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Botanical record

Cyperus cyperoides

Cyperus cyperoides is recorded under 4 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Yoruba.

Accepted botanical name
Cyperus cyperoides
Names as published
Mariscus alternifolius Vahl (Synonym: Cyperus cyperoides (L.) Kuntze)
Parts reported
leaf and root
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 2714453 · SYNONYM · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-08-13

Local names recorded for Cyperus cyperoides

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
Alubosa Eranko 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 112
Efo’aba 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 112
Ikeregun 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 112
Samikoko 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 112