Yoruba plant name

Awewe

Awewe is a Yoruba name for Flueggea virosa, recorded in Alimosho, Badagry, Eti-Osa, Ijebu and Imota, Lagos State, Nigeria.

The record

• Flueggea virosa

  Name as published

  Awewe

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Securinega virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Baill. (Synonym: Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Royle)

  Parts reported

  stem and root

  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 142

  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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