Lesser variations are:—
halshen damo, with a bifid spike;
gero mai geme, when the lower part of the flowering spike is compound;
gero mai gashi, a bristly spike, (considered of value because birds cannot plunder), and called gargasa (= hirsute) in Kano; the same as girgera;
gumba = gero cleaned, husked and winnowed, and ground up for eating uncooked with milk and other food.
Geron tsuntsaye, 1. Phyllanthus pentandrus, Sch. and Thon. (and other similar species of Euphorbiaceæ); a common slender-branched weed with minute capsular fruit eaten by birds; syn. hatsin tsuntsaye. 2. The fruiting head of a species of bulrush (Typha australis), called [shalla], q.v.
gewayen tsamiya, usually = Vitis quadrangularis, vide [ḍaḍori], but sometimes applied to several other plants growing under or climbing upon the tamarind-tree.
geza, Combretum sp. probably C. altum, Perr. (Combretaceæ); a shrub or small tree with white flowers and 4-winged fruit, well known in the north.
fara geza, Combretum aculeatum, Vent. a shrub with 4-winged fruit and clusters of white flowers; (a different species from the above).
gigi? (Sok.), vide [faskara toyi].