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Botanical record

Scoparia dulcis

Scoparia dulcis is recorded under 2 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Yoruba.

Accepted botanical name
Scoparia dulcis
Names as published
Scoparia dulcis L.
Parts reported
leaf
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 3171787 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-08-13

Local names recorded for Scoparia dulcis

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
Eso Ojuologbo Ominsinminsin Gogoro 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 140
Olorunyinni 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 140