Yoruba plant name

Aayu

Aayu is a Yoruba name for Allium sativum, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Allium sativum

  Name as published

  Aayu

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Allium sativum L.

  Parts reported

  clove and bulb

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 44

  Scope used

  Sanko uses this survey for its published name mapping and reported plant parts only. The subject the survey investigated is not a therapeutic claim about this plant.

  Verification

  Taxonomy checked against GBIF. Not reviewed by a botanist, language reviewer or practitioner.

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