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Botanical record

Pachylobus edulis

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

Accepted botanical name
Pachylobus edulis
Names as published
Dacryodes edulis and Dacryodes edulis (G. Don) H.J. Lam
Common English
African Pear
Parts reported
leaves
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 3993252 · SYNONYM · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-09-13

Local names recorded for Pachylobus edulis

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
Eben 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 42