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Botanical record

Carica papaya

Carica papaya is recorded under 6 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across ijc, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo and unspecified language.

Accepted botanical name
Carica papaya
Names as published
Carica papaya, Carica papaya (L.), Carica papaya (Linn.) and Carica papaya L.
Common English
Papaya, Paw paw, Paw-paw and Pawpaw
Parts reported
leaves, roots, seeds, stem bark, latex fruit, fruit and root
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 2874484 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-09-13

Local names recorded for Carica papaya

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
Edemudepumue ijc Bayelsa Central Senatorial District, Bayelsa State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical survey and conservation of the indigenous plants used for traditional orthopedic care practices in Bayelsa Central Senatorial District, Nigeria — Table 2, row 7
Gwanda Hausa Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, Jos South, Kanam, Mangu, Pankshin, Qua'an Pan and Wase, Plateau State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of animal diarrhoea in Plateau State, Nigeria — Table 1, row 11
Gwanda Hausa Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 35
Ibepe Yoruba Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 35
Okworo-gbogbo Igbo Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 35
Pawpaw unspecified language 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 49