ḳarama mowa (Sok. and Kats.). A wild var. of [rama], q.v. Hibiscus cannabinus, Linn. (Malvaceæ). A tall plant chiefly of damp places, having large yellow flowers with a purple centre (similar to rama) and a harsh almost prickly surface. (Etym. “little beloved,” said to be from the spicular pubescence which clings to the clothing). Synonyms of the same or allied varieties are:—ramar rafi, ramar ruwa, yakuwar daji, yakuwar kwaḍi, yakuwar ḳaimamowa, yakuwar ḳaya, &c.
karan dafi = the red leaf-sheaths of a var. of Sorghum (vide [dawa]), used chiefly as a dye for leather.
ḳarangiya, Cenchrus catharticus, Del. (Gramineæ). Prickly bur grass. A good fodder; seeds edible. ḳarangiya gumba, the uncooked seeds pounded and eaten raw, or prepared as fura.
ḳarangiyar kusu (Kano), or maḍaḍafin kusu (Sok.), Cyathula prostrata, Blume (Amaranthaceæ). A luxuriant weed of waste places, with a prickly bur. Also called [tsatsarar ḅera], q.v.
karani, Digitaria Guyana, Kunth. a pale grass with white silvery flowering spikes; also called [Ba-Fillatani], q.v. Syn. ?gaji (Sok.). vide [darambuwa].
karan kaḅau, Andropogon (Arthrolepis) sp. nov. (Gramineæ). A tall grass with rather broad leaves. Syn. shamrayi (Gando).
karan kauji, vide [fafewa].
karan masallachi, Caralluma Dalzielii, N.E. Br. (Asclepiadeæ). A leafless succulent plant with the habit of a small cactus, wild or planted near mosques, &c. Syn. wutsiyar damo (Sok. West), from the resemblance of the tapering young shoots to the tail of the damo, a large lizard, Varanus exanthematicus.
karan masallachin kogi, a name sometimes given to the taller sedges in pools, &c. vide [gwaigwaya], (Cyperus exaltatus, Retz. &c.).
karan sariki, a name for [rake], a sugar-cane. Saccharum officinarum, Linn.