Botanical record
Euphorbia hirta
Euphorbia hirta is recorded under 3 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Yoruba, Hausa and ikw.
- Accepted botanical name
- Euphorbia hirta
- Names as published
- Euphorbia hirta, Euphorbia hirta L. and Euphorbia hirta Linn.
- Common English
- Asthma Weed
- Parts reported
- plant, leaves and whole plant
- GBIF taxonomy
- usage key 3068937 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-08-13
Local names recorded for Euphorbia hirta
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 name | Language | Where recorded | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emi-ile | Yoruba | Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria | Ethnobotanical survey of anti-asthmatic plants in South Western Nigeria — Table 1, row 18 |
| Nonon Kurciya | 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 22 |
| Okwu Ngwo | 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 77 |