Yoruba plant name

Baaka

Baaka is a Yoruba name for Gambeya africana, recorded in Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria.

The record

• Gambeya africana

  Name as published

  Baaka

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Gambeya africana Pierre

  Parts reported

  fruit

  Where recorded

  Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical survey of anti-asthmatic plants in South Western Nigeria — Table 1, row 20

  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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