Botanical record
Telfairia occidentalis
Telfairia occidentalis is recorded under 4 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Yoruba, unspecified language and Igbo.
- Accepted botanical name
- Telfairia occidentalis
- Names as published
- Telfairia occidentalis, Telfairia occidentalis Hook.f. and Telfaria occidentalis Hook. F.
- Common English
- Fluted pumpkin and Fluted Pumpkin
- Parts reported
- leaf, flowers and leaves
- GBIF taxonomy
- usage key 2874669 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 99% confidence · checked 2026-09-13
Local names recorded for Telfairia occidentalis
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eweroko | 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 168 |
| Mkpuru Ugu | 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 66 |
| Ugu | Igbo | Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria | Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 33 |
| Ugwu | 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 168 |