Yoruba plant name

Efo’aba

Efo’aba is a Yoruba name for Cyperus cyperoides, recorded in Alimosho, Badagry, Eti-Osa, Ijebu and Imota, Lagos State, Nigeria.

The record

• Cyperus cyperoides

  Name as published

  Efo’aba

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Mariscus alternifolius Vahl (Synonym: Cyperus cyperoides (L.) Kuntze)

  Parts reported

  leaf and root

  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 112

  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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