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Botanical record

Ficus sycomorus

Ficus sycomorus is recorded under 1 local name in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Hausa.

Accepted botanical name
Ficus sycomorus
Names as published
Ficus sycomorus L
Common English
Sycamore fig or fig mullberry
Parts reported
stem bark
GBIF taxonomy
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Local names recorded for Ficus sycomorus

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
Baure 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 25