chitta Afu, Zingiber officinale, Roscoe (Scitamineæ). Ginger. (Afawa, a pagan tribe in Nassarawa).
chiwo or chuwo, Landolphia owariensis, Beauv. and L. florida, Benth. (Apocynaceæ). Rubber Vines; tall woody climbers with white fragrant flowers and orange-coloured edible fruit. (The latex of L. owariensis forms a good rubber, that of L. florida is useless).
chizaki, probably the same as [ḳabdodo], q.v.
chuchun kariya or gaton kariya, vide [gujiyar hankaka].
chukwi, a var. of cotton; vide under [abduga].
chusar doki, a medicine or food to keep horses fit; made from leaves of [kuka], q.v. with dusa and kanwa.
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dabagira, vide under [aduwa].
dabino, Phœnix dactylifera, Linn. (Palmeæ). Date Palm. Varieties of date are:—zabiya or jan dabino, a long red sweet variety; maga or ḍan damana, a stoneless date. kilili = flowers of the date. dabinon biri, a low species of palm with small yellow date-like fruit, found in ravines; used in weaving mats, straw hats, &c. Syn. kajinjiri. (Phœnix reclinata?).
dabrin saniya, vide under [gadon machiji].