tambari, a herb; ?Grangea maderaspatana, Poir. (Compositæ). A weed with small solid heads of yellow flowers and divided leaves.
tamna geḍa, a small var. of water-melon; vide under [guna].
tamraro or tauraro, Anthericum sp. (Liliaceæ). A small liliaceous plant with yellowish stems and white flowers opening in the evening; somewhat resembling “Star of Bethlehem.” (Etym. “star.”). In Zanfara used also for Cyanotis cæspitosa, Kotschy. et Peyr. (Commelynaceæ), a small stemless plant with azure blue flowers (and probably other species).
tandara, vide [idon zakara].
tankwa (Sok.), red pepper; vide [barkono].
tantaroba, Indigofera diphylla, Vent. (Leguminosæ). A low spreading herb with 2-foliate leaves and pink flowers; used medicinally.
tantsiya, vide [kwankwani].
taramniya, Combretum verticillatum, Eng. and Diels, and several other species (Combretaceæ). A tree with white spikes of flowers and 4-winged fruit; a source of gum. (C. geitonophyllum, Diels, and others).
tara yaya, vide [giginyar biri].
tarin gida (Sok., &c.), Glossonema nubicum, Decne. (Asclepiadeæ). A low branched herb of fields and waste places in the north, with milky juice and follicles covered with soft prickles. Syn. tatarida. (Etym. of both names from the pods crowded to bursting with silky seeds). Sometimes called [tafo ka sha mama], q.v. Eaten by goats and capable of being used as a vegetable.