ka ḳi ruwan Allah, vide [kwarko].
ka ḳi zuwa Hausa, Costus afer, Ker. (Scitamineæ); a plant of the ginger family found in shaded ravines. (Etym. because supposed not to grow in Hausaland).
kakuma, a grass of marshes and river-banks; used to form tie-tie for zana, &c.
kalangon daji, a tree with large 4-angled pods. ?Tetrapleura sp. cf. [dawo] and [sandan mayu].
kalgo, vide [kargo].
kaluwa = seeds of [ḍorowa], q.v.
kama, a tuber, somewhat like [risga], planted in marshy ground; (different from [gwaza] and [tumuku]).
kamu mowa, Grewia sp. (Tiliaceæ); a shrub with small yellow flowers and sweet berries. Syn. gurdugu and ?kimbar dutsi.
kana kana (Sok. and Zanf.), Paullinia pinnata, Linn. (Sapindaceæ). A woody twiner with white flowers and scarlet capsular fruit; stems used as tanka for houses and fences, &c.; (perhaps included also under [gwoḍeyi], q.v.).
ka nannaḍe (Kano), ka nannaḍo (Sok. Kats. and Gobir), a var. of bean with curled pods, used as food; the beans are small but broad, with pale brown speckling.