kashi kashi ?(Kontagora), a large leguminous tree; vide [kolo].
kashin gwanki, one of the names for Cucumis Figarei, Del. a prostrate weed of the gourd family; vide [gunar kura] or [tsuwawun zaki].
kashin kaza, a kind of bean; vide under [giri giri].
kaskaifi, Uraria picta, Desv. (Leguminosæ). A low perennial plant with long cylindrical flower-spike. (Etym. from its use as a medicinal charm against cutting weapons). Syn. dakushe, Sok. (Etym. “to be blunt”)—name probably applied to several plants, or to the prescription so used. cf. [miya tsanya].
kaskawami, Psorospermum senegalense, Spach. (Hypericineæ). A shrub with red berries and dotted leaves. The leaves and bark are used as a remedy for itch, &c. also called kashe kaji.
kasmakaru, Aristida mutabilis, Trin. and Rupr. (Gramineæ). A grass with 3-rayed sharp awns, injurious to horses. (Etym. from injury to the jaw caused by the sharp awns)—name probably applied to several grasses.
katambiri, 1. A tree with a ribbed fleshy fruit full of small seeds used to prepare a black cosmetic; (probably several species of Randia, and Gardenia, Nat. Ord. Rubiaceæ, e.g. Randia malleifera, Benth. et Hook. fil.). 2. The cosmetic prepared from this or from the fruit of [gauḍe], q.v.
katsaimu (Sok. Kats. and East), Aristida stipoides, Lam. (Gramineæ). A tall grass with graceful panicle of sharply awned florets; commonly used for thatching, &c. Syn. garasa (Sok. and West); also wutsiyar jaki (Sok., &c.), and tsintsiyar kogi or ts. maza (Katagum). An insect-gall forming a top-shaped swelling on the stem of this grass is variously named, [kunda], q.v. mazarin kyanwa, gudumar biri, or goron yan makaranta.
ḳatsa ḳatsa = burtuntuna, a Guinea-corn blight; vide under [dawa].
katsami = daudawar kuka, vide under [kuka].