =kauchin kaḍai=. Used medicinally and as a charm. vide also under =sansami=. Sometimes called W. Indian Mistletoe.

=ḳaudodo=, vide =ḳabdodo=.

=kaura=, a var. of =dawa=, q.v.

=kawo=, Afzelia africana, Smith (Leguminosæ); one of the African Mahoganies or “Mahogany Bean,” a large shade tree, with thick very hard pods and large black seeds. The seeds are sold as a medicinal charm called fasa daga, q.v. The leaves are used as a cattle food.

=ḳawuri=, Ficus kawuri, Hutch. (Urticaceæ); a large tree of the fig family, yielding a white latex collected as rubber. (Ficus glumosa, Del. is included).

=ḳayar giwa=, a ground-trailer with thorny stem and a tuberous root edible when cooked; sometimes used in famine. Syn. =doyar giwa=.

=ḳayar ḳadangare=, Asparagus Pauli-Guilelmi, Solms. and Laub. and other spp. (Liliaceæ); a straggling half-climbing plant with prickles and acicular leaves. Syn. =masun ḳadangare= (“lizard’s spears”); more commonly called =tsatsarar ḅera=, but vide also =ḳarangiyar kusu=. Stems used for traps, &c.

=ḳayar kusu=? vide =kwaranga=.

=ḳayar raḳumi=, vide under =ḳarḳara=.

=ḳeḳasheshe=, 1. Syn. =tsiyayi= = peeled stems of =rama=, q.v. used in medicine and magic; also after scotching applied as a black pigment in wall decoration; (cf. =zamarke=). 2. The name of one or more different plants in the bush.

=ḳerama=, a var. of =dawa=, q.v.

=kerana= (Kano, &c.), Euphorbia Barteri, N.E. Br. a tall branched cactus-like tree with angled prickly stem and milky juice. The name includes other species commonly classed as E. abyssinica, Gmelin, used as a fence.

=kibiyar daji=, vide under =tsika=.