ḳodago or (ḳwalo), the hard-shelled nut of the Dum palm, vide under [goriba].
kokara, a hard-wooded tree; walking-sticks and cudgels called umara, are made from it.
ko karani, a var. of [rama], q.v.
ḳoḳiya, Strychnos spinosa, Lam. (Loganiaceæ). A tree with yellow hard-shelled fruit a little larger than an orange; the acid pulp is edible, the seeds are poisonous.
namijin ḳoḳiya, Strychnos alnifolia, Baker, and S. triclisioides, Baker; two very similar shrubs with smaller fruit than ḳoḳiya; not edible.
ḳoḳiyar biri (Kontagora), Voacanga obtusa, K. Schum. (Apocynaceæ). A tree with paired capsular fruit, which grows in damp ravines.
koko, vide under [duma].
kokochiko, Oncoba spinosa, Forsk. (Bixaceæ); a thorny tree with white rose-like flowers and a hard globular fruit which is used as a rattle. (Etym. kokochiko = a child’s rattle).
kokuwa (Sok. and West), Limonia sp. (Rutaceæ); a tree with hard green orange-like fruit.
kolo (Zanfara), Amblygonocarpus Schweinfurthii, Harms. (Leguminosæ); a large tree with twice-pinnate leaves and brown 4-angled pods. Syn. namijin kiriya (Sok.), kashi kashi ?(Kontagora).