Part 27

=ḳurar shanu=, Euphorbia ægyptiaca, Boiss. (Euphorbiaceæ); a small weed of pastures with milky juice; used medicinally. Syn. =rapasa= (Kano).

=kurḍi=, Burkea africana, Hook. (Leguminosæ); a large hard-wooded tree with black bark and pale twice-pinnate leaves; sometimes called =baḳin maḳarfo=. (In Sokoto =itchen kurḍi= = Melia Azedarach, vide =kurnan nasara=). cf. also =kariye gatari=.

=kurḍin machiji= (Katagum), Ipomœa sp. (Convolvulaceæ). A twining convolvulus with purple and white flowers. (Etym. perhaps from the resemblance of the ripe capsules to cowrie shells).

=kurgum= (Kanuri) = turmeric; vide =gangamau=.

=kuringa=, vide =kwaranga=.

=kuriya= (Sok. and Zanf.), Bombax buonopozense, Beauv. (Malvaceæ). “Red-flowered Silk Cotton Tree.” Syn. =gurjiya=, q.v.

=kurna=, Zizyphus Spina-Christi, Willd. (Rhamnaceæ). A thorny tree with brownish edible berries, common in towns. cf. =magariya=.

=kurnan nasara= (Kontagora, &c.), Melia Azedarach, Linn. (Meliaceæ). “Pride of India,” “Persian or Egyptian Lilac,” or “Bead Tree.” A tree with twice-pinnate leaves and panicles of lilac flowers, often planted in towns. (The ovoid yellow fruit has a superficial resemblance to that of =kurna=. Etym. from its exotic origin; nasara = Christian). In Sokoto called =itchen kurḍi= or =taḅa ni ka samu= (=kurḍi=) from some belief in luck associated with it; seeds called yayan tasbaha because used for rosary beads.

=kurtu= or =kurtun lalle=, vide under =duma=.

=kurukubi=, Grewia sp. (Tiliaceæ); a shrub with rough leaves and edible berries.

=ḳuruḳuru= (Sok. Kats. Katagum, &c.), Feretia canthioides, Hiern. (Rubiaceæ); a shrub with fragrant jasmine-like white flowers. Syn. =lallen suri= or =lallen jibba= (from its common habitat near ant-hills); =goge= (?Hausa); vide =rigyakafi=.

=ḳurzun ḍinya=, vide under =ḍinya=.

=kurzunu=, a tubercled variety of an edible gourd like a cucumber; (?a var. of the bottle-gourd Lagenaria vulgaris, vide under =duma=).

=kusumburuwa=, vide under =dawa=.

=kututu=, vide under =masara=.

=kwachiya=, a small calabash; vide under =duma=.

=kwagiri=, a woody creeper, a sort of jointed cane used for walking sticks, &c.

=kwaikwaiyo=, vide under =kuka= and =aduwa=.

=kwakwa=, Elais guineensis, Jacq. (Palmeæ). Oil Palm. man ja = palm oil derived from the outer fleshy pulp of the nut; the kernel yields a different oil.

=kwakwar Attagara=, Cocos nucifera, Linn. Coco-nut Palm (from the name of an Igara town on the lower Niger).

=kwalli kwalli=, vide under =geḍa=.

=ḳwalo= = the ripe hard-shelled nut of the palm =goriba=, q.v. Syn. =ḳodago=.

=kwalshi= = the edible kernel of the unripe nut of =goriba= chiefly (but also of =giginya=); q.v.

=ḳwama= (Sok. and Gobir), a var. of the common bean; vide under =wake=.

=ḳwandariya=, a thorny acacia yielding gum; (?Acacia caffra, Willd.); stems used for walking-sticks; said to be so thorny that biri ya kwana a ḳassa.

=kwankwani=, Strophanthus hispidus, DC. and S. sarmentosus, DC. (Apocynaceæ). Arrow-poison plants. The former is a shrub with lax branches, frequently cultivated, with long narrow beaked pods; the latter a tall woody climber growing on trees, &c. chiefly in ravines, and has stout obtuse pods. The seeds are the chief and the only essential ingredient in N. Nigerian arrow-poison. Syn. =tantsiya= (Sok. Ful. tantsiyari). =yaḅi= (East Hausa) = arrow-poison (from yaḅe to daub or smear); syn. =zabgai=.

=kwankwan dafi= (Sok. and Kats.), Indigofera echinata, Willd. (Leguminosæ). vide =gujiyar hankaka=.

=kwankwarimi= (Zanfara), Wissadula rostrata, Planch. (Malvaceæ). A tall stiff undershrub with small yellow flowers; the bark yields a hemp-like fibre. Sometimes called =ramar kurimi=.