Yoruba plant name

Ayuu

Ayuu is a Yoruba name for Allium sativum, recorded in Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria.

The record

• Allium sativum

  Name as published

  Ayuu

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Allium sativum Linn.

  Parts reported

  bulb

  Where recorded

  Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical survey of anti-asthmatic plants in South Western Nigeria — Table 1, row 5

  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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