gabara (Sok.), Arundo Donax, L. (Gramineæ). “Spanish Reed;” a very tall grass of river-banks, with hollow stem and large silky flowering head; stems used for flutes and pipe-stems. Syn. [machara], q.v. and wutsiyar giwa.
gabaruwa, syn. [bagaruwa], q.v. Acacia arabica, Willd.
gabu, vide under [albasa].
gaḍakuka or gaḍaukuka (Katagum, &c. the Ful. name); Aristolochia albida, Duch. (Aristolochiaceæ); a twiner with oddly shaped lurid black-purple flowers; sometimes confused with [jibda ḳassa], q.v, and the bitter root sold as such; a remedy for Guinea-worm, &c. and a bitter tonic. Syn. maḍachin ḳassa, dumar dutsi, and ?fiyaka.
gadagi, Alysicarpus vaginalis, DC. (Leguminosæ); a common herb, used when ripe as a fodder for horses; (including the similar A. rugosus, DC.).
gadon machiji (Sok.), Trianthema monogyna, L. and T. pentandra, L. (Ficoideæ). “Horse Purslane;” two very similar and common succulent weeds, forming a thick growth in waste places. Synonyms are hana taḳama (because one has to walk warily amongst it), and dabrin saniya (= “cow’s lip” but cf. [halshen saniya] or [fasa ḳabba]). The name is elsewhere commonly applied to a species of convolvulus, [yamḅururu], q.v.
gadu (Zanfara), Pavetta Barteri, Dawe (Rubiaceæ); a shrub the leaves of which are used by some pagan tribes as food, with kunu of cereals, &c.
gagayi, an aphrodisiac prescription of 12 ingredients; vide [gangawari]; applied also to several plants supposed to have the same property, e.g. baḳin gagayi = Fadogia agrestis, Schweinf. (Rubiaceæ), an erect plant with a tough root.
gaji (Sok.), a grass used for plaiting armlets, &c. (Syn. ?karani and darambuwa).
gajiri, Cymbopogon hirtus (Gramineæ); a tall grass used for thatching, for zana, &c. Syn. jimfi, or jimpa jimpa (Sok. Kats. and Zanf.). The name probably includes more than one species.