Hausa plant name

Ahenhen

Ahenhen is a Hausa name for Ageratum conyzoides, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Ageratum conyzoides

  Name as published

  Ahenhen

  Language

  Hausa

  Botanical name as published

  Ageratum conyzoides L.

  Parts reported

  leaves, whole plant and root

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 22

  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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