tsuwawun zaki (Sok. Kats. and Zanf.), Cucumis Figarei, Del. (Cucurbitaceæ). A wild ground trailer of the gourd family with ovoid slightly prickly fruit. Syn. maḳaimi (Katagum), kashin gwanki, gunar kura; gwolon zaki (East Hausa). Used medicinally and as a medicinal charm for chickens.
tswa, vide [tsa].
tswada, vide [tsada].
tubani, a food prepared from beans; vide under [wake].
tubanin dawaki, Peristrophe bicalyculata, Nees. (Acanthaceæ). An erect annual with pink flowers; can be used as fodder.
tuḍi, vide under [faru].
tugandi, large mild chillies; vide under [barkono].
tuji or chiyawar tuji, Eleusine indica, Gaertn. (Gramineæ). A coarse tufted grass with digitate flower-spikes; resembling but smaller than [tamba], q.v. a good fodder and capable of being used as food.
tukurra (Sok.), Melochia corchorifolia, Linn. (Malvaceæ). An erect plant of wet places; 2 to 4 feet high; stems used for tanka; bark used for cordage, and leaves sometimes used in soup.
tukuruwa, Raphia vinifera, Pal. Beauv. (Palmeæ). “Bamboo Palm.” “Wine Palm.” Stems used for roofing, canoe-poles, &c. (= gongola; gwangwala, the Nupé name for this palm); leaf for various plaited articles (e.g. [kabido], q.v. a kind of waterproof hood; and kororo, cowrie bags); bami or palm-wine is usually made from this species in N. Nigeria. vide also [murli], [gangame], &c.; a mealy layer between the husk and the hard nut is eaten in Munchi as a food and medicine, &c.