magiumfa (Zanfara), vide [majimfa].
magudiya (Kano, Sok., &c.), Polycarpæa linearifolia, DC. (Caryophylleæ). A common herb with heads of small scarious flowers; a common medicinal charm and ingredient of love-philtres, &c. (maganin farin jini). Syn. fular tsofo. cf. [bakin suda]. Also called mai-nasara, when used as a charm in hunting or war.
mai-farin kai (Sok.), Tricholæna rosea, Nees. var. sphacelata; a grass about 2 feet high with silvery fluffy flowering panicle.
mai-kain dubu (Sok.), Alternanthera sessilis, Br. (Amaranthaceæ); a prostrate weed with numerous small clusters of inconspicuous flowers.
maikeri, a var. of [dawa], q.v.
mai-lalita, vide under [matsarmama].
mai-nasara, vide under [magudiya].
maiwa, Pennisetum spicatum, R. and S. var. a var of millet; cf. [gero] and [damro]; less wholesome than gero, and said to be injurious to horses.
maje (Sok., &c.), Pardaniellia Oliveri, Rolfe, (Daniellia Thurifera, Bennett), “West Afr. Copaiba Balsam Tree.” Syn. [kadaura] (Kano, Zaria, &c.), q.v. Both names are equally well known; sometimes loosely included under the name [ḳaro], q.v. ḳaron maje (in Sokoto sometimes also called ḳaron darma) = the exuded balsam or oleo-resin, a variety of West Afr. copal, used as scent to fumigate clothing, to impart a gloss to beaten dyed cloth, &c.
majigi, Baphia pubescens, Hook. fil. (Leguminosæ). Camwood, a tree the wood of which is used as a red dye and cosmetic. (Also probably B. nitida, Afzel. in the south). cf. [madobia].