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Botanical record

Bidens pilosa

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

Accepted botanical name
Bidens pilosa
Names as published
Bidens pilosa L.
Parts reported
root
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 5391845 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-08-13

Local names recorded for Bidens pilosa

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
Abere-oloko 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 26