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Botanical record

Erythrophleum africanum

Erythrophleum africanum is recorded under 2 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Hausa and Fulfulde.

Accepted botanical name
Erythrophleum africanum
Names as published
Erythrophloem africanum
Common English
African blackwood
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 2971189 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 99% confidence · checked 2026-09-13

Local names recorded for Erythrophleum africanum

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
Goska Hausa Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, Jos South, Kanam, Mangu, Pankshin, Qua'an Pan and Wase, Plateau State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of animal diarrhoea in Plateau State, Nigeria — Table 1, row 20
Naretibahi Fulfulde Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, Jos South, Kanam, Mangu, Pankshin, Qua'an Pan and Wase, Plateau State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of animal diarrhoea in Plateau State, Nigeria — Table 1, row 20