Part 28

=kwankwarita= (East Hausa), Trapa bispinosa, Roxb. (Onagrarieæ). “Water Chestnut.” vide under =geḍar ruwa=. The name includes the rhizome of =bădo=, q.v.

=kwanta Ali da zugu=, a var. of the cotton shrub; vide under =abduga=.

=kwantal= (Sok.), or =gurji kwantal=; vide =gurji=.

=kwaranga= or (=kuringa=), =kwarangar wofi=, Smilax Kraussiana, Meisn. (Liliaceæ); a prickly twiner with 5-nerved leaves and a tuberous root used medicinally; related to Sarsaparilla. (Etym. “bastard ladder”). Syn. ?=ḳayar kusu=.

=ḳwaras ḳwaras=, the same as =kwaruru= but vide under =gujiya=.

=kwardauḍa=, vide =dauḍa=.

=kwari=, a slender soft-wooded tree with long broad leaves, in ravines, sometimes called “Cabbage Tree.” (Etym. kwari = a quiver, because used for making quivers). Anthocleista nobilis, G. Don. (= A. Vogelii, Planch.) and A. parviflora, Baker (Loganiaceæ).

=ḳwariya=, the common calabash; vide under =duma=.

=kwarko= (Kano), or =kwarkoro=, Argemone mexicana, Linn. (Papaveraceæ). “Yellow Mexican Poppy,” a common prickly poppy of fields and waste places near houses. Syn. =haḳorin kada= (from the Ful. name); =ya= (or =ka=) =ḳi ruwan Allah= (because essentially a dry-season plant, and because the glaucous leaves throw off rain or dew); (kada ka taḅa yaro is a Yoruba equivalent). The root is used for cotton spools, and as a stimulant by drummers, &c.

=kwaruru=, Voandzeia subterranea, Thouars. (Leguminosæ). The Bambarra Ground Nut. Syn. =gujiya=, q.v. A species of ground bean cultivated like =geḍa= and like it developing its pods underground. It differs from =geḍa= in having 3-foliate leaves (4 leaflets in =geḍa=), and spherical usually one-seeded pods with variegated seeds. The allied Kerstingiella geocarpa, Harms. is cultivated in some districts in Nupé and the south. yaro da dariya = the seeds cracked and roasted (etym. from the gaping cracks); abakuru (Yoruba obokuru) = cooked ovoid cakes or balls with pepper, salt, &c. fried in oil (prepared preferably from kwaruru because it keeps better on a journey, &c.). lubatu = a kind of food made from kwaruru. (Etym. Yor. epa roro = round ground nut).

=ḳwiwa= or =ḳwiya=, Adenodolichos sp. nr. A. Auchietas, Harms. (Leguminosæ); a tall undershrub with 3-foliate leaves and slender straight branches used for tanka, &c.

=ḳwododo=, vide =ḳabdodo=.

=ḳwododon kwaḍo= (Kano), Amorphophallus Barteri, N.E. Br. (and other similar species of Aroideæ), an oddly shaped plant of the Arum lily family, with a flat lurid purple spathe. Syn. =maḳworin maḳwododo= and =buran kare=, q.v.

=kwokiya=, a var. of melon; vide under =guna=.

=kwokwo= or =ḳoḳo=, a small var. of calabash; vide under =duma=.

=kwosusu=, the second annual crop of indigo, said to be better than the first; vide under =baba=.

=kwoton tadawa=, vide under =duma=.

=kwotowa= (Sok.), Pergularia tomentosa, Linn. (Asclepiadeæ); vide =fatakka=.

=kyamro= or =kyauro=, =k. kibiya=, Saccharum spontaneum, Linn. (Gramineæ). A tall grass of river-banks and wet places with white plume-like flowering panicle. Stems commonly used for arrow-shafts. Syn. =sheme=, and ?=sansari= (Illo; used for arrows with detachable head). Sometimes referred to as abokin kibiya.

=ḳyara=, Cymbopogon Ruprechtii, Hack. (Gramineæ). A very common tall grass with sharp long-awned spikelets; used for zana after the spikelets have fallen.

=ḳyasuwa= or =ḳansuwa=, Pennisetum pedicellatum, (and P. setosum) (Gramineæ). A coarse tall grass with fluffy flowering heads; a common pest in waste places in towns, &c. Syn. =fura= (Kano and East). Sometimes distinguished from a somewhat similar grass of wet places as =ḳ. tudu= or =ḳ. waje=. cf. =duza=.

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=labaye= = =tofo=, q.v. sprouting leaves of any plant; (sabon ganye mai tofo).

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

=laḅanda=, a name given to several varieties of grass used for thatching; in Sokoto and Zanfara generally = Andropogon apricus, var. africanus, Hack. vide =jan baḳo=.

=labsur= or =lausur=, Lepidium sativum, Linn. (Cruciferæ). “Common” or “Garden Cress.” Cultivated in Kano, &c. The seeds are a native medicine called =algarif=, q.v.

=labuje=, a var. of kola nut; vide under =goro=.

=ladiko=? a species of bean; vide =ḅarankachi=. (Possibly = lalego (Kano), a sort of hand-rattle used by women).