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Botanical record

Gongronemopsis latifolia

Gongronemopsis latifolia is recorded under 2 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Yoruba and ikw.

Accepted botanical name
Gongronemopsis latifolia
Names as published
Gongronema latifolia Benth., Gongronema latifolium and Gongronema latifolium Benth.
Common English
Utazi
Parts reported
root and leaves
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 12248822 · SYNONYM · EXACT match at 98% confidence · checked 2026-09-13

Local names recorded for Gongronemopsis latifolia

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
Madunmaro Yoruba Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical survey of anti-asthmatic plants in South Western Nigeria — Table 1, row 22
Utazi 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 21