ka fi rama (Kano, &c.), Urena lobata, Linn. (Malvaceæ). An undershrub with pink flowers and bark yielding a fibre. Syn. [ramaniya] (Sok., Kats., &c.), q.v. vide also under [garamani].
ḳafon baḍi or ḳ. batsi (Kano), a plant eaten in famine at the end of the dry season. Probably some of the tuberous Asclepiads or “Milkweeds” and others related, e.g. Cryptolepis nigritana, N.E. Br. (Apocynaceæ), an erect slender-branched undershrub with milky juice and a thickened root, is so named.
ḳaguwa (Kano and East), or aguwa (Sok., Kats., &c.), Euphorbia sepium, N.E. Br.; a variety of “Milk Hedge,” a shrub with milky juice, planted as a hedge; very common in the north; (different from [fidda sartsi], q.v.). Syn. aliyara (Gobir); waiyaro (Katagum). Used medicinally chiefly for horses.
ḳaidaji (Kano), ḳardaji (Sok.), Mimosa asperata, Linn. (Leguminosæ). A thorny mimosa abundant on river-banks with pinkish balls of flowers and slightly sensitive leaves. (Etym. a corruption of ḳaya da jini). In Sokoto sometimes spoken of as [gumbi], q.v.
ḳaidajin ruwa, Æschynome crassicaulis, Harms. (Leguminosæ); a trailing water-plant with pinnate leaves and yellow flowers, on the surface of pools or muddy swamps. ?Syn. [innuwar tufi] (Sok.), q.v. and yaron kogi (Katagum).
ḳaiḳai, Parinarium polyandrum, Benth. (Rosaceæ); a tree with bunches of purple grape-like fruit; (scarcely distinct in Hausa from [rura], q.v.).
ḳaiḳai ḳoma ḳan mashikiya, Indigofera astragalina, DC. (Leguminosæ); an erect hairy weed, used as a medicinal charm against poison and other injury. (Etym. “Oh chaff, return upon the winnower”!—intended injury returning to the evildoer’s hurt).
kaikwaiyo, vide under [aduwa].
ḳaimin ḳadangare, Achryanthes aspera, Linn. (Amaranthaceæ). A weed with reflexed sharply spiked flowers. Syn. [haḳorin machiji], q.v.
kain ḅarawo or kain mutum, Leonotis pallida, Benth. (Labiatæ). A tall herb with large globular whorls of flowers. Syn. tsikar sabra or tsikar gida (Sok.).