Yoruba plant name

Bom-ubomu

Bom-ubomu is a Yoruba name for Calotropis procera, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Calotropis procera

  Name as published

  Bom-ubomu

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Calotropis procera

  Parts reported

  latex, leaves, roots and leaf

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, 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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