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Botanical record

Icacina trichantha

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

Accepted botanical name
Icacina trichantha
Names as published
Icacina trichantha Oliv.
Parts reported
leaves, leaf and stem
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 3597409 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-08-13

Local names recorded for Icacina trichantha

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
Gbegbe Yoruba Alimosho, Badagry, Eti-Osa, Ijebu and Imota, Lagos State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical Survey of Local Flora Used for Medicinal Purposes among Indigenous People in Five Areas in Lagos State, Nigeria — Supplementary Table S1, row 95
Mbia 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 85