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Botanical record

Solanum torvum

Solanum torvum is recorded under 3 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Yoruba and ijn.

Accepted botanical name
Solanum torvum
Names as published
Solanum torvum Sw and Solanum torvum Sw.
Parts reported
root and fruit
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 2932389 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-08-13

Local names recorded for Solanum torvum

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
Ewe Igbalode 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 155
Igbalode Legun 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 155
Kilali ijn 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 169