Yoruba plant name
Botuje
Botuje is a Yoruba name for Jatropha curcas, recorded in Alimosho, Badagry, Eti-Osa, Ijebu and Imota, Lagos State, Nigeria and Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
The record
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- Name as published
- Botuje
- Language
- Yoruba
- Botanical name as published
- Jatropha curcas L.
- Parts reported
- leaves, twigs, root, stem bark, flower, leaf, seed, stem, roots and sap
- Where recorded
- Alimosho, Badagry, Eti-Osa, Ijebu and Imota, Lagos State, Nigeria
- Source
- Ethnobotanical Survey of Local Flora Used for Medicinal Purposes among Indigenous People in Five Areas in Lagos State, Nigeria — Supplementary Table S1, row 99
- Scope used
- 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.
- Verification
- Taxonomy checked against GBIF. Not reviewed by a botanist, language reviewer or practitioner.
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- Name as published
- Botuje
- Language
- Yoruba
- Botanical name as published
- Jatropha curcas L.
- Parts reported
- leaves, twigs, root, stem bark, flower, leaf, seed, stem, roots and sap
- Where recorded
- Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
- Source
- Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 38
- Scope used
- 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.
- Verification
- Taxonomy checked against GBIF. Not reviewed by a botanist, language reviewer or practitioner.