gujiya

(Kano .), Voandzeia subterrane a, Thouars. ( Leguminosæ ); a kind of ground-bean; the so-called “Bambarra Ground Nut.” Syn. kwaruru, q.v. N.B. In Sokoto and some other districts gujiya is also used for geḍa ( Arachis hypogæa )— kwaruru or Voandzeia subterrane a being distinguished as g. dukkus (Sok. and West), etym. from the dwarf habit—; similarly g. ḳwar asḳwar as (Sok. and Kano); g. tsugunne (Kano)—etym. tsugunna = to squat— gujiya al kuluga, and g. maikwokwo (from the resemblance of the pods to the smallest calabash) are names in East Hausa; g. kolanche (Sok.) = a long variety of Arachis or geḍa, q.v. bidi = one of the varieties of gujiya with spotted and mottled seeds.