Botanical record
Talinum fruticosum
Talinum fruticosum is recorded under 8 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Hausa, unspecified language, Yoruba and Igbo.
- Accepted botanical name
- Talinum fruticosum
- Names as published
- Talinum triangulare, Talinum triangulare (Jacq.) Willd, Talinum triangulare (Jacq.) Willd. (Synonym: Talinum fruticosum (L.) Juss.) and Talinum triangulare (Willd.)
- Common English
- Water leaf and Water Leaf
- Parts reported
- leaf, leaves, stems, root leaf, whole plant and root
- GBIF taxonomy
- usage key 3084670 · SYNONYM · EXACT match at 98% confidence · checked 2026-09-13
Local names recorded for Talinum fruticosum
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 name | Language | Where recorded | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alenyruw-a | Hausa | Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria | Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 14 |
| Alenyruwa | Hausa | Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria | Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 59 |
| Anyiri | 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 144 |
| Gbure | Yoruba | Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria | Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 14 |
| Gbure | Yoruba | Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria | Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 59 |
| Gure | 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 166 |
| Nte-oka/inene | Igbo | Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria | Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 14 |
| Nte-oka/inene | Igbo | Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria | Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 59 |