Yoruba plant name

Ebolo

Ebolo is a Yoruba name for Crassocephalum rubens, recorded in Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria.

The record

• Crassocephalum rubens

  Name as published

  Ebolo

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Crassocephalum rubens (Juss. ex. Jacq.) S. Moore

  Parts reported

  leaf

  Where recorded

  Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical survey of anti-asthmatic plants in South Western Nigeria — Table 1, row 15

  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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