Botanical record

Urena lobata

Urena lobata is recorded under 6 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Yoruba.

Accepted botanical name: Urena lobata
Names as published: Urena lobata L. and Urena lobata L. var. glauca (Blume) Borss. Waalk.
Parts reported: leaf and stem
GBIF taxonomy: usage key 3152253 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-08-13

Local names recorded for Urena lobata

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
Ilasa Agborin	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 178
Ilasa Omode	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 178
Ilasa Oyibo	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 178
Oju Oro	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 178
Okeriri	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 177
Okeriri	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 178