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Botanical record

Spondias mombin

Spondias mombin is recorded under 6 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across unspecified language, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo and ijc.

Accepted botanical name
Spondias mombin
Names as published
Spondias mombin, Spondias mombin L. and Spondias mombis (L.)
Common English
Cat’s tail grass, Hog plum and Yellow Mombin
Parts reported
leaves, bark, leaf, stem, root and fruit
GBIF taxonomy
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Local names recorded for Spondias mombin

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
Aginiran unspecified language 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 5
Isada Hausa Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 16
Iyeye 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 160
Iyeye Yoruba Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 16
Ngu-lung-wu Igbo Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 16
Owenyaiyaitogo ijc Bayelsa Central Senatorial District, Bayelsa State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical survey and conservation of the indigenous plants used for traditional orthopedic care practices in Bayelsa Central Senatorial District, Nigeria — Table 2, row 35