Igbo plant name
Alo Ose
Alo Ose is a Igbo name for Momordica charantia, recorded in all local government areas of Rivers State, Rivers State, Nigeria and Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
The record
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- Name as published
- Alo ose
- Language
- unspecified language
- Botanical name as published
- Momordica charantia L.
- Parts reported
- leaves, fruit, whole plant, seeds and fruit root
- Where recorded
- all local government areas of Rivers State, Rivers State, Nigeria
- Source
- Ethno medicinal survey of plants used by the indigenes of Rivers State of Nigeria — Table 1, row 62
- 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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- Name as published
- Alo-ose
- Language
- Igbo
- Botanical name as published
- Momordica charantia L.
- Parts reported
- leaves, fruit, whole plant, seeds and fruit root
- Where recorded
- Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
- Source
- Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 32
- 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.