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Botanical record

Zingiber officinale

Zingiber officinale is recorded under 7 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, ikw and ijc.

Accepted botanical name
Zingiber officinale
Names as published
Zingiber officinale, Zingiber officinale (Roscoe.), Zingiber officinale (Rose), Zingiber officinale Rosc. and Zingiber officinale Roscoe
Common English
Ginger
Parts reported
corm, rhizome and root
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 2757280 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 99% confidence · checked 2026-09-13

Local names recorded for Zingiber officinale

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
Ata-ile Hausa Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 1
Ataile Yoruba Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical survey of anti-asthmatic plants in South Western Nigeria — Table 1, row 46
Atale 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 183
Chita Igbo Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 1
Jinga Yoruba Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 1
Oseojiala ikw 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 185
Zinza 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 39