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Botanical record

Dioscorea cayenensis rotundata

Dioscorea cayenensis rotundata is recorded under 1 local name in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across ijn.

Accepted botanical name
Dioscorea cayenensis rotundata
Names as published
Dioscorea rotundata Poir
Parts reported
leaves
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 2755104 · SYNONYM · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-09-13

Local names recorded for Dioscorea cayenensis rotundata

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
Fingi ijn 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 68