gwandayi (Kano &c.), Stylochiton Dalzielii, N.E. Br. sp. nov. (Aroideæ); a plant of the Arum-lily family, with arrow-head leaves and a yellow root; young leaves and root sometimes eaten as a pot-herb after prolonged boiling to remove the acrid principle. Syn. kinchiya (Sok. and Kats.).
Gwanja kusa, a name for several plants supposed to have properties resembling kola and other economic products of Gwanja in G. Coast, N. Terr. e.g. often applied to the “Akee Apple”—Blighia sapida, Koenig. (vide [alale]), which has scarlet fruit reminiscent of kola; also Parinarium curatellæfolium (vide [rura]), a tree the young leaf of which is sometimes chewed and reddens the mouth; the flowers of Trichilia emetica (vide [jan saye]), similarly used; the herb Heliotropium Zeylanicum, Lam. (Boragineæ), used as a tonic, and staining the lips like kola. Also several plants which turn black in drying (chiefly Scrophularineæ), and are sometimes mixed with indigo, e.g. Cycnium camporum, Eng. with white petunia-like flowers.
gwanno (Sok. and Zanf.), vide [gabachara].
gwano rafi, Olax subscorpioidea, Oliv. (Olacineæ); an evergreen shrub with an unpleasant odour; (gwano = the stink ant).
gwaska, itchen gwaska, Erythrophlœum guineense, Don. (Leguminosæ). “Sasswood.” “Ordeal Tree.” A forest tree; the bark (“sassy bark”) is used by some pagan tribes in an ordeal brew and as an occasional ingredient in arrow-poison.
gwaza, Colocasia antiquorum, Schott. (Aroideæ). The “Koko yam” (Yoruba—koko); an aroid plant with huge arrow-head leaves, cultivated for the starchy tuber. gwazar giwa, one of many names for an aroid with large lurid purple flower-spathe, a much-divided leaf and a bulky tuber with acrid juice; called also hansar giwa (“elephant’s breast”), kunnen jaki, buran jaki, and sometimes [kinchiya], q.v.) = Amorphophallus dracontioides, N.E. Br.
gwazkiya (Zanf.), vide [bogo zage].
gwoḍeyi, vide [gwaḍayi].
gwolon zaki, vide [tsuwawun zaki].
gwundi, a var. of cotton; vide under [abduga].