Yoruba plant name

Atapara

Atapara is a Yoruba name for Phaulopsis ciliata, recorded in Alimosho, Badagry, Eti-Osa, Ijebu and Imota, Lagos State, Nigeria.

The record

• Phaulopsis ciliata

  Name as published

  Atapara

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Phaulopsis falcisepala C.B.Clarke (Synonym: Phaulopsis ciliata (Willd.) Hepper)

  Parts reported

  leaf

  Where recorded

  Alimosho, Badagry, Eti-Osa, Ijebu and Imota, Lagos State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Survey of Local Flora Used for Medicinal Purposes among Indigenous People in Five Areas in Lagos State, Nigeria — Supplementary Table S1, row 128

  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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