majimfa or magiumfa (or jimfa), Tephrosia Vogelii, Hook. fil. (Leguminosæ); an erect shrub cultivated near houses; the leaves are much used as a poison to stupefy fish. baina (Kano) = the fish-poison prepared from it. cf. [ago].
majiriya (Sok. and Kats.), or minjiriya (Kano, &c.), Erythrina senegalensis, DC. (Leguminosæ). “Coral Tree;” a prickly tree with brilliant scarlet flowers and 3-foliate leaves. The scarlet seeds are sometimes called [idon zakara], q.v.
majiriyar kurumi (Kano), Phyllanthus floribundus, Muell. Arg. (Euphorbiaceæ); a thorny scrambling shrub with small red berries. (The term ḳumchi, Sok. and Zanf. is sometimes applied to this, and more widely to any thorny thicket; cf. [gumbi] and [dufuwa]).
maka = dried bean leaves; vide under [wake].
makafo, makafo da wayo, a var. of [dawa], q.v.
maḳaimi, vide [tsuwawun zaki].
maḳarfo, Afrormosia laxiflora, Harms. (Leguminosæ); a hard-wooded tree with smooth bark and shining foliage; the wood is used for axe-handles, &c.; the bark and root are used medicinally. (Etym. probably ḳarifi—from the hardness of the wood). Sometimes also called kariye gatari (“break axe”). cf. baḳin maḳarfo, vide [kurḍi].
makari, Digitaria sp.? A grass cultivated in some districts with a small grain like [acha], q.v.
makarin dafi = any antidote to arrow-poison, usually vegetable substances containing tannin. cf. [bi ta ka tsira].
makarin faḳo, Panicum falciferum, Trin. (Gramineæ). A wild grass 1½ to 2 feet high, with golden hairy flowering spike; seeds edible, sometimes gathered for food.