Yoruba plant name

Egunsi

Egunsi is a Yoruba name for Citrullus colocynthis, recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The record

• Citrullus colocynthis

  Name as published

  Egunsi

  Language

  Yoruba

  Botanical name as published

  Citrullus colocynthis (L.)

  Parts reported

  fruit

  Where recorded

  Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

  Source

  Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria — Table 1, row 34

  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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