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Botanical record

Newbouldia laevis

Newbouldia laevis is recorded under 6 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Hausa, Yoruba, unspecified language, Igbo and ijc.

Accepted botanical name
Newbouldia laevis
Names as published
Newbouldia laevis, Newbouldia laevis (P. Beauv.) Seeman ex Beauv., Newbouldia laevis (P.Beauv.) Seem. and Newbouldia laevis (Seem. ex Bureau.)
Common English
African Oak, Fertility tree, tree of life and Tree of live
Parts reported
bark, leaves, roots, root and leaf
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 4091370 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 97% confidence · checked 2026-09-13

Local names recorded for Newbouldia laevis

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
Aduruku Hausa Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 28
Akoko 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 121
Akoko Yoruba Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 28
Ogilisi unspecified language 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 35
Ogirisi Igbo Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 28
Ogurizi ijc Bayelsa Central Senatorial District, Bayelsa State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical survey and conservation of the indigenous plants used for traditional orthopedic care practices in Bayelsa Central Senatorial District, Nigeria — Table 2, row 28