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Botanical record

Erythrina senegalensis

Erythrina senegalensis is recorded under 2 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across ekp and Yoruba.

Accepted botanical name
Erythrina senegalensis
Names as published
Erythrina senegalensis DC. and Erythrina senegalensis DC. (Synonym:
Parts reported
whole plant and root
GBIF taxonomy
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Local names recorded for Erythrina senegalensis

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
Echichi ekp 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 130
Ologbosere 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 76