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Botanical record

Albizia zygia

Albizia zygia is recorded under 2 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Yoruba and ekp.

Accepted botanical name
Albizia zygia
Names as published
Albizia zygia (DC.) J.F. Macbr. and Albizia zygia (DC.) J.F.Macbr.
Parts reported
leaf and leaves
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 2973160 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-08-13

Local names recorded for Albizia zygia

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
Ayunre Were Yoruba Alimosho, Badagry, Eti-Osa, Ijebu and Imota, Lagos State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical Survey of Local Flora Used for Medicinal Purposes among Indigenous People in Five Areas in Lagos State, Nigeria — Supplementary Table S1, row 9
Mgbeobi ekp all local government areas of Rivers State, Rivers State, Nigeria Ethno medicinal survey of plants used by the indigenes of Rivers State of Nigeria — Table 1, row 115