kanawa, a var. of cotton; vide under [abduga].
kanchekulkul (Kano, Kats., &c.), Cucumis Prophetarum, Linn. (Cucurbitaceæ); vide [kain fakara].
kandari, Terminalia macroptera, G. et P. (Combretaceæ); a large tree with flat-winged and embossed fruits; (very similar to [baushe], q.v. but a different species).
kanju, coast Hausa for Cashew, Anacardium occidentale.
kankami = the withered fronds of any palm, burnt by pagans in several districts (e.g. Fogha), to extract a sort of inferior salt.
kankana, water-melon; vide under [guna].
kansuwa, a grass; vide [kyasuwa].
ḳanumfari = cloves, the flower-buds of Eugenia caryophyllata, Thunb. (Myrtaceæ); brought from the north. Called also hanchin kaḍai, from the resemblance to the peduncle of the shea fruit. (Etym. Arab. karanfal).
kanya (Kano), or kaiwa (Sok.), q.v. Diospyros mespiliformis, Hochst. (Ebenaceæ). “African Ebony Tree.”
ḳarama anta, Withania somnifera, Dunal. (Solanaceæ). A shrub sometimes planted near houses, with small red berries within an inflated calyx (like the Cape Gooseberry); used medicinally.