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Botanical record

Cymbopogon citratus

Cymbopogon citratus is recorded under 8 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across ikw, ijc, Yoruba and Igbo.

Accepted botanical name
Cymbopogon citratus
Names as published
Cymbopogon citratus, Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf, Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf. and Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf
Common English
Lemon grass and Lemon Grass
Parts reported
leaves, leaf, root and stems
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 2705275 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 99% confidence · checked 2026-09-13

Local names recorded for Cymbopogon citratus

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
Achara 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 140
Bekepiri 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 13
Ewe Tea 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 61
Koriko-oba Yoruba Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 15
Koriko-oba Yoruba Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 58
Nch-anwu Igbo Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 15
Nche Awula Igbo Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 58
Waapa 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 61