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Botanical record

Milicia excelsa

Milicia excelsa is recorded under 1 local name in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across ikw.

Accepted botanical name
Milicia excelsa
Names as published
Milicia excelsa and Milicia excelsa (Welw.) C.C. Berg
Common English
Iroko
Parts reported
stem and bark
GBIF taxonomy
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Local names recorded for Milicia excelsa

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
Oji 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 116