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Botanical record

Centrosema pubescens

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

Accepted botanical name
Centrosema pubescens
Names as published
Centrosema pubescens Benth.
Parts reported
leaf and root
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 2964904 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-08-13

Local names recorded for Centrosema pubescens

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
Ewa-ahun 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 40