ganji (Kano). Syn. [gamji], q.v. Ficus platyphylla, Del.
ganji gaga, a var. of kola nut; vide under [goro].
ganwon rama = coils of undressed hemp fibre, vide under [rama].
garafuni, Momordica balsamina, L. (Cucurbitaceæ). “Balsam Apple;” a twiner of the cucumber family, with yellow flowers and orange-yellow tubercled fruits; used medicinally and in soup, and as a soap forming a viscid solution in water.
namijin garafuni, Ctenolepis cerasiformis, Hook. f. a twiner of the same family, with scarlet cherry-like fruit. Syn. ḍiyan hanwawa (Sok.).
garafunin fadama or g. kwata, vide [gautan kwaḍo].
garamani (Sok.), Sida cordifolia, L. (Malvaceæ); a hard-stemmed weed with soft cordate leaves and yellow flowers; (a pest in Sokoto, &c.). Syn. farin garamani as distinct from baḳin garamani or [ramaniya], q.v. In East Hausa sometimes called mai-ḳafo (from the paired long processes on the carpels); also kardafi (Katagum). The bark yields a fibre.
garaji, a fodder grass with edible grain. ?The same as [baya] and [saḅe], q.v.
garangarma, vide under [guna].
garasa, vide [katsaimu].