Igbo plant name

Alu-bosa

Alu-bosa is a Igbo name for Allium cepa, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Allium cepa

  Name as published

  Alu-bosa

  Language

  Igbo

  Botanical name as published

  Allium cepa Alabasa

  Parts reported

  bulb

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 45

  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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