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Botanical record

Oenothera biennis

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

Accepted botanical name
Oenothera biennis
Names as published
Oenothera biennis L.
Parts reported
leaves and flower
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 3188924 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-09-13

Local names recorded for Oenothera biennis

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
Obimara 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 126