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Botanical record

Abelmoschus esculentus

Abelmoschus esculentus is recorded under 1 local name in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across ijc.

Accepted botanical name
Abelmoschus esculentus
Names as published
Abelmoschus esculentus (L.)
Common English
Okro
GBIF taxonomy
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Local names recorded for Abelmoschus esculentus

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.

Local nameLanguageWhere recordedSource
Kiyabu ijc Bayelsa Central Senatorial District, Bayelsa State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical survey and conservation of the indigenous plants used for traditional orthopedic care practices in Bayelsa Central Senatorial District, Nigeria — Table 2, row 1