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Botanical record

Lasianthera africana

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

Accepted botanical name
Lasianthera africana
Names as published
Lasianthera africana P. Beauv
Parts reported
leaves and fruit
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 7314409 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-09-13

Local names recorded for Lasianthera 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
Turumma ekp 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 84