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Botanical record

Gambeya africana

Gambeya africana is recorded under 1 local name in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Yoruba.

Accepted botanical name
Gambeya africana
Names as published
Gambeya africana Pierre
Parts reported
fruit
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 2885895 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-08-13

Local names recorded for Gambeya africana

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
Baaka Yoruba Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical survey of anti-asthmatic plants in South Western Nigeria — Table 1, row 20