Igbo plant name

Aku-beke

Aku-beke is a Igbo name for Cocos nucifera, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Cocos nucifera

  Name as published

  Aku-beke

  Language

  Igbo

  Botanical name as published

  Cocos nucifera

  Parts reported

  flesh, fruit water, oil, shell and nut

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 24

  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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