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chauchaka? (Zanfara), Capparis tomentosa; vide ḳabdodo.
checheko, vide zamarke.
cheḍiya, Ficus Thonningii, Blume (Urticaceæ); a very common tree with dark green foliage and small figs; much planted as a shade tree.
cheyi, a fibre, vide under yawa.
chichiwa (Sok.), Mærua angolensis, DC. (Capparideæ); a small tree with white flowers and elongated beaded fruit.
chi ni da zugu, vide bi ni da zugu; Jatropha Curcas, “Physic Nut.”
chiriri (Sok. and Zanf.), Combretum Kerstingii, Engl. and Diels. (Combretaceæ); a gum-yielding tree with smooth leaves and 4-winged fruit. Syn. dagera and probably also zindi, q.v.
chitta, Amomum Melegueta, Roscoe (Scitamineæ). “Guinea Grains.” “Grains of Paradise.” “Melegueta Pepper.” A capsular fruit containing small red aromatic seeds used as a spice. chitta komfa, or chitta yaji = another var. of spice.
chitta Afu, Zingiber officinale, Roscoe (Scitamineæ). Ginger. (Afawa, a pagan tribe in Nassarawa).
chiwo or chuwo, Landolphia owariensis, Beauv. and L. florida, Benth. (Apocynaceæ). Rubber Vines; tall woody climbers with white fragrant flowers and orange-coloured edible fruit. (The latex of L. owariensis forms a good rubber, that of L. florida is useless).
chizaki, probably the same as ḳabdodo, q.v.
chuchun kariya or gaton kariya, vide gujiyar hankaka.
chukwi, a var. of cotton; vide under abduga.
chusar doki, a medicine or food to keep horses fit; made from leaves of kuka, q.v. with dusa and kanwa.