kinchiya (Sok. and Kats.), Stylochiton Dalzielii, N.E. Br. (Aroideæ). Syn. [gwandayi], q.v.
ḳini (Sok. and Kats.), Tephrosia purpurea, Pers. (Leguminosæ). A branched undershrub with soft leaves and pink flowers; used medicinally. Syn. maraguwa (Katagum, &c.).
kiri kiri, Cynodon dactylon, Pers. (Gramineæ). “Dub Grass.” “Bermuda Grass.” A small creeping grass with narrow radiating flower-spikes; a good fodder; capable of forming turf and binding sand. Syn. tsarkiyar zomo (Sok.).
kiriya, Prosopis oblonga, Benth. (Leguminosæ); an acacia-like tree with white flowering spikes and brown pods; the seeds called akiye or akwiye (Nupe piye), are used to make [daudawa], q.v.
namijin kiriya, vide [kolo].
kiriyar kurumi or kaḍanyar kurumi, a name given to a hard-wooded forest tree of the Benué region, not known in Hausa.
kirni (Kano), or kisni (Sok. and Zanf.), Briedelia ferruginea, Benth. (Euphorbiaceæ). A shrub, the root of which is in some districts used as an antidote to arrow-poison. makubar mahalba = a fermented extract of the bark used sometimes for hardening floors; (vide under [ḍorowa]).
kirtani, a strong twine made from fibre of [yawan wake], [tumfafiya], and [yaḍiya], q.v.
ḳi taḅewa, a medicine; sold in the form of small tuberous pieces with rootlets (probably the root of a grass); used in fumigation as a charm, love-potion, &c. (Etym. “fail me never”).
ḳodagaya, a kind of bean; ?Canavalia ensiformis, DC. Cultivated as a climber on fences and trees, &c.