goji, pumpkin, vide under [kabewa].
gojin jima or gunar jima, Adenopus breviflorus, Benth. (Cucurbitaceæ); a wild pumpkin-like twiner growing on trees, with ovoid mottled fruit used by tanners for dehairing.
gombiliki (Sok.), vide [falfoli].
gongola or gwongola, a canoe-pole of the [tukuruwa] palm, q.v. (gwangwala = the Nupé name for the palm Raphia vinifera).
gora, a var. of the bottle-gourd; vide under [duma].
gora, Oxytenanthera abyssinica, Monro (Gramineæ); a kind of bamboo, common in ravines.
gorgo (?Kanuri), Solanum sp.; the flowers of a plant like the native tomato (gauta), used to rub the teeth. Syn. gautan bagirmi and jaudari (East Hausa).
goriba, Hyphæne Thebaica, Mart. (Palmeæ). “Dum Palm.” “Ginger-bread Palm.” Common palm with forked stems. [kaba], q.v. = the fronds, used for plaiting various articles; gizgirin kaba = the thickened root of giginya; kwalshi = the edible kernel of the unripe nut eaten raw; ḳodago or ḳwalu = the ripe hard nut; the rind is used as food and in making maḍi (molasses) and allewa (a sweetmeat); zaḳi birri (East Hausa or Kanuri) = the rind made into cakes (waina, &c.). Fibre is got from the root, vide under [meḍi]. cf. also [gangame], [kankămi], [ḳarari] and [murli].
goriya, vide under [goro].
goro, Kola Nut; the seed of Cola acuminata, Schott. and Endl. and other species (Sterculiaceæ). (The true Kola has the seed divisible into 2 sections (cotyledons), in the other species there are usually 3 or 4. “Genuine” Kola nut = C. acuminata (Gold Coast). “False” Kola nut = C. Johnsoni and C. verticillata (Gold Coast). “Bitter Kola seeds” = Garcinia Conrauana, Engl. (Guttiferæ) (N. and S. Nigeria), eaten but not a stimulant). Imported from Gold Coast, Lagos, and Adamawa; cultivated in some southern provinces. Some of the numerous trade varieties are:—