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Botanical record

Oxytenanthera abyssinica

Oxytenanthera abyssinica is recorded under 1 local name in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Yoruba.

Accepted botanical name
Oxytenanthera abyssinica
Names as published
Oxytenanthera abyssinica (Rich) Munro
Parts reported
root
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 2703308 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-08-13

Local names recorded for Oxytenanthera abyssinica

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
Aparun Yoruba Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical survey of anti-asthmatic plants in South Western Nigeria — Table 1, row 34