Sanko

Botanical record

Blighia sapida

Blighia sapida is recorded under 1 local name in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across ekp.

Accepted botanical name
Blighia sapida
Names as published
Blighia sapida Konig
Parts reported
leaves
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 3189955 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-09-13

Local names recorded for Blighia sapida

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
Orugbo 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 162