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Botanical record

Asystasia gangetica

Asystasia gangetica is recorded under 1 local name in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Yoruba.

Accepted botanical name
Asystasia gangetica
Names as published
Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson
Parts reported
leaf and stem
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 3173254 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-08-13

Local names recorded for Asystasia gangetica

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
Lobiri 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 22