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Botanical record

Basella alba

Basella alba is recorded under 1 local name in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across ikw.

Accepted botanical name
Basella alba
Names as published
Bassella alba L.
Parts reported
whole plant
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 3083504 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 99% confidence · checked 2026-09-13

Local names recorded for Basella alba

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
Gbologi ikw 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 33