karara, Mucuna pruriensis, DC. (Leguminosæ). “Cowitch” or “Cowhage.” A herbaceous climber with 3-foliate leaves; the pods especially are covered with rusty pungent hairs which cause intense irritation of the skin. (A species of “Velvet-bean”).
ḳarari = the fibrous veins of palm fronds (chiefly [giginya] and [goriba]), used for cordage, brooms, &c.
ḳarasa, 1. In Gobir, Daura, &c. = Bitter Cassava, Manihot utilissima, vide under [rogo]. 2. In Kano, &c. = the tuber of a species of yam = doyar kudu (“southern yam”) planted south of Kano, and in Zanfara, &c.; not eaten as sokwara (cooked mashed yam).
kardafi, vide under [garamani].
ḳardaji, vide [ḳaidaji].
ḳare aiki, a var. of [rama], q.v.
kargo or kalgo, Bauhinia reticulata, DC. (Leguminosæ). A very common shrub in the bush, with bifid leaves and brown pods; bark used as cordage.
ḳariya, Adenium Honghel, DC. (Apocynaceæ). A peculiar shrub planted near dwellings, with pink flowers; leafless at the time of flowering. (Etym. “the falsehood,” because rarely seen in fruit—ḳariya fure ta ke yi yaya ba ta yi ba).
kariye galma (“break hoe”), Combretum herbaceum, Don, an undershrub with a hard root; vide [taru]. Several very different plants with fibrous tufted roots are sometimes called by this name, the peculiar structure of the galma rendering it liable to injury; e.g. Aneilema beniniensis, and others; vide under [tsidaun kare].
kariye gatari (“break axe”), a name given to some hard-wood trees, e.g. [maḳarfo] and [kurḍi], q.v.