Botanical record
Terminalia leiocarpa
Terminalia leiocarpa is recorded under 4 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Yoruba and Hausa.
- Accepted botanical name
- Terminalia leiocarpa
- Names as published
- Anogeissus leiocarpus and Anogeissus leiocarpus (DC.) Guill. & Perr.
- Common English
- African Birch
- Parts reported
- leaves, stem bark, seeds and stem-bark
- GBIF taxonomy
- usage key 3698332 · SYNONYM · EXACT match at 98% confidence · checked 2026-09-13
Local names recorded for Terminalia leiocarpa
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayin | Yoruba | Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, Jos South, Kanam, Mangu, Pankshin, Qua'an Pan and Wase, Plateau State, Nigeria | Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of animal diarrhoea in Plateau State, Nigeria — Table 1, row 6 |
| Ayin | Yoruba | Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria | Ethnobotanical survey of anti-asthmatic plants in South Western Nigeria — Table 1, row 7 |
| Marke | Hausa | Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, Jos South, Kanam, Mangu, Pankshin, Qua'an Pan and Wase, Plateau State, Nigeria | Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of animal diarrhoea in Plateau State, Nigeria — Table 1, row 6 |
| Pako Dudu | Yoruba | Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, Jos South, Kanam, Mangu, Pankshin, Qua'an Pan and Wase, Plateau State, Nigeria | Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of animal diarrhoea in Plateau State, Nigeria — Table 1, row 6 |